Co-hosted by the Summit Legal Support Project of the Movement Defence
Committee (MDC) and the Law Union of Ontario.
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We have been contacted by many people interested in holding the police and government institutions accountable for their actions in connection with the G20, including for
The Law Union's 2007 AGM will be held on Thursday, November 1st 2007 from 6:30-8:00pm.
Location:
Friend's Meeting House
60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto
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Report From Law Union Delegation to El Salvador
If you or someone you know is questioned or detained by an Immigration / CBSA Officer or Police Officer, contact No One Is Illegal at nooneisillegal@riseup.net.
Toronto Wednesday May, 16 - in a unanimous
vote, Toronto District School Board trustees
stood up to in front of a board room packed
with community supporters brandishing neon
The federal government announced on Sept. 25, 2006 that it was abolishing the Court Challenges Program, a small program that provided modest contributions to the cost of important test cases dealing with language and equality rights. Without this Program, Canada's constitutional rights are real only for the wealthy. A website is now online to coordinate national efforts to save it: http://www.savecourtchallenges.ca
The Joint Intervenors' Submission to the Commission of Inquiry intothe Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar was submitted on September 10, 2005.
The coalition of groups with intervener status at the Arar Inquiry, including the Law Union, released the following statement in response to the commission's final report.
September 18, 2006
Ottawa - Justice Dennis O'Connor has confirmed the worst fears of Organizations with Intervenor Status at the Arar Inquiry: that Canadian officials were complicit in the torture of Maher Arar and other Canadian citizens.
