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The conflict between Russia and Ukraine threatens to spin out of control as Poland prepares to enter the fray, where 700 MIA2 Abrams & M2 Bradley tanks and armoured personnel carriers are unloaded for Poles to align with Ukraine against Russia, but it will not work out well for them. The risk is that a multinational conflict may escalate into a bona fide WWIII, where Russia--if forced to defend itself from existential threats--will retaliate with a massive and complete assault upon NATO and the US from which neither will emerge unscathed. About half the world's population, alas, will probably fall victim over the next few years, which will be the greatest single depopulation program in history--even exceeding the deaths caused by the vax! US advisors are commending cluster bombs, which are proscribed by treaties signed by over 100 nations, not including the US, Russia or Ukraine. Tucker agrees that Trump and DeSantis are the odd-on favorites for the GOP nomination in 2024, where (so far as I can see) the only obstacle Trump has to clear is denouncing the vax he assisted into production at Warp Speed! Absent that--and he only has a few months to come around--my pick would be DeSantis (even though I suspect he may have Zionist luggage of which we are not as yet fully aware). A baby died after a transfusion with vaxxed blood over the adamant protests of his parents; and a beautiful actress, cripled by her first dose, has been fired for refusing to take a second. Meanwhile, Musk is doing his thing with Twitter, which (at least, so far) I applaud. Joe and Chris were "spot on" with excellent observations and commentary.

 

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  This week Fr. Robert Kickham, Cardinal Seán's priest secretary and priest in residence at the Cathedral celebrates his 25th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood.
  
  We pray, that Jesus the High Priest will continue to renew, increase, and strengthen him with the graces he received at his ordination as he carries out his sacred ministry in the Holy Church.
  
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Hey cuzzy when was the ordination? Was Jeannie surprised? And why weren't we invited?

 

After all, it is our provincial motto – Spem Reduxit

 

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Active TB case prompts mass testing at N.B. fish processing plant

Tuberculosis test results for 87 True North Salmon Company employees expected later this week

 

Aidan Cox · CBC News · Posted: Dec 28, 2022 4:56 PM AT

 

 

 

A worker at the True North Salmon Company's fish plant in Blacks Harbour has tested positive for tuberculosis, prompting Public Health to test all other employees at the facility. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

 

All staff at a New Brunswick fish processing plant are being tested for tuberculosis after one of its employees tested positive for the disease last week.

Public Health informed True North Salmon Company that an employee at its Blacks Harbour plant tested positive for active tuberculosis last Thursday, said Joel Richardson, spokesperson for Cooke Aquaculture, which owns True North Salmon.

Richardson said a team from Public Health was at the plant on Tuesday and Wednesday testing employees, with the results expected to come in starting Thursday.

"We're very grateful that all of our 87 employees have co-operated fully with Public Health to be screened for symptoms, and any employees who have been contacted for testing are required to complete testing this week before being permitted to resume work," he said.

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An employee at True North Salmon in Blacks Harbour, a village in southwest N.B., has tested positive for tuberculosis. Joel Richardson, company spokesperson, said he believes the risk of further spread is low.

Tuberculosis, also known as TB, is caused by the bacteria mycobacterium tuberculosis and is spread from person to person through the air, according to a New Brunswick Public Health fact sheet about the disease.

The bacteria are spread from person to person through coughing, sneezing and talking when in close, frequent and prolonged contact with someone who has active TB, according to Public Health.

Richardson said the employee had been off work sick for about two weeks prior to testing positive.

Cooke Aquaculture spokesperson Joel Richardson says 87 employees at a fish processing plant operated by a company subsidiary have been tested for tuberculosis and are awaiting results.

He said Public Health determined through contact tracing that the risk to other employees and to the wider community was "low," and therefore a notification for the region wasn't required.

Richardson said the employee is currently in hospital and is expected to recover.

CBC News has asked Public Health whether any more cases have been detected and whether any possible exposure sites were identified.

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In an email, spokesperson Sean Hatchard said Public Health cannot comment on specifics, but that any exposed individuals are contacted directly.

"It is also common for Public Health to work closely with businesses and organizations who may have a confirmed case," he said.

He said general symptoms can include loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue, fever, high sweats, prolonged cough and chest pain.

Source unclear

Richardson said Public Health officials told the company that the employee doesn't appear to have contracted tuberculosis from the community.

Richardson said the employee also didn't travel outside of the region in recent weeks.

Richardson said the only explanation for its source is that the employee had a latent case of TB, which only recently became active.

"Our understanding from talking to the medical officers is that some forms of tuberculosis can actually be dormant in individuals even if they've previously been vaccinated as children, and that's the case with this particular individual."

Not uncommon scenario, expert says

TB cases can either be "active" or "latent," said Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious diseases specialist based out of the Toronto General Hospital.

A latent case occurs when the bacteria that causes TB enters someone's body, but their immune system effectively fights it off.

Infectious disease specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says it's not uncommon for someone to have latent tuberculosis that turns into an active case later in life. (Submitted by Isaac Bogoch)

The bacteria, however, can remain dormant in the body for decades, and up to 10 per cent of the time will at some point turn into an active case, with the person exhibiting symptoms such as cough and fever.

"That's like the norm. That's what happens the vast majority of the time," Bogoch said.

"There's certain parts of the world where TB is much more common compared to Canada, and many people are exposed to this infection early in life and they developed what's called latent tuberculosis … and they don't know they have it."

While TB can bring about severe symptoms, Bogoch said the treatment options available in Canada are very effective.

"You have to start off usually on four different antibiotics — four different pills — and you treat for a minimum of six months to ensure that it's treated … and again, it's not that hard to treat if you know what you're doing."

Increasing mask usage

Richardson said employees were already required to wear masks while on the processing line.

However, with the confirmed case of TB, the company is currently requiring employees wear a mask as soon as they enter the plant.

Richardson said operations at the plant otherwise have not been affected.

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A “Will Not” Province? 3 Questions for CME’s Joel Richardson

Huddle Staff Featured, Fredericton, New Brunswick

November 9 2015

FREDERICTON–Joel Richardson, vice president with the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) organization, raised eyebrows when he said New Brunswick has become not just a “have not” province, but a “will not” province.  

We wanted to go deeper to understand why he calls New Brunswick a “will not” province, so we asked him three questions:

1) Why do you call New Brunswick a “will not” province?

