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The Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, the Hon. Lisa MacLeod, announced reforms to the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) today to attempt to address the approximate 75% of children with autism…
Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has recently issued a policy on medical cannabis: Operational Policy Manual #17-01-10, Cannabis for Medical Purposes.[1] The purpose of the policy is to establish guidelines…
In Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31,[1] the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled that the non-coverage of medical cannabis in a private benefit plan was not…
Organizations in the health, children’s and developmental services sectors have reacted with dismay to the recent arbitration decision involving a nurse who stole drugs from patients and then falsified patient records to…
Family law partner and Vice-President of the Ontario Autism Coalition (“OAC”), Melanie Battaglia, attended a news conference on Wednesday January 30 to demand that the Ford Government rein in the sweeping power…
Last spring, PooranLaw represented two intervenors, the Canadian Association for Community Living (“CACL”) and People First of Canada (“PFC”) in the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) appeal in S.A. v. Metro Vancouver…
PooranLaw is excited to announce the launch of our family law practice starting in January 2019. Many of the people and families we support face issues related to family law matters, including…
Microboards Ontario Microboards Ontario, a not-for-profit organization, was founded by a group of grassroots community leaders and disability activities in the summer of 2018 to promote the development of self-directed support organizations…
It has been a busy year for the PooranLaw team. Our lawyers are recognized as authorities on a wide variety of legal topics affecting the disability community. This year we were invited…
What a tumultuous year 2018 has been for employment and labour law! At PooranLaw we have spent the 2018 tracking, analyzing and travelling the province to educate and inform employers and families…
Together, Community Living Ontario and PooranLaw have produced a free e-book — the pre-eminent guide to future planning for people with disabilities, Henson Trusts, government benefits, legal decision making, guardianship and more.
Together, Community Living Ontario and PooranLaw have produced another free e-book – essential reading to anyone looking to engage or who has engaged a support worker. The book provides a detailed and accessible explanation of the law of employment and contractual relationships, as well as key related considerations respecting insurance, funding, taxes, and much more.