Archive for January 2017
Basic income and gender: An important consultation
A message from Pam Hanington of Huron County: For those of you who may not have heard about this, the Ontario government is planning to pilot a Basic Income in at least three communities sometime over the next 3-5 years. The province is currently undertaking a community consultation regarding the pilot design. If Basic Income…
Read moreSteps to Justice: Great new legal information website
Do you need information about a legal problem? Steps to Justice (stepstojustice.ca) is a new website that provides legal information in clear language. Created by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) — which also brought us the excellent “Steps in a family law case” tool — Steps to Justice answers common questions about the law. The…
Read moreWhen men kill their partners warning signs often missed
Luke’s Place Legal Director, Pamela Cross, in The Star on identifying the warning signs of lethality in abusive relationships: Last week, a relative of Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji sat silently in a north Toronto courtroom, watching as Dr. Mohammed Shamji appeared on a charge of first-degree murder. Pinned to her jacket was a purple ribbon to…
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