The Criminal Lawyers Association, which has been boycotting Legal Aid Ontario since June of 2009 to protest the hourly rate, has announced that it has reached an agreement with the province. Legal Aid will be increasing the hourly tariff for about 5% a year for the next few years.
The news release also says Legal Aid [...]

I recently received a few inquiries regarding the difference between the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP)* and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).^ Below is a brief comparison for your reference. Please be reminded that it’s not meant to be an exhaustive list.
Similarities between ODSP and CPP Disability Benefits
Substantive

Both the ODSP and the CPP are designed [...]

What Is the RDSP?
The Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) is the Canadian federal government’s initiative in assisting individuals with disabilities.^ To become eligible for the RDSP, you must be a Canadian resident under 60 years of age and eligible for the Disability Tax Credit.*
Once an RDSP account is open, anyone with written permission can contribute [...]

Most social assistance programs funded by the public purse have financial restrictions on eligibility. The Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) is no exception. To qualify for ODSP, the recipient must not have more than the prescribed assets. (For more information, read my blog “Too Much Money? ODSP’s Asset Restrictions,” posted on April 20, 2009.)
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“Adjournment” means a delay in a proceeding. In civil litigation and administrative appeal proceedings, adjournment requests are common.
Lawyers in Ontario have a professional obligation to consent to reasonable requests concerning “trial dates, adjournments, the waiver of procedural formalities and similar matters that do not prejudice the rights of the client.”
Therefore, even in an acrimonious proceeding [...]