Many people now consider New Brunswick a “will-not” province, although I recognize that not everyone likes to hear it. I’ve never been one to mince words, so I’m telling it like it is in the hopes that it helps us move forward. New Brunswick’s brand and economic status as a self-sufficient province has dropped in the last century from a “have-province” to a “have-not” province to a “will-not province”.  Throughout our history we have been credited for being very inventive and industrious – and we took care of one another.

We’ve shifted to a society that relies heavily on Federal government transfer payment bailouts with over 40 per cent of our provincial governments budget now relying on money from other provinces just to help cover our essential services. That Federal money has relaxed our need to be innovative, motivated and hungry to accept new business development opportunities such as responsible resource development. Unemployment soaring over 20 per cent plus in some regions with over 40,000 residents out of work across NB. Housing construction starts are the lowest in 20 years below 1995 levels. New Brunswick youth have a much higher unemployment rate (17.5 per cent) than youth across Canada (14.3 per cent) and our child poverty rates are some of the highest in the country. Provincial government program expenditures are rapidly outpacing revenue.

Given our depressed economy and failing social standing, our political officials, community leaders and citizens have to stop winging decision making based on political opportunity and instead on science, economic and social benefit. It’s time New Brunswick graduated to a “have-province” again. We need to lift our province from the edge of chaos and our children out of poverty. Let’s boldly choose now to be part of the solution not the problem.

2) What attitudes need to change in the province?

People need to encourage and support entrepreneurs and companies who are willing to take significant risks in order to start or grow a business. We need to wrap our arms around goods and services exporters to support their growth and competitiveness so they can grow their sales and hire more people. Government doesn’t create jobs. Companies don’t create jobs. Demand from customers for products creates jobs.

We need to create more demand by strengthening global trade relationships and creating more awareness around our products.  Given our small population, New Brunswicker’s need to develop an export mindset so that in the future, even the smallest New Brunswick business will be multinational. Helping companies realize increased export sales will: 1) create new direct & indirect jobs, 2) generate GNB tax and royalty revenue to help cover health, education and social services, and 3) help families.

3) How best do we create more economic activity, jobs and wealth in the province?

We need to manufacture our future. Let’s get moving and aim higher. We need to set return on investment goals to strive for – 1) Become the most trade-friendly partner in the world; 2) Be Canada’s most prosperous province; 3) Achieve an unemployment rate of 6 percent, and; 4) Be the preferred location for people to invest, manufacture, export from, employ and grow.

Here’s 6 actions New Brunswick must do to survive and thrive – 1) Double manufacturing and exporting output by 2030; 2) Invest in innovation and new product development,; 3) Develop skills and careers in manufacturing, technology and trades for youth, immigrants and our aboriginal communities; 4) Approve and begin major capital projects required to transport our energy, resources and manufactured goods to market; 5) Explore alternative energy solutions like natural gas and renewable technologies, and; 6) Ensure our business climate is globally competitive.

We can do this, we must do this so hope is restored.  After all, it is our provincial motto – Spem Reduxit  …“It has restored hope”.

Advocates want Fatumah Najjuma's deportation cancelled, say feds vowed change for undocumented workers

 

 

She worked on the front lines during COVID-19. Now she could be deported and ripped from her daughter

Advocates want Fatumah Najjuma's deportation cancelled, say feds vowed change for undocumented workers

Shanifa Nasser · CBC News · Posted: Dec 26, 2022 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 26

For three years, Fatumah Najjuma worked as a personal support worker in Toronto, including during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now she could be deported and separated from her daughter, even as the federal government says it is working to do more to help secure permanent residence for undocumented workers. (Submitted by Fatumah Najjuma)

One year after the federal government vowed to do more to give status to undocumented workers, Canada is pressing forward with deporting a personal support worker, separating her from her child and sending her back to the country from which she says she ran for her life.

Fatumah Najjuma, a 29-year-old, fled Uganda while pregnant in 2018 after she says she was disowned by her family and her life was put in danger for her religious and social affiliations.

For three years, she's worked as a personal support worker in long-term care homes and at people's homes, including during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's a role in which she says she's found meaning, despite privately facing the terror of losing the life she's built in the safety of Canada.

"The elderly, they really need our help," she told CBC Toronto. "You assist them with doing everything so that they feel normal, like every other person."

But "normal" is something Najjuma hasn't been able to feel with her new life on the brink of collapse. Despite applying to stay in Canada on compassionate and humanitarian grounds in March, she faces deportation on Jan. 7. 

"My mental health is worsening every day. I'm not sleeping, I'm not eating… Each day that passes, I get more scared."

Najjuma is pictured here with her daughter on her third birthday in March 2022. It's the last time she says she remembers being happy. Not long after, she was sent a deportation order and could now be separated from her little girl. (Submitted by Fatumah Najjuma)

Federal Immigration Minister Sean Fraser's mandate includes working to "further explore ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing to Canadian communities." Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says that work is underway, but that it cannot comment on programs or policies under development.

Fraser recently met with approximately 100 undocumented migrant leaders from around the country, to hear directly from them, the department added.

"As we advance our work on further programs, we will continue listening to experts as well as undocumented workers themselves... Until new policies are announced, the existing ones remain in effect," spokesperson Jeffery MacDonald said in a statement.

'Completely irrational,' says advocate

That means while a change could soon be coming to ease the path to permanent residence for those like Najjuma, she is nevertheless set to be deported to Uganda while the specifics are ironed out.

That's unacceptable to Syed Hussan, executive director of Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, who says his organization was told a decision on regularization would be coming this year.

"It's completely irrational," Hussan said. 

"People are continuing to be ripped apart from their families, mistreated because they don't have permanent resident status, despite the promise… A policy is being developed and deportations are happening at the same time."

Federal Immigration Minister Sean Fraser recently met with approximately 100 undocumented migrant leaders from around the country, to hear directly from them, says Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada. (Patrick Swadden/CBC)

Najjuma's deportation date approaches as another personal support worker and her son who also stood to be torn from their Canadian family members finally received their permanent residence.

Nike Okafor and her son, Sydney, had been in Canada for 19 years and waiting on their sponsorship application to be processed when they were suddenly hit with a deportation order by Canadian Border Services Agency.

As CBC Toronto reported, their nightmare finally ended last Monday, when they got word that their permanent residence application had been approved.

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But for Hussan, "It's not about finding exceptional cases, but to take on an unfair and discriminatory system that denies permanent residence to people… then wrenches them apart from their communities and puts them in situations of risk."

According to the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, there are an estimated half million undocumented people in Canada, and another 1.2 million with study and work permits or claiming asylum — many who can't access basic services and face exploitation by landlords or at work.

