‘These are not the people who are doing online shopping at Holt Renfrew’
By Benjamin Glatt | Publication Date: Monday, 08 February 2010
From Rainy River to Cornwall, Ont., Legal Aid Ontario’s plan to phase out the application process for assistance through its local offices is sparking harsh criticism.
By Tim Shufelt | Publication Date: Monday, 08 February 2010
The same day the government settled its dispute with the Criminal Lawyers’ Association last month, a former leader of the boycott was getting set to start a new job with Legal Aid Ontario’s new major case management office.
Financial Matters: Adapting tax law to changing society
By Vern Krishna | Publication Date: Monday, 08 February 2010
The demographics of Canada’s professional community are changing rapidly. In law and medicine, women make up — and have done so for 10 years — about 65 per cent of first-year classes.
Copyright Board makes controversial schools ruling
Educators battling Access Copyright over tariff for copying books
By Paul Brent | Publication Date: Monday, 08 February 2010
The Copyright Board of Canada doesn’t make a huge number of decisions during any given year, so its June copyright tariff ruling for primary and secondary schools certainly got the attention of all involved.
By Lou Ferro | Publication Date: Monday, 01 February 2010
I am very happy to report that the provincial government has found it necessary to put itself in my files and guide me with respect to how I should conduct my clients’ civil litigation.
TRUDEAU FOUNDATION BOLSTERS LEGAL RANKS The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation announced the addition of three prestigious Canadians to its roster of mentors, including important figures from the legal community.
Each year, the foundation grants up to 15 scholarships to some of the country’s brightest doctoral students in the humanities or social sciences.
Over the course of their studies, Trudeau scholars receive financial assistance as well as mentoring from accomplished Canadians, who now include Don Campbell, Roberta Jamieson, and Edward Roberts.
Campbell is a senior strategy adviser with Davis LLP and was formerly the Canadian ambassador to Japan. He also served as the deputy minister of foreign affairs from 1997 to 2000.
After becoming the first woman from a First Nation to graduate from law school in Canada, Jamieson served as Ontario’s provincial ombudsman as well as the commissioner of the Indian Commission of Ontario. She is currently president and CEO of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation.
Roberts, in addition to practising law, was lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from 2002 to 2008 and served in the Newfoundland house of assembly for 23 years.
WEIRFOULDS PARTNER GETS CONSTRUCTION GIG The Toronto Construction Association has elected Glenn Ackerley, a partner at WeirFoulds LLP, as its chairman.
Ackerley exclusively practises construction law in all aspects of projects and related disputes. He represents a variety of clients from across the industry, including public and private owners, contractors, subtrades, suppliers, and consultants.
Ackerley also sits on the executive of the construction section of the Ontario Bar Association.
“There is a bit of irony that there are some rights holders who claim Canada is this piracy haven and then express concern when there are people on the Internet that might talk about Canada having lax rules.”
— Michael Geist, law professor, University of Ottawa
