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Permanent Residents Face Increased Risks of Removal from Canada Permanent residents and foreign nationals who have been convicted of certain criminal offences, either in Canada or abroad, may be denied admission to […]
Changes to Immigration and Refugee Law On June 28, 2012, Bill C-31 the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act (Act) became law. As a result, there have been significant changes to refugee […]
Changes to Canada’s Citizenship Act The Canadian government made several notable changes to its citizenship laws over the past few years. As a result of these changes, Canadian citizenship by […]
25 Years of Advocacy! The Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic (CSALC) is turning 25 and there is much to celebrate! To start, we launched our new website at our […]
Changes to the Interim Federal Health Program The Federal government recently announced that as of June 30, 2012 there will be major changes to the Interim Federal Health Program. […]
New Law to Protect Consumers in Ontario As of Jan 1, 2011, the new Energy Consumer Protection Act (ECPA) became law which provides more protection to consumers when dealing with companies that […]
WHEN CAN CPP/OAS BENEFITS BE SUBJECT TO SEIZURE ? (The following article has been reprinted with the permission of the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly) The Old Age Security […]
Your Labour Rights On October 21 2010, our provincial government has passed the Open for Business Act which will have amendments to the Employment Standards Act. The proclamation will likely […]
Protection of Worker’s Right in Unionized Workplace How do you know you belong to a union A union is organized by workers voluntarily in a particular workplace such as a […]
Bill 168 – Changes to Prevent Workplace Violence and Harassment in the Workplace Violence or harassment at work is never acceptable and can have a detrimental affect on your workplace and […]