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Law Union of Ontario co-sponsors DEFENSORA screening – Saturday, Jan 31 at Cinema Politica Danforth
DEFENSORA “Defensora is a deeply moving testimony to incredible courage in the face of wanton brutality and a shining tribute to the human search for justice.” (Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians) Followed by a discussion with: Murray Klippenstein, lawyer for the Mayan Plaintiffs Craig Scott, Member of Parliament for Toronto Danforth Saturday, Jan. 31st – […]
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Law Union of Ontario Submission to TPSB regarding the Community-Based Assessment of Police Contact Carding Report
Click here to read the Law Union of Ontario’s written submissions to the TPSB responding to and commenting on the CAPP Report. In November, 2014 Logical Outcomes released its Community Assessment of Police Practices (CAPP) report titled Community-Based Assessment of Police Contact Carding in 31 Division. The report was commissioned by the Toronto Police Services […]
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Law Union of Ontario rebukes Toronto Police Association for dishonestly and illegally condemning the chair of the TPSB
Toronto – 9 December 2014 – The Law Union of Ontario is calling on Michael McCormack and the Toronto Police Association to publicly apologize for dishonestly and illegally condemning the chair of the Toronto Police Services Board over a Facebook post. These attacks threaten to set back progress in community-police relations by years. Dr. Mukherjee re-posted […]
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#notmyCBA: LUO calls on members to resign from CBA over #CBAchevron
The Steering Committee of the Law Union of Ontario is urging all of its members to resign from the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) as a result of the CBA’s intervention in Chevron Corporation, et al. v. Yaiguaje, et al. We have written to CBA to this effect; the full text of this letter is at the […]