COVID-19 Vaccine Roll Out
As we near the end of 2020, and nearly 10 months living in a pandemic have passed, news of a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out is welcome news. It also means people with disabilities,…
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2020 Family Law Update
The COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for families in 2020. Lockdowns, isolation, job loss, financial insecurities, stressors of homeschooling and lack of childcare have all put incredible pressures on families, driving many…
Hindsight is 2020: Bill 124’s First Year in Review
On November 7, 2019, the Provincial Government passed the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019 (commonly known as “Bill 124”) into law, limiting public sector and broader public…
COVID-19 – Corporate Round-Up
It has been challenging for not-for-profits and charities to keep up with the shifting rules during the COVID-19 pandemic around Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) deadlines, virtual meetings and filings. What complicates matters…
2020 Government Benefits Round-up
Updated December 20, 2020 With the winding down of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (“CERB”) in September and the realization that the current COVID-19 scenario may last for much longer than anticipated,…
Our Community Outreach 2020
At the start of 2020, we were excited to deliver our usual array of in-person seminars and information sessions to individuals, families and community-based organizations. Our plans changed drastically with the COVID-19…
COVID-19: Update on Triage Protocol
In March 2020, the provincial government appointed a Bioethics Table responsible for creating the March 28 COVID Clinical Triage Protocol (“Protocol”). This protocol outlined how hospitals in Ontario should decide whom to…
Estate Planning in a Post-COVID World
Here in Toronto, as in many regions around the world, we are in the midst of another pandemic-related lockdown. At the same time, it is still possible to look ahead to a…
Canada Disability Benefit Udpate
During the Throne Speech on September 23, 2020, the federal government announced its commitment to introduce a new benefit for Canadians with disabilities, called the Canada Disability Benefit. This new benefit is…
COVID-19: Surveillance Testing Policy Upheld in Congregate Care Setting
In a recent labour arbitration decision, Arbitrator Dana Randall upheld a unilateral policy of bi-weekly mandatory surveillance test for COVID-19 instituted by Cressant Care Nursing and Retirement Homes. (See Caressant Care Nursing…
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