Thousands have been deported or face deportation since the immigration mandate a year ago, the group says.

IRCC says tens of thousands of temporary workers transition to permanent status each year. Of the 406,000 foreign nationals who became permanent residents in 2021, it says nearly 169,000 of them transitioned from worker status.

CBSA says it considers 'best interest of the child'

In a statement to CBC Toronto, the Canadian Border Services Agency said it cannot comment on individual cases for privacy reasons, but that it has a legal obligation to remove those who are inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and who have removal orders in force.

"The decision to remove someone from Canada is not taken lightly," the CBSA said, adding the agency only acts on a removal order "once all legal avenues of recourse have been exhausted."

Syed Hussan with the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, says he wants to see all migrants in Canada be granted permanent residency, adding his group was told the federal government would be making a decision on a policy this year. (Krystalle Ramlakhan/CBC)

Najjuma's deportation order came months after she had already submitted a humanitarian and compassionate grounds application. Humanitarian applications don't automatically stop a deportation unless they receive the first stage of approval, but Najjuma says her application is still being reviewed. 

Having a Canadian-born child also doesn't prevent someone from being removed, the CBSA said. 

The agency says it "always considers the best interest of the child before removing someone," adding a family can be kept together by removing the child from Canada too.

That would mean uprooting Najjuma's three-year-old daughter, Ilham, a Canadian citizen, to a country where her mother says her life too would be endangered. 

Judge cites 'moral debt' owed to front-line workers

Toronto-based lawyer Vakkas Bilsin worked to help secure permanent residence for Okafor. While he is not involved in Najjuma's case, the two women's stories have much in common. 

"In my opinion, Ms. Fatumah's sudden removal from Canada is neither reasonable nor sensible before she receives the final decision on the outstanding humanitarian and compassionate application," Bilsin said, adding he hopes someone in authority will hear her story and intervene. 

In fact, in a ruling this year against the Immigration Appeal Division, a federal court judge indicated applicants who have worked as health care aids or on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic deserve special consideration.

"The moral debt owed to immigrants who worked on the front lines to help protect vulnerable people in Canada during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overstated," Justice Shirzad Ahmed wrote. 

For now, as the clock ticks and her deportation approaches, Najjuma is trying to remain hopeful.

"All I want is to stay with my daughter, to be with her, to raise her in this country and not anywhere else," she said.

"Because this is home."

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Shanifa Nasser · CBC News · Posted: Jul 15, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: July 15

After 19 years in Canada, Nike Okafor's family faced being torn apart as she, centre, and her eldest son, right, were ordered to be sent back to Nigeria and nearly forced to say goodbye to her Canadian husband and two Canadian children. (Submitted by Nike Okafor)

A Toronto woman and her son who were facing deportation after living in Canada for 19 years are now being allowed to stay for three more months as their lawyer takes their fight to federal court.

On Friday, just hours after CBC News reported that Nike Okafor's family faced being torn apart as she and her eldest son were ordered to return to Nigeria, the family's lawyer received a letter from the Canada Border Services Agency granting their request for a deferral.

Okafor, 39, and her 21-year-old son Sydney, who was born in Nigeria, had been bracing to say goodbye to her Canadian husband and two children who were born in this country. They were to report to Toronto's Pearson Airport on July 26.

"Having considered your request, I am of the opinion that a deferral of the removal order is appropriate under the circumstances," the CBSA's letter says. However, it adds that the agency has an obligation to carry out deportations "as soon as reasonably possible."

Okafor and her son had been in Canada for nearly two decades before she received a deportation order this past May.

'My whole life is here'

All this time later, she never imagined that she would be ripped from her husband and two of her children — all Canadian citizens — and forced to return to the country she fled.

Instead, the mother of three once again found herself fighting for her future, as well as that of her son, who arrived with her at the age of two all those years ago. She was pregnant with her second child at the time.

"If I have to go back, it will end my life," Okafor said through tears. "I'll be separated from my husband, I'll be separated from my Canadian children, I don't know how I can live."

"My whole life is here."

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'Please let me stay here,' says mother facing deportation after 19 years in Canada

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After nearly two decades in Canada, Nike Okafor is facing deportation to Nigeria despite having a Canadian husband and two Canadian children, amid delays in processing her spousal sponsorship application. The mother of three speaks to CBC Toronto about her wish to stay in the country.

Okafor came to Canada as an asylum seeker in 2003. A Muslim, she'd had a son with a Christian man and says she feared the boy would be taken from her amid religious tensions in Nigeria's north. She fled to secure a future for them both, she told CBC News. 

Her refugee claim was denied but as Okafor appealed and tried to find a way to stay, life went on. She said she was told to stay in close touch with the CBSA over the years and did so.

In the meantime, she put herself through school, found employment as a personal support worker, had two Canadian-born children, met the man she would marry and built a future she never thought possible back home. 

But that future was nearly cut short.

'Very, very unjust'

This past April, Okafor and her son, who are currently in Canada without status, suddenly received a deportation order from the CBSA. That's despite her husband filing a spousal sponsorship application to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) more than two years ago.

WATCH | This Canadian may have to say goodbye to his wife as she faces deportation:

This Canadian citizen may have to say goodbye to his wife as she faces deportation

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Duration 1:29

Rotimi Odunaiya’s wife, Nike Okafor, is facing deportation to Nigeria after living in Canada for 19 years after delays in the government processing her spousal application. He speaks to CBC Toronto about the message he has for the government.

According to the federal government's website, the average processing time for spousal sponsorships is 15 months. Okafor has been waiting 28 months already and says she would have long been a permanent resident if not for the delays. 

It's a situation that Janet Dench, executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees, calls "very, very unjust."

"I think that most Canadians, when they look at these situations, they think that this doesn't make any sense, and of course, how is it that one part of the government is kind of undermining the efforts of the other? Don't they talk to each other?" Dench said.

"And basically the answer is that, no … at least, not on individual cases."

Dench said while a case like Okafor's involves both the CBSA and IRCC, the two departments work according to their specific mandates, the former focused on law enforcement and the latter selecting and facilitating new residents.

Janet Dench, executive director of the Canadian Council for Refugees, calls the situation Okafor and her son are facing 'unjust.' (CBC)

The IRCC's website says one of the ministry's goals is "family reunification." Still, there appears to be no mechanism to prevent the CBSA from removing someone even if they have a family-class-related permanent residency application underway, as is the case for Okafor and her son.

Dench said she's hopeful that will soon change, noting the federal immigration minister's mandate letter calls on him to look into broadening options for undocumented workers.

