The legal aid boycott, which began in June, continues to grow. Today, Toronto-based lawyer Tony Bryant asked to be removed from a first-degree murder case being held in Kitchener, Ontario. Outside of court, Bryant cited…
We wrote about the growing legal aid boycott before. A couple of days ago, crown prosecutors supported the protest. Hugh Locke, a retired judge and current member of Toronto’s police services board, weighed in too recently. The…
Legal aid boycott grows over paltry paycheques Here is our previous post on the boycott.
Can lawyers go on strike? You’d think no, not if they have their own practices. But effectively that’s what many defence lawyers in Ontario are up to these days. Maybe they don’t make as many…
In the latest idiotic move by CUPE, the union representing striking York University graduate students and contract faculty, the university workers committee will be lobbying in favour of banning Israeli academics from Ontario campuses due…
Just moments ago it was announced that Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, will in fact be appearing in the upcoming televised election debates. The consortium of broadcasters – representing the CBC, Radio-Canada, CTV,…
