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Public interest related correspondence and information

African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC)

Committee decisions

  • Decision on reconsideration of clinic committee decision dated August 17, 2017
    October 18, 2017
  • Final Clinic Committee Decision
    – Executive summary
    August 16, 2017
  • Clinic Committee Decision
    January 19, 2017
  • Clinic Committee Decision
    June 20, 2016
  • Clinic Committee Decision
    November 7, 2014
  • Clinic Committee Decision
    September 5, 2014

Reviews

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC): Procedures with respect to the African Canadian Legal Clinic
    April 2017
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC): Internal audit – follow-up to 2013 PwC Forensic Review
    April 2016
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC): Forensic Review and Supplemental Forensic Review (credit card review)
    April 2013 / Supplemental report, go to page 198

Agreements and policies

  • Memorandum of Understanding with the ACLC
    PDF
  • Funding agreement with the ACLC
    PDF
  • LAO-Clinic dispute resolution policy
    PDF

Fact sheets

  • Why did Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) withdraw its funding from the African Canadian Legal Clinic (ACLC)?
    PDF

Family Legal Services Review

Letter regarding Legal Aid Ontario’s feedback on the Family Legal Services Review
Letter to the Ministry of the Attorney General regarding the feedback Legal Aid Ontario provided for the Family Legal Services Review submitted by Justice Annemarie Bonkale to the Attorney General of Ontario and the Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) on December 31, 2016.
May 1, 2017 / PDF


Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services

  • Letter regarding the cost of inmate telephone communications
    Joint letter with the John Howard Society to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
    September 13, 2017 / PDF
  • Letter regarding Legal Aid Ontario feedback on corrections reform legislation
    Letter to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correction Services to share experiences and provide feedback regarding legislative reform in correctional law.
    July 31, 2017 / PDF

Criminal Law Association

Correspondence with Criminal Law Association
July 6, 2015

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