Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights in Canada
The Black Legal Action Centre has made a join submission with the Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change, Chinese Canadian National Council For Social Justice, Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, Council Of Agencies Serving South Asians, Ontario Council Of Agencies Serving Immigrants, and the South Asian Legal Clinic Of Ontario. Read the full […]
BLAC joins ‘Fresh Start’ coalition to launch campaign for criminal record reform
‘FRESH START’ COALITION LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR CRIMINAL RECORD REFORM TORONTO — The ‘Fresh Start’ Coalition launched a campaign today urging the federal government to revamp the way Canada deals with old criminal records. BLAC, joined by a coalition of over 60 civil society groups, is calling on the federal government to implement a ‘spent regime’, […]
Letter to Legal Aid Ontario Regarding Solicitor-Client Privilege and Confidentiality
Read the Black Legal Action Centre’s letter to Legal Aid Ontario regarding concerns about LAO’s access to privileged and confidential client information here.
Submissions on Legal Aid Ontario’s Draft Entity Services Financial Eligibility Testing Policy and Draft Requests for Additional Funds Policy
Read the Black Legal Action Centre’s submissions to Legal Aid Ontario here.
Submissions on Legal Aid Ontario’s Draft Service Agreement under LASA 2020
Read the Black Legal Action Centre’s submission on Legal Aid Ontario’s Draft Service Agreement under the Legal Aid Services Act, 2020 here.
Submissions on Legal Aid Ontario’s Draft Rules under LASA 2020
Read the Black Legal Action Centre’s submission on Legal Aid Ontario’s Draft Rules under the Legal Aid Services Act, 2020 here.
Submission on Bill 251, Ontario’s Combatting Human Trafficking Act
BLAC is concerned that the provisions being put forth in Bill 251, Combatting Human Trafficking Act, 2021 are in keeping with harmful and largely problematic anti-trafficking legislation that has been and continues to be developed in Canada. While trafficking is a serious and complex issue that needs to be addressed, BLAC opposes the reliance on […]
Submissions regarding the Regulatory Exemptions Proposal under the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015
Read the Black Legal Action Centre’s submissions regarding the Regulatory Exemptions Proposal under the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 here.
BLAC Submissions on Bill 161
BLAC is concerned that Bill 161, Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020 proposes to change LAO’s core mandate of promoting access to justice for low-income Ontario residents. At this critical time, BLAC believes that this will have a negative impact on the Black community and will create a further crisis of access to justice that […]
Submissions to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy Bill 108
BLAC was born out of the needs of the Black community, specifically as it relates to the disproportionate and troubling ways in which Black people are mistreated, scrutinized and brutalized by legal institutions and systems of power. The experiences of Black Canadians today are rooted in our country’s history of colonialism, slavery and segregation. Even […]
