INTRODUCTION The Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (SOAR) has now published its study of the impact on Ontario tribunals of the Ontario government’s new 10-year cap on the overall length of appointments. The SOAR “Study on the Impact of […]
Again, for those who may not be keeping track, the following url is a wowser. http://www.northumberlandview.ca/index.php?module=news&type=user&func=display&sid=31642 Main Points: The SST Chair reports that the Tribunal’s backlog now stands at 15,000 appeals and there is no way to estimate when that
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THE PREMISE As we contemplate the implications, for the independence and impartiality of federal adjudicative tribunals, of their being taken over by the “Service” – the new branch of the Department of Justice being created by Division 29 of Bill
I am pleased (pleased doesn’t quite cover it) to report this morning’s announcement that Unjust by Design is one of five books short-listed for the 16th Annual Donner Prize – “the award for the BEST PUBLIC POLICY BOOK by a
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TRIBUNALS TAKEN OVER LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL – MORE C-31 SURPRISES: Tribunal funds to be transferred to “the Service”. Tribunal budgets are to be subsumed in the Service’s Budget. Chairs’ powers to control the expenditure of their budget would thus
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