Access to affordable and safe housing is among the key challenges and social inequities revealed by the COVID pandemic. Calls for a just and green recovery need to include extending environmental protection to the indoor environment.
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Bill 184: Wrong Bill Wrong Time
CELA has joined dozens of legal clinics and other social justice organizations in signing onto this letter prepared by ACTO (Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario) regarding Bill 184, Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Communities Housing Act
Pesticides Indoors – Differences in Risks, Regulation, and Necessary Precautions
All pesticide use carries risk but important differences exist in how pesticides behave indoors and in how they are regulated. Choices exist for lower risk alternatives alongside prevention.
Bed Bugs and Pesticides – Information for Tenants in Ontario
June 2020 update of fact sheet for tenants to make informed choices about pesticides used to control bed bugs
Response to Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020 (Bill 161)
Theresa McClenaghan wrote a brief to support her testimony to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy regading problematic aspects of Bill 161 that affect the Class Proceedings Act, the Judicial Review Procedure Act, and the Legal Aid Services Act.
Alongside Client Representation, Legal Clinics Continue Important Work in Trying Times
In the guest blog Marion Overholt, Executive Director of Legal Assistance of Windsor, reflects on what our work in Ontario's legal clinics means to our client communities in the context of the current pandemic.