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We’ll be closed on October 2, 2023 for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

September 29th, 2023 by Hunter Stone

This day of public commemoration honours the children who never returned home and the survivors of residential schools. Affected families and communities are also remembered as part of the reconciliation process.

Our office will be closed on October 2, 2023, to observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, held each year on September 30, 2023. The intention is to spend the day educating ourselves about this day and the ways in which our tragic history continues to affect indigenous communities.

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ONCA Compliance & Document Review

September 19th, 2023 by Iler Campbell LLP

The Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 S.C.2020,c.15 (ONCA) took effect on October 19, 2021. All provincially incorporated non‑share corporations, not including co-operatives or insurance companies under the Corporations Act (Ontario), have until October 18, 2024, to ensure their governing documents, including their letters patent and bylaws, comply with ONCA. The requirement applies equally to non‑share corporations created by special acts of the Ontario legislature. Continue reading “ONCA Compliance & Document Review”

Jordan Peterson learns that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences

August 31st, 2023 by Michael Hackl

Jordan Peterson disciplinary action for alleged behaviour that violated his code of conduct as a psychologist.

Jordan Peterson speaking. Credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr

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Gender and sexual health education: exemptions to what end?

July 11th, 2023 by Safia Lakhani

To realize the objectives enshrined in human rights legislation, our education system must promote tolerance and inclusion, which includes teaching all students the sexual health curriculum.

A teacher addresses students in a classroom setting. Credit: Kenny Eliason / Unsplash

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Private versus public health care: where do we stand legally?

June 22nd, 2023 by Ted Hyland

After the Supreme Court rejected an appeal in a legal challenge over private medical care, where does that leave the legal protection of public health care?

A gurney sits in a hospital corridor. Credit: Miguel Ausejo / Unsplash

In early April, the Supreme Court of Canada decided not to hear the appeal of Cambie Surgeries Corporation and its president, Dr. Brian Day, from a decision of the B.C. Court of Appeal. The B.C. Appeal Court upheld the constitutionality of certain provisions of B.C.’s medicare legislation. These include provisions that prohibit extra-billing, user charges, doctors from practising inside and outside the publicly funded health-care system, and private health insurance, and that cap the fees of physicians who opt out of the public system.

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