"We're hoping that the government will see the opportunity to really regularize a very large number of people and to put an end to this kind of contradiction," she said. 

Family reunification a 'pillar' of immigration system

In a statement to CBC News, IRCC said Okafor and her son's application for permanent residence is "in queue for review" and will be met with an "objective review."

The department would not say how long the wait will be and said time frames for processing some applications may vary due to the "unique nature" of each case. It also did not explain how someone with an application under review could be given a deportation order or whether the IRCC communicates with the CBSA to prevent such situations.

"Family reunification is a fundamental pillar of our immigration system, and IRCC works to process applications for permanent residence expeditiously while conducting all verifications required under the law," the statement said. 

The CBSA told CBC News "the decision to remove someone from Canada is not taken lightly."

There are "a variety of reasons" that might prevent a removal order from being enforced expeditiously, it said. Having a Canadian-born child does not prevent a person from being deported, however it added "the CBSA always considers the best interest of the child before removing someone."

With time running out for Okafor and her family, Toronto-based immigration lawyer Vakkas Bilsin hopes the spousal sponsorship will be approved in the three months that the family has been granted. (CBC)

With time running out for Okafor and her family, Toronto-based immigration lawyer Vakkas Bilsin has brought the case before the federal court and hopes the spousal sponsorship will be approved in the three months that the family has been granted.

"Knowingly sending Ms. and Mr. Okafor into the inevitable, serious and irreparable harm that awaits them in Nigeria is merciless and goes against every fibre that Canada's immigration and refugee system and Canadian society was built on," Bilsin wrote in a recent application calling on the CBSA to defer their deportation.

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Speaking to CBC News, Bilsin said he's seen no explanation for why the CBSA is opting to remove the two all these years later. 

"I think she deserves to be in Canada. She might not have permanent residency but she's Canadian in heart."

'We would have to restart our lives'

As their deportation date approached, Okafor's eldest son tried to make sense of what it would mean to leave behind the only country he's called home. 

Enrolled in a sports management program at Humber College, he had no idea if he'd be in Canada to see it through. He's worried too about his younger siblings who look up to him. 

As their deportation date approaches, Okafor's Nigerian-born son Sydney, now 21, is trying to make sense of what it would mean to leave behind the only country he's called home.  (Paul Borkwood/CBC)

"If we had to leave, we would have to restart our lives," he said. "It wouldn't be right."

Okafor's husband, Rotimi Odunaiya, a Canadian citizen who she's been with for 10 years and married for about five, said the family has been living one day at a time, hoping the government will step in to keep them together. 

"Somebody who has already lived a life here, up to two decades… contributing to society, working as a PSW — it's not a joke," he said.  "If somebody says this cannot happen in Canada — yes, it does happen."

"We're a family," he said. "Don't split us."

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Legal charity running out of money, time

Pro Bono Ontario dispensed free legal advice to 18K clients last year

Laurie Fagan · CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2018 4:00 AM ET 

 

 

Lori Shepherd turned to Pro Bono Ontario after her husband died without leaving a will, setting off a battle over life insurance payments. (supplied )

An Ottawa legal clinic that provides free advice to litigants in civil matters who may otherwise go unrepresented has run out of money, forcing its closure as soon as next month.

Last year, 18,000 people sought legal counsel at Pro Bono Ontario's (PBO) three offices, two in Toronto and one in Ottawa. Ottawa's office assisted 2,613 people in 2017.

Lawyers volunteer their time to staff the Ottawa office, located at the provincial court house on Elgin Street. Most of their clients are referred by the courts, and come seeking help with such problems as wrongful dismissal, landlord/tenant disputes and estate matters. 

PBO received a year's worth of emergency funding from the Law Foundation of Ontario to continue operating in 2018, but that lifeline is about to expire. The registered charity is looking for $500,000 from the province to continue paying the bills, including two paid staff who help manage the Ottawa office.

Gratitude, relief

Lori Shepherd, 45, turned to PBO after her husband died of cancer in January 2017. He hadn't left a will, and she'd left her job to care for him.

Shepherd found herself locked in battle with the executor of her husband's estate to get a share of his $200,000 life insurance policy to help raise their two children, six and 13.

I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude and relief that somebody could hear me, that somebody could feel my struggle.

- Lori Shepherd, PBO client

Initially she hired a lawyer, but said all she ended up with was a $3,000 credit card bill. That's when she turned to PBO.

In June 2017, Shepherd went to the Pro-Bono office in Ottawa and staff made no promises but said they'd try and find the right lawyer to help her. 

"I felt an overwhelming sense of gratitude and relief that somebody could hear me, that somebody could feel my struggle," she said. "Previous to that I'd felt so alone and confused."

PBO referred her to a lawyer at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP who eventually helped her avoid a civil suit and arranged for monthly payments to her children.

"As much as anything I just needed it to be over. The amount of anxiety that I felt through the whole process was overwhelming," Shepherd said. "I felt so grateful when he told me I'd get the money."

'It broke my heart'

Ottawa lawyer David Scott helped create Pro Bono Ontario. Now in his 80s, Scott still volunteers once a month at PBO's Ottawa office. 

"The personal satisfaction is enormous," he said. "Last week I helped five people and I walked away euphoric, but then I heard we're going to have to close and it broke my heart"  he said 

Scott said the lawyers who volunteer at PBO help clients draw up documents and prepare their arguments for court.

"These people are desperate, and before, without this office, they had nowhere to go," he said. 

According to PBO, an independent study showed that in 2015-16 the charity provided legal advice worth $5.76 million to unrepresented litigants

Litigants who show up to court unprepared and unrepresented cause costly delays, Scott said. He believes the province has a responsibility to fund PBO through its statutory obligation to provide every citizen with access to justice.

"It's an absolutely critical service, and we're talking about enormously disadvantaged citizens," Scott said. "The time has come for the attorney general and ... the Law Society to face up to these responsibilities."

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Pro Bono Ontario Elects Gordon Currie as Chair of the Board of Directors

April 6, 2020: Pro Bono Ontario (PBO) announced today that Gordon Currie, Chief Legal Officer of George Weston Limited, was elected Chair of PBO’s Board of Directors at its AGM on April 2. Gordon succeeds Guy Pratte, a partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.

“Gord is a natural choice for this role,” said Executive Director Lynn Burns. PBO is Canada’s largest pro bono legal service provider, with offices in three court houses, six hospitals and the Free Legal Advice Hotline, which collectively assist 30,000 clients each year. “Gord’s commitment to community service, his leadership and his experience in business and law will help guide us through challenges and help take PBO to the next level.”

