Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
For some years, the Law Society of Ontario has been grappling with how to increase access to justice for Ontarians. This has taken many forms, including, as I have written about here before, licensing paralegals to provide some family law Continue reading Will this increase access to justice?
On September 24th, Ontario’s Attorney General Doug Downey introduced Bill 207, the Moving Ontario Family Law Forward Act. This Bill is the province’s long-anticipated follow-up to the federal government’s 2019 changes to the Divorce Act, which are to come Continue reading Better, but not perfect
Since the beginning of the pandemic, most of us have become more reliant on technology than ever before, whether that is to communicate with family and friends, participate in work meetings or virtual social events, order groceries, do our banking Continue reading Keeping control
On February 9th, four-year-old Keira Kagan and her father, Robin Brown, were found dead at the foot of a cliff near Milton, Ontario. There seems little doubt that this was a murder-suicide: Keira’s father had been abusive to her mother, Continue reading Changing the world