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CLEO’s Executive Director on The Agenda – Improving Legal Aid and Access to Justice
CLEO's Executive Director Julie Mathews participated in a panel on The Agenda discussing the importance of informing low income and marginalized communities about their legal rights and how critical our legal aid system is to access to justice in Ontario.
On the Radar – New rules about police checks
As of November, new rules apply when employers in Ontario ask people for police record checks. This month's On the Radar highlights some of these new rules.
Ontario Justice Partners Launch French language website to help people understand their legal problems
Toronto, ON– Problems with landlords, unfair treatment at work, and getting separated or divorced: these are some of the issues that people in Ontario face every day. Finding reliable and practical legal information to understand and address these problems is not easy, despite the wealth of information available online. For Franco-Ontarians,...
On the Radar: A snapshot of the new cannabis laws
Recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada on October 17, 2018. But cannabis is still highly regulated and many activities involving it remain against the law.
This month's On the Radar looks at some of the new federal and provincial laws about recreational cannabis that apply within Ontario, with a focus on criminal law and tenants'...