“I am truly honoured and eager to step into this role,” Currie said.  “Guy leaves large shoes to fill, but with a strong board and very experienced and dynamic management team, I am confident in PBO’s future.”

PBO also appointed three new Directors: Mary Paterson, Partner at Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Deborah Templer, Partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP and Marc Toppings, VP and Chief Legal Officer, University Health Network. All three have demonstrated a commitment to access to justice and have worked closely with PBO for several years.

About PBO

Founded in 2001, Pro Bono Ontario is a registered charity that provides free legal services to nearly 30,000 clients each year, assisting vulnerable Ontarians with the civil, non-family legal problems that account for approximately 60 percent of unmet legal needs in the province. www.probonoontario.org

Media contact: Lynn Burns, Executive Director

416-977-4448 ext. 925

lynn@probonoontario.org

 https://www.probonoontario.org/about-pbo/

About PBO

Pro Bono Ontario is here to help Ontarians who have essential legal needs but can’t afford a lawyer.

Many of our clients are vulnerable individuals who desperately need help with everyday legal problems. These include frail people on fixed incomes who have fallen prey to predatory lending schemes, caregivers facing job loss when tending to sick relatives, children facing barriers to their education, or self-employed contractors struggling to collect monies owed. These and other struggling groups approach us by the thousands for help. Our services prevent a spiral of costly social problems, and often mean the difference between shelter and homelessness, food on the table and hunger, economic stability and bankruptcy, productive work and unemployment.

We also help build communities by supporting start-ups, artists, social service organizations and social entrepreneurs with the legal issues that come with running a small business in Ontario.

Pro Bono Ontario develops and manages high quality programs that connect volunteer lawyers with Ontarians who can’t afford a lawyer. Wherever possible, we embed our free legal services in front-line environments like courthouses, schools and hospitals – places frequented by people with legal problems they can’t afford to address.

Thank you for your interest in Pro Bono Ontario.

Staff & Board Members

CHAIR

Gordon Currie (Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, George Weston Limited)

VICE CHAIR

Sarah Armstrong (Partner, Fasken)

TREASURER

Daniel Holden (Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary, Nestlé Canada Inc.)

DIRECTORS

Louis Century (Goldblatt Partners LLP)
Maria Douvas (Chief Legal Officer, RBC)
Jennifer Gold (Partner, Wood Gold LLP)
Mitchell E. Kowalski (General Counsel and Compliance Officer Canada, Aoyuan International)
Kike (Kikelomo) Lawal (Executive Vice-President and Chief Legal Officer, CIBC)
Eric Moss (SVP, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer Legal & Regulatory Compliance, BMO Financial Group)
Mary Paterson (Partner, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP)
Bryson Stokes (Firm Managing Partner, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP)
Deborah Templer (Partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP)
Marc Toppings (VP and CLO University Health Network)

STAFF

Lynn Burns, Executive Director
Yonit Fuhrmann, Deputy Director
Matt Cohen, Director of Litigation Assistance Projects
Jennifer Marston, Director of Hotline Operations and Knowledge
Isabella Mentina, Managing Lawyer (Ottawa)
Jennifer Flores, Staff Lawyer, Free Legal Advice Hotline
Elizabeth Legge, Staff Lawyer
Brian Houghton, Litigation Projects Manager
Laurine Shaw, Systems Administrator
Nicole Kellow, Pro Bono Coordinator, Education Law and Charitable Law Projects
Cho Rok Youn, Hotline Coordinator
Eunji Kim-Currie, Hotline Coordinator
Lee Ann Chapman, PBO at SickKids Triage Lawyer
Adina Goldberg, PBO at Children’s Hospital Triage Lawyer
Hilary Mack, PBO at McMaster Children’s Hospital Triage Lawyer
Adil Munim, Staff Lawyer, Free Legal Advice Hotline
Afeefah Rasack, Hotline Coordinator
Olha Senyshyn, Staff Lawyer, Canadian Legal Support for Ukrainians

 

 

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/enterprise-rent-a-car-bill-1.6695666   

 

Toronto man billed more than $8K for rental car damage he says he didn't cause

Sandy Soufivand says Enterprise Rent-A-Car billed more than $8,000 in damage 

Tyler Cheese · CBC News · Posted: Dec 27, 2022 5:00 AM ET

 

Sandy Soufivand says he picked up a vehicle from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in September. Two weeks later, the car broke down and now the rental company has billed him more than $8,000 for damage he says he didn't cause. (Submitted by Sandy Soufivand)

 

A Toronto man says he was asked to pay more than $8,000 for damage to a rental car he says he didn't cause.

Sandy Soufivand, a medical lab technician, told CBC Toronto that he picked up a vehicle from Enterprise Rent-A-Car in September. 

Two weeks later, the car broke down and now the rental company is blaming him. The situation has caused a number of sleepless nights, Soufivand said.

"It was just a lot of stress, just so much stress," he said. "Unable to think, unable to sleep. Just an overwhelming amount of stress."

Soufivand rented the car following a collision with his personal vehicle in August. The rental was paid for by his auto insurance company, Aviva, but after the car broke down a mechanic found a damaged transmission and evidence of impact to its undercarriage. Though Enterprise is holding Soufivand responsible for the damage, Aviva agreed to cover the bill after CBC Toronto reached out.

                                       When the rental car broke down, he noticed it was leaking fluid. Enterprise Rent-A-Car later billed him more than $8,000 for a new transmission and damage to the undercarriage. (Sandy Soufivand)

Though the bill is no longer a problem, Soufivand wants to warn others to fully review any rental agreements they sign. 

He signed Enterprise's agreement which included a statement that the renter received the vehicle in "good physical and mechanical condition." 

Soufivand feels that this is unfair given that he does not have the expertise of a mechanic. 

"The overwhelming majority of people that rent a car from them are not going to be car mechanics," he said. "You cannot sign off saying that every mechanical component in the car is in good condition because you cannot verify that.… They don't have a mechanic there."

In an email statement to CBC Toronto, Enterprise Holdings, the company that owns Enterprise Rent-A-Car, stated, "we follow a maintenance schedule with our vehicles based on the manufacturer's recommended requirements.

"This includes regular oil changes, tire inspection and rotation, brake, suspension, exhaust, vehicle fluids checks, and a general vehicle inspection. We also perform regular visual vehicle inspections for safety items, such as tires and warning lights, as well as changes in vehicle condition."

