Category Archives: News

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board is being eliminated as of September 30, 2019 As we reported in our summer 2019 newsletter (page 8), the Ontario government is eliminating the current approach to compensation for victims of crime and replacing it with an administrative … Continue reading →

Our Annual General Meeting will be Monday evening, October 28, 2019, at 6 pm, at 55 University Avenue, 14th Floor Room H2, Toronto (just south of King Street West and the St. Andrew subway station). Light refreshments will be served … Continue reading →

On September 5, 2019, Healthy Debate published Why HIV testing needs informed consent, which is a response by HALCO and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (Legal Network) to the Healthy Debate article Written consent for HIV testing: Time to stop perpetuating … Continue reading →

In August 2018, the Ontario Minister of Education issued a Directive requiring all elementary public school teachers (grades 1 to 8) to cease using the 2015 Health and Physical Education (HPE) Curriculum and revert to the 2010 version until a … Continue reading →

On August 12, 2019, the federal government announced that it would provide $25.7 million in one-time funding for immigration and refugee law services in Ontario for the fiscal year of April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020. Based on this … Continue reading →

Our HALCO news Summer 2019 edition newsletter is here and includes: Legal Aid Ontario Funding Cuts – Save Our Legal Clinics Criminalization of People Living with HIV – Standing Committee Report Changes to Social Assistance – important ODSP/OW update OHIP+ … Continue reading →

On July 17, 2019, the Lawyer’s Daily published an in-depth article by Ryan Peck, HALCO executive director and lawyer. You can access the article on the Lawyer’s Daily website: https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/13764/hiv-decriminalization-changes-welcome-but-not-enough-ryan-peck.  

From Ryan Peck, HALCO Executive Director, July 2019 On April 11, 2019, the Ontario government cut funding to Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) by 30% for this fiscal year (2019-20), with additional cuts over coming years. In addition, the government also … Continue reading →

The Award The late James Kreppner was a great friend to the HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO) and to people with HIV and Hepatitis C. In recognition of James’ innumerable contributions, HALCO established the Kreppner Awards in 2010. … Continue reading →

[Note: on July 22, 2019, we revised this info sheet. Please use the revised version, which can be identified by the (R) beside the date in the document footer.] In November 2018, we reported on the government of Ontario’s announcement … Continue reading →