Category Archives: News

We are very pleased to share our Annual Report 2018-2019, which was presented at our Annual General Meeting on October 28, 2019.  In addition to information about our direct legal services, it provides an overview of our law reform, community … Continue reading →

Staff Lawyer (contract)  Please see the posting for information. Application Deadline: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 (5:00 p.m. E.S.T.). Community Legal Worker Please see the posting for information. Application Deadline: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 (5:00 p.m. E.S.T.).   Staff Lawyer posting: https://www.halco.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/HALCO_staff_lawyer_contract_post-2019Oct.pdf Community Legal … 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 →

HALCO welcomes the Ontario government decision to reverse some of the changes that were to have been made to the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) and Ontario Works (OW): ODSP/OW Transition Child Benefit (TCB) will continue changes to the treatment of … Continue reading →

In advance of the adoption of the List of Issues Prior to Reporting for Canada’s periodic review under the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Convention), to be held during the 76th Pre-Sessional … Continue reading →

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 →