Legal services

Provincial Day of Action July 30 – stop legal aid cuts!

July 24, 2019 by Fred Bancroft

The cuts to legal aid and legal clinics target Ontario’s most vulnerable: workers injured on the job, people with disabilities, tenants facing eviction, women fleeing violence, refugees, immigrants, people on social assistance, people struggling with mental health, temporary and precarious workers, parents…

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This Thursday show your support for clinics

July 9, 2019 by Fred Bancroft

Make sure you’ve saved your seat on the bus! Join ONIWG and the Barrie District Injured Worker Group this Thursday to welcome the new Attorney General, Doug Downey, at his Barrie constituency office – and call on him to reverse the cuts.…

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“What will happen to them when we can’t help?”

June 27, 2019 by Fred Bancroft

“It’s just gut-wrenching to think about how we’re going to continue to serve the injured workers’ community….” Layoffs at Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic (IWC) give the lie to the Ford government’s often-repeated promise that not a single front-line worker will lose…

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Legal aid cuts threaten program serving low-income workers in southwest Ontario

June 18, 2019 by Fred Bancroft

The results of the government report were damning, finding workplace violations widespread in Ontario: we conclude that there is a serious problem with enforcement of ESA (Employment Standards Act) provisions. While most employers likely comply or try to comply … there are…

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IWC: cuts will reduce services to injured workers

June 14, 2019 by Fred Bancroft

News release (June 14, 2019). On June 12th Injured Workers Community Legal Clinic was informed that our clinic’s budget was reduced by 22% retroactive to April 1st. As one of the “worker focused” specialty clinics in Ontario, we received one of the…

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Cutting the lifeline to legal help

May 7, 2019 by Fred Bancroft

Low-income and disadvantaged Ontarians are asking why the province’s April budget is targeting their access to justice? The provincial government has cut funding to Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) by 36%. Because of this, LAO is proposing to cut the budget for Ontario’s…

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ONIWG raises alarm bells over cuts

April 19, 2019 by Fred Bancroft

The Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups (ONIWG) has released a statement raising the alarm bells over the 30% cut to Legal Aid Ontario in last week’s provincial budget, and in particular the serious threat it poses to community legal clinics .…

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Calling for a commitment to justice

April 17, 2019 by Fred Bancroft

The size and scope of cuts to legal aid funding announced in last week’s provincial Budget were a blow to equitable access to justice for Ontario’s most vulnerable populations. Cuts of almost 30% (a reduced allocation to Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) of…

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Health & Safety Activist awards

November 15, 2018 by Fred Bancroft

Last Friday at the annual Health & Safety Activist Awards dinner, two of our own were recognized. Organized by the Toronto & York Labour Council, Workers Health & Safety Centre and Central Ontario Building Trades Council, the awards recognize the efforts of…

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Improving access to legal services

October 28, 2018 by Fred Bancroft

Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) released this week a summary of consultations on its racialized communities strategy, aimed at helping racialized clients get the services they need. The LAO has been meeting since 2016 with legal aid applicants and clients, lawyers, community…

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