Sandy Soufivand says it's unfair for Enterprise to have him sign off on the mechanical condition of the car when he doesn't have any mechanical expertise. (Sandy Soufivand)

The statement reaffirmed that Enterprise believes Soufivand is at fault, "as [the vehicle] would not have been drivable if the damage existed earlier." 

Jennifer Marston, a lawyer with Pro Bono Ontario, told CBC Toronto that people need to carefully read any rental agreements they sign.

Even so, if this issue did go to court the terms of the contract would likely be up for debate, she said.

"If there's an onerous term of a consumer contract buried in the fine print then the company can't necessarily rely on that to enforce its rights," Marston said.

A judge would also likely take into consideration the power imbalance between Soufivand and the rental company, she said.

• Enterprise charges customer more than $3,300 for damage incurred after truck returned

• Ontario woman, 84, with valid driver's licence told she was too old to rent a minivan

"The business has had months and years and the benefit of legal advice in developing this contract and the consumer is often in line at the counter and with other people waiting behind them and being asked to sign on a dotted line quickly to get the transaction complete," Marston said. 

She added that the bill could be fought in court but Soufivand said hiring a lawyer would cost him around the same as the bill itself. 

Now that the insurance company has agreed to cover the cost, he's just happy to move on from the situation. 

But he does have some advice for other renters. 

"Before you get in the car, when the adviser is there doing the walk around, ask questions," he said.

"When was the last time that a mechanic took a look at it? What happens if I'm driving it and I've done nothing wrong and the car breaks down? Will I be held responsible for it? Ask all of those important questions and make sure that you're not driving away in a vehicle that has been previously damaged."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tyler Cheese

Tyler Cheese reports for CBC Toronto. You can contact him at tyler.cheese@cbc.ca or @TylerRCheese on Twitter.

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David Amos

Methinks this is the heart of the matter Hence Enterprise does not deserve the bad press

N'esy Pas?

"Soufivand rented the car following a collision with his personal vehicle in August. The rental was paid for by his auto insurance company, Aviva, but after the car broke down a mechanic found a damaged transmission and evidence of impact to its undercarriage. Though Enterprise is holding Soufivand responsible for the damage, Aviva agreed to cover the bill after CBC Toronto reached out."

 

 

 

David Amos

Hmmm

Legal charity running out of money, time

Pro Bono Ontario dispensed free legal advice to 18K clients last year

Laurie Fagan · CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2018

Yea Right

 

Attn Matthew Wiens, Director; Phone: 416-597-0770 ext 927 Why have somebody call me an LIE to me?

