Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
Justice Mandhane of Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice has written many family court decisions that reflect her depth of understanding about family violence. She is perhaps best known for her decision in Ahluwalia v Ahluwalia, in which she established a Continue reading Visionary thinking
There are many reasons – too many to count – not to vote for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party in this spring’s federal election. Many of them can be found in and between the lines of the Conservative Party of Canada’s Continue reading No to shared parenting
Significant revisions to both the federal Divorce Act and Ontario’s Children’s Law Reform Act came into effect more than two years ago; changes that included an expansive definition of family violence, a requirement that this violence be considered when decisions Continue reading Interpreting the law
Last week, I wrote about the report prepared by the Domestic Violence Death Review Committee (DVDRC) into the 2020 death of four-year-old Keira Kagan. Another report, prepared by child protection expert and Toronto Metropolitan University professor Kim Snow for the Continue reading A damning report (part two)