The latest on vaccine passports and hospital protests Ontario’s vaccine passport system is due to come into effect on 22 September 2021. Under this system, Ontarians will need to prove that they are fully vaccinated (and have received their second dose at least fourteen days prior) in order to access certain public venues. The goal of the vaccine passport system is to limit COVID-19 transmission...
Emblematic of the City’s failure to protect individuals experiencing homelessness Recently, 14 applicants, each of whom have been experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic, filed a lawsuit against the City of Toronto (Black et al v City of Toronto, 2020, ONSC 6398). One of the applicants, Mr. Cullen, was forced to use his Canadian Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) to pay for hotels...
Schitt’s Creek features an ensemble cast of some of the most well-known names in Canadian media, including father-son duo Dan and Eugene Levy, and Catherine O’Hara. It follows the Rose family, down-on-their-luck former millionaires, who are stranded in a town originally bought by Eugene Levy’s character Johnny Rose as a joke. The Rose family camps out in a roadside motel, but manages to hang onto...
During my first welcome reception at Osgoode, I vividly remember a male articling student at the hosting firm telling me, completely unprompted, why there aren’t as many women in law as men. “I guess it’s all the harassment,” he said, laughing nervously. “It can be hard, you know. With sexism.” At the time, I was irritated that he had acted as if this was some sort of revelation to me...