David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 4:04 PM To: mattheww@probonoontario.org, lynn@probonoontario.org Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Larry.Tremblay" <Larry.Tremblay@rcmp-grc.gc.ca> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:07:57 -0400 Subject: Nobody should deny that I called and tried to talked to Dean Lorne Sossin and many other lawyers today EH? To: lawdean@osgoode.yorku.ca, jmccamus@osgoode.yorku.ca, nbrooks@tru.ca, howattm@lao.on.ca, "Gary.Willits" < Gary.Willits@edmontonpolice.ca>, "don.marshall" < don.marshall@edmonton.ca>, "Don.Allen" <Don.Allen@unb.ca>, "darrow.macintyre" <darrow.macintyre@cbc.ca>, ju.registrator@gov.se, wpfchief@nbpolice.ca, "Glen.Savoie" <Glen.Savoie@gnb.ca>, Glen Canning < grcanning@gmail.com>, gleblanc <gleblanc@coxandpalmer.com>, lynn@pblo.org, lynn@probonoontario.org Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, danadurnford < danadurnford@hotmail.com>, dean <dean@law.ualberta.ca>, Dean Ray < deanrogerray@hotmail.com>, "martin.gaudet" < martin.gaudet@fredericton.ca>, Daniel.Conley@state.ma.us, bbachrach < bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net>, tim4nm@gmail.com, sallybrooks25 < sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca> Anyone remember Barry Winters and his blogs etc? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/nobody-safe-from-edmonton-blogger-charged-with-hate-crime-1.4161015 'Nobody was safe from it': Edmonton blogger charged with rare hate crime targeted individuals across Canada Police say Barry Winters, 62, made derogatory remarks about race, gender, politics By Roberta Bell, CBC News Posted: Jun 14, 2017 5:38 PM MT ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:57:27 -0300 Subject: Fwd: [The anti, anti Freemason, anti, anti Israel, and anti blog, blog] New comment on So now lets deal with our pedophile Yank anti-Semi.... To: Barry Winters <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>, dean Ray < deanr0032@hotmail.com>, "Dean.Buzza" <Dean.Buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, Dean Ray <deanray98@yahoo.ca>, dean <dean@law.ualberta.ca>, "dan. bussieres" <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>, "Daniel.Conley" < Daniel.Conley@state.ma.us>, "oldmaison. wcie" < oldmaison.wcie@gmail.com>, danadurf <danadurf@hotmail.com>, Dan Fitzgerald <danf@danf.net>, splitting_the_sky < splitting_the_sky@yahoo.com>, vanlop1 <vanlop1@parl.gc.ca>, "Ignatieff. M" <Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca>, dr_taitz < dr_taitz@yahoo.com>, "William J. Wagener" < producer@onsecondthought.tv>, drcarley <drcarley@gmail.com>, "drbilldeagle" <drbilldeagle@earthlink.net>, "David Amos" < motomaniac02186@yahoo.com>, Sheldon Day <gem3intucson@q.com>, freedomfighterradio <freedomfighterradio@comcast.net> Cc: Mohawk Nation News <kahentinetha2@yahoo.com>, hubert < hubert@uinr.ca>, Byron Prior <alltrue@nl.rogers.com>, DannyWilliams < DannyWilliams@gov.nl.ca>, "danny.copp@fredericton.ca" < danny.copp@fredericton.ca>, "tim. porter" <Tim.Porter@gnb.ca>, tips < tips@tribune.com>, tim4nm <tim4nm@gmail.com>, "t.j.burke@gnb.ca" < t.j.burke@gnb.ca>, lawdean <lawdean@osgoode.yorku.ca>, "kelly. lamrock" <kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca> http://baconfat53.blogspot.com/2009/09/so-now-lets-deal-with-our-pedophile.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Raymond Amos <noreply-comment@blogger.com> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:49:40 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [The anti, anti Freemason, anti, anti Israel, and anti blog, blog] New comment on So now lets deal with our pedophile Yank anti-Semi.... To: David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com David Raymond Amos has left a new comment on the post "So now lets deal with our pedophile Yank anti-Semi...": Clearly you have no idea who you are fucking with pussy. However it seems that your RCMP buddies have to move your number one fan Dana Baby Durnford the Newfy diddler in pissy pampers ASAP EH Mr Baconfat? Apparentely you bastards are all shitting bricks after purported true confessions that your palls the dumb shills Dirty Dicky Dean and Dana Baby Durnford published on the Internet. One was hooked at the hip with the Hells Angels and the other with the Outlaws and they are now both informants forthe RCMP? Now that is truly funny. All I am is a scootertramp whom everybody and his dog attacked because I happened to blow the whistle to the IRS in order to protect the rights and interests of my little Clan. Many years later after the econom tanked Bernie Madoff was forced to spill some beans and make a deal in confidence witht he corrupt Feds attcking mean old me. The Feds sic a drunken Zionist spin doctor and the RCMP on mean old me and think that I don't know the score? As I always said I am to dumb to know fear and you can't fool me because I am too stupid. However on the other hand people such as you Mr Baconfat prove to me on a daily basis that the Forest Gump character was a truly wise guy. "Stupid is as Stupid Does" Before you practise your MO and make this comment go "Poof" then deny it you should well know by now that the proof that it was once posted in your evil blog is winging its way to many other people who hate you as much as I do. We all deserve to have a good laugh reading the words of a perverted pussy pissing in his pampers as an evil Zionist starts packing his bags to return to his purported promised land. You ain't a true Canadian not by any long shot of any sniper that you dudes have been promising to send against me for years. The likes of you evil bastards are not welcome in MY nativeland as long as I have breath to say or do anything about it EH? Say Hoka Hey to you buddy Gaby Baby for me when you get back to you precious safe harbour will ya MR Baconfat? Obviously your butt buddy Dana Baby posted this shit in my old blog first thing sunday morning. what better day to return the favour and post it in his pal the Zionist blog? Who is celebrating what lately? Its hard to keep up with all you religious freaks and your silly rituals. Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "Me and Bush": Amos...since you or whoever decided to once again bring 1% bikers into this, maybe it's high time I brought out into the open something that I think you already knew but for whatever reason never mentioned. You know I used to ride before my diving accident. Most people don't know that. At any rate Amos...remember the first ghost account I attacked you and Werner Bock with last year? PortHardyOFFO was the name. Now Amos...I know YOU know what this means, but I wonder for everyone else's benefit if they can put it together. O-F-F-O 1%-ers...O-F-F-O...the fact that I'm not afraid to talk about the Hell's Angels and what FAGS they are...O-F-F-O... Every cop Amos sends this to just shit massive bricks, and Amos climaxed all over himself with excitement. Trouble is, NOT EVEN THIS revelation is going to get me in any trouble Amos. What part of PROTECTED ASSET don't you understand you fuckin idiot? Posted by Anonymous to Just Dave at Sunday, September 27, 2009 Anonymous noreply-comment@blogger.com Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 7:41 AM To: David.Raymond.Amos@gmail.com Anonymous has left a new comment on the post "Me and Bush": OUTLAWS FOREVER, FOREVER OUTLAWS!!!! Posted by Anonymous to Just Dave at Sunday, September 27, 2009 Post a comment: https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4668895180765337964&postID=6457540205893213131&ext-ref=comm-sub-email Unsubscribe to comments for this post: http://www.blogger.com/comment-unsubscribe.g?blogID=4668895180765337964&postID=6457540205893213131 Posted by David Raymond Amos to The anti, anti Freemason, anti, anti Israel, and anti blog, blog at September 27, 2009 8:49 AM The Supreme Court suggest that folks call these people and all one gets is a cruise line hustle? https://www.probonoontario.org/about/contact/ Need Legal Help?  