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,…
People and Families
- Trust & Estate Planning
- Consent, Capacity & Legal Decision Making
- Trust & Estate Administration
- Tax Planning & the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) Eligibility
- RDSP – Registered Disability Savings Plan
- ODSP – Ontario Disability Support Plan
- Microboards™
- Wrongful Dismissal & Civil Litigation
- Estate Litigation
- Human Rights Applications
- Challenging Incapacity & Involuntary Admissions
- Education Law
- Employment Law for Families Engaging Support Workers
- I Decide Law Program
General
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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…
COVID-19: Government Extends Temporary Layoff – Infectious Disease Leave
On December 17, the Province announced that it will make a regulatory amendment to extend its emergency conversion of temporary layoffs into unpaid Employment Standards Act (“ESA”) infectious disease leaves. Our firm previously explained this emergency measure…
WSIB Update: Compulsory Coverage for DS Agencies Proposed by Ministry of Labour
In May 2019, the Provincial Government announced an independent review of the Province’s statutory workplace accident and injury insurance scheme, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (“WSIB”), to consider and recommend operational,…
FEDERAL FISCAL UPDATE – What’s Important for People with Disabilities and their Families
The federal government released its fiscal update yesterday, which has been much-anticipated in light of its immense response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As predicted, the government announced that it will have a…
Proposed Federal Privacy Law Reform: The Digital Charter Implementation Act
Covid-19 has proven that we are increasingly becoming a more digital society. The shift towards virtual service delivery and operations in various sectors presents opportunities for innovation and greater system and service…
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