Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
After several months of intense work, Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC) today launches its Roadmap to a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women and Gender-Based Violence. Its report to guide the implementation of the NAP was submitted to Minister for Continue reading Achieving a GBV-free Canada
When parents separate, they (or, if they cannot, the court) must determine how each parent will contribute financially to the costs of raising their children. In Canada, the courts rely on child support guidelines, first introduced in the late 1990s, Continue reading Good parents pay
Can two people who have never lived together be considered legal spouses? What does living together mean? These and similar questions can arise in the context of a spousal support claim by one person when the other person argues that Continue reading What makes a spouse?
In March, I wrote about a Kitchener woman who was found guilty of breaching the publication ban put in place to protect her privacy during the sexual assault trial of her former husband. He was found guilty, but when the Continue reading Making our own change