Call our Free Legal Advice Hotline to speak with a lawyer. Toll Free Number:  1-855-255-7256 Mailing Address: 110-393 University Avenue Toronto, ON  M5G 1E6 Media inquiries: Please contact: lynn@pblo.org or call 416-977-4448 ext. 925 ADVISORY BOARD Justice Colin Campbell (The Superior Court of Justice) Hon. Justice Stephen Goudge (Court of Appeal for Ontario) Hon. Frank Marrocco (Associate Chief Justice, Superior Court of Justice) R. Roy McMurtry, Q.C. (Hull & Hull LLP) CHAIR Guy Pratte (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP) PAST PRESIDENT David W. Scott, QC (Borden Ladner Gervais LLP) TREASURER Gordon Baird, (McCarthy Tétrault LLP) SECRETARY Carol McNamara, (Royal Bank of Canada) DIRECTORS David Allgood (Dentons Canada LLP) Marion Annou Gordon Currie, (Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer George Weston Limited) Simon Fish (General Counsel, BMO Financial Group) Daniel Holden (Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary Nestlé Canada Inc.) Heather Innes Emily Jelich (VP and Chief Compliance Officer, TD Securities Compliance) Kike (Kikelomo) Lawal (Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Interac Association/ Acxsys Corporation) Larry Lowenstein (Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP) Malcolm Mercer (McCarthy Tétrault LLP) Linda Plumpton (Torys LLP) Anne C. Sonnen (Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Risk Officer Capital One Canada) Justice Heather Williams (Superior Court of Justice) Staff Lynn Burns, Executive Director Yonit Fuhrmann, Deputy Director Matt Cohen, Director of Litigation Projects Brian Houghton, Litigation Projects Manager Isabella Mentina, Managing Lawyer (Ottawa) Laurine Shaw, Project Coordinator, Law Help Centres Monica Hwu, Project Coordinator, Law Help Centres Mihiri Perera, PBO at CHEO Triage Lawyer Lee Ann Chapman, PBO at SickKids Triage Lawyer Adina Goldberg, PBO at Children’s Hospital Triage Lawyer Hannah Lee, PBO at Holland Bloorview Triage Lawyer Hilary Mack, PBO at McMaster Children’s Hospital Triage Lawyer Nicole Kellow, Pro Bono Coordinator, Education Law and Charitable Law projects https://legalaid.on.ca/en/about/board_of_directors.asp To report suspected fraud or wrong doing Contact LAO’s Ethics Hotline at: Toll-free: 1-877-312-7753 FYI I talked to some dude named "Simon" who did not give a damn about legal ethics. Trust that I was not surprised https://www.legalaid.on.ca/en/news/newsarchive/1512-14_lao-announces-new-ceo.asp https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty-and-staff/mccamus-john-d/ John D. McCamus Professor Emeritus Research Email: jmccamus@osgoode.yorku.ca Telephone: 416-736-5569 Assistant: Angela Monardo John D. McCamus has been a Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School since 1971.  Prior to his faculty appointment, he served as Law Clerk to the Honourable Mr. Justice Laskin of the Supreme Court of Canada.  He teaches Contract, Commercial and Consumer Transactions, Contract Remedies, and Restitution. Professor McCamus is the author of The Law of Contracts, The Law of Restitution, editor of Freedom of Information: Canadian Perspectives, and co-editor of National Security:  Surveillance and Accountability in a Democratic Society, and Cases and Materials on Contracts, 3d ed.  Additionally, he has written several articles covering various aspects of the law of restitution, contracts, freedom of information, and the protection of privacy.  He is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Restatement of Restitution 3d.  Professor McCamus has a notable history of contribution to law reform efforts.  He has produced a number of research monographs for the Ontario Law Reform Commission and served as its Chair from 1992 to 1996.  In 1996-97, he chaired the Ontario Legal Aid Review.  Professor McCamus served as Dean of the Law School from 1982 to 1987.  His academic service also includes former positions as Assistant and Associate Dean, and Director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s Graduate Program. Research Interests: Corporate/Commercial Law https://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty-and-staff/sossin-lorne/ Lorne Sossin Dean & Professor Email:  lawdean@osgoode.yorku.ca Telephone: 416-736-5199 Research Interests: Human Rights Law, Legal Process, Legal Profession, Poverty Assistant: Cathy Malisani, Office: Ignat Kaneff Building, 2026J Lorne Sossin became Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School on July 1, 2010. Prior to this appointment, he was a Professor with the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto (2002-2010). He is a former Associate Dean of the University of Toronto (2004-2007) and served as the inaugural Director of the Centre for the Legal Profession (2008-2010). Previously (1997-2002), he was a faculty member at Osgoode Hall Law School, and the Department of Political Science, at York University. His teaching interests span administrative and constitutional law, the regulation of professions, civil litigation, public policy and the judicial process. Dean Sossin was a law clerk to former Chief Justice Antonio Lamer of the Supreme Court of Canada, a former Associate in Law at Columbia Law School and a former litigation lawyer with the firm of Borden & Elliot (now Borden Ladner Gervais LLP). Dean Sossin has published numerous books, journal articles, reviews and essays, including Administrative Law in Context, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2013) (co-edited with Colleen Flood); Boundaries of Judicial Review: The Law of Justiciability, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2012); The Future of Judicial Independence (Toronto: Irwin, 2010) (co-edited with Adam Dodek); Civil Litigation (Toronto: Irwin 2010) (co-authored with Janet Walker); Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009) (co-edited with Peter Russell); Dilemmas of Solidarity: Rethinking Redistribution in the Canadian Federation (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006) (co-edited with Sujit Choudhry and Jean-Francois Gaudreault-Desbiens); and Access to Care, Access to Justice: The Legal Debate over Private Health Insurance in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005) (co-edited with Colleen Flood & Kent Roach). Dean Sossin served as Research Director for the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Task Force on the Independence of the Bar and has written commissioned papers for the Gomery Inquiry, the Ipperwash Inquiry and the Goudge Inquiry. He also serves on the Boards of the National Judicial Institute, the Law Commission of Ontario and is a Vice Chair of the Ontario Health Professions Appeal and Review Board and Member of the Health Services Appeal and Review Board. Dean Sossin served as Interim Integrity Commissioner for the City of Toronto in 2008-2009, and is currently the Open Meeting Investigator for the City of Toronto. https://www.tru.ca/law/faculty-staff/sessional-faculty/neil-brooks.html Neil Brooks Email: nbrooks@tru.ca Phone: 778-471-8450 Mr Brooks has written a lot of books since we crossed paths in Fredericton in 2006 Neil Brooks taught tax law and policy at Osgoode Hall Law School for over 40 years where he served as Associate Dean, founder and Director of Osgoode’s master‘s program in taxation, and Academic Director of the Professional LLM program. His research interests include tax law and policy, corporate and international tax, and financing the welfare state. He has published many scholarly and popular books and articles on tax law and policy issues and has been the editor of Canadian Taxation, Osgoode Hall Law Journal and the Canadian Tax Journal. Recently, he has published, with Linda McQuaig, three versions of a book dealing with inequality and taxation: in Canada, The Trouble with Billionaires (Penguin Books, 2010); in the US, Billionaires‘ Ball: Gluttony and Hubris in an Age of Epic Inequality (Beacon Press 2012); and in the UK, The Trouble with Billionaires: How the Super-Rich Hijacked the World (and How We Can Take It Back) (Oneworld Publications, 2013). He has been a consultant on tax policy and reform issues to several departments in the government of Canada, and to the governments of New Zealand, Australia and several Canadian provinces. He was Co-Vice Chair of the Ontario Fair Tax Commission and has been on several advisory committees for the Auditor-General of Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency. He has been awarded the Canadian Association of Law Teacher’s Award for Academic Excellence and in 2012 was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubiliee Medal by the Canadian Tax Foundation. He is a frequent speaker and public commentator on current public finance issues. He has participated in capacity building projects relating to taxaion in a number of low-income countries including Lithuania, Vietnam, Japan, China, Mongolia, South Africa, Bangladesh, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, and Botswana. Professor Brooks teaches Tax Policy and Corporate Tax in the upper year curriculum. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.ca Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:43:47 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: I just called again Unless otherwise notified I will serve the lawyer Christopher M. 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Rupar my documents destined for the Supreme Court To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> Þessu pósthólfi hefur verið lokað Þar sem innanríkisráðuneytinu hefur nú verið skipt í tvö ný ráðuneyti hefur netföngum verið breytt: - Vegna erinda til dómsmálaráðuneytis sendið póst á postur@dmr.is - Vegna erinda til samgöngu- og sveitarstjórnarráðuneytis sendið póst á postur@srn.is This e-mail is out of order As two new Government ministries commenced operation on 1 May 2017 ? the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Transport and Local Government ? which took the place of the Ministry of the Interior the e-mail addresses have changed: - For requests to the Ministry of Justice - use postur@dmr.is - For requests to the Ministry of Transport and Local Government - use postur@srn.is http://www.scc-csc.ca/WebDocuments-DocumentsWeb/37774/MM010_Applicant_Tinker-et-al_Memorandum-of-Argument.pdf Christopher M. 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