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Advocacy | July 07, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 30
New Regional Senior Justice Appointed to the OCJ: Justice Anthony Frederick Leitch has been appointed regional senior justice for the Central West Region of the Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ), effective September 1. He had been the acting senior judge in the region since 2023.
Advocacy | June 11, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 9
Legislative Update | June 06, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 2
Ford Government Passes Mining Legislation: Bill 5, or the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, passed third reading this week and has been granted royal assent by the lieutenant governor. The legislation will create so-called special economic zones where laws, ranging from municipal approvals to environmental rules or even labour law, won’t apply. At Queen’s Park on Wednesday, cries of protest rang out from the galleries inside the legislature as MPPs voted. Indigenous leaders have vowed to keep fighting against the legislation.
Article | June 06, 2025
YCJA Record Access in Child Protection Proceedings
On May 6th, the Ontario Bar Association’s Child and Youth Law and Young Lawyers Division hosted a professional development webinar featuring updates on pressing issues in child protection law. As part of a panel on “Privacy Records in Child Welfare”, Sam Wisnicki of the Office of the Children’s Lawyer presented an overview of the rules governing access to youth criminal justice records and information and their application to child protection proceedings.
Advocacy | May 30, 2025
