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Category: Law and Safety
Dean: Auto insurance bill puts the hook on roadside scamming
Columnist Tony Dean says the Liberal government's new legislation would fill large gaps in consumer protection and road safety, including in the rough-and-tumble auto towing industry ...
Income threshold for legal aid raised for first time in 18 years
The government has promised to give legal aid access to a million more people within a decade, and this promise gets them a third of the way there. ...
Liberals table bill to protect nuclear plants and repeal old public security act
Liberals table new public-safety bill that includes recommendations from Roy McMurtry to replace 75-year-old law used during the G20 protests in 2010. ...
Heard: Province to bring in new rules on propane safety
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Daycare deaths linked to ‘systemic government ineptitude’
Saying Ontarians would 'be stunned to learn just how lax our unlicensed daycare system is,' Ombudsman André Marin calls for beefed up enforcement, better record-keeping and more information sharing. ...
Seen: Fedeli’s private member’s bill targets painkiller abuse
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Heard: Legal Aid Ontario boosts services for child protection cases
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Heard: Province to retable bill to stop distracted driving, collect unpaid fines
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Dean: In Ebola crisis, lessons from SARS come in handy
Columnist Tony Dean observes there has been an pro-active, but appropriately measured, response from Ontario health officials that makes the safety of front-line health workers a top priority. ...