September 12, 2018
The Honourable Caroline Mulroney
720 Bay Street, 11th Floor
Ministry of the Attorney General
Toronto, Ontario, M7A 2S9
@C_Mulroney
Re: The Use of the Notwithstanding Clause to Override Our Fundamental Rights
Dear Minister Mulroney,
We, the undersigned members of the legal community, are writing this open letter to you because your office is assigned to champion and safeguard the fundamental principles of the rule of law and due process in Ontario, and the rights of the people. We are gravely concerned about Premier Doug Ford’s proposed use of the Notwithstanding Clause to pass Bill 5 and are writing this letter to urge you not to support this unprecedented act.
In City of Toronto v Attorney General of Ontario [2018] ONSC 5151 the Honourable Justice Belobaba ruled that Bill 5, which the province hastily introduced after no consultation and without having committed to doing so in the election, was unconstitutional. Here are some highlights of his decision:
[3] The matter before me is unprecedented. The provincial legislature enacted Bill 5, radically redrawing the City of Toronto’s electoral districts, in the middle of the City’s election.
[5] Bill 5 received first reading on July 30, second reading on August 2, 7 and 8 and Royal Assent on August 14, 2018. Bill 5 took immediate effect in the middle of August, by which point some 509 candidates for the October 22 election had been certified, the candidates were in the midst of their campaigns and the City Clerk's preparations for a 47-ward election were well underway.
[6] The enactment of provincial legislation radically changing the number and size of a city’s electoral districts in the middle of the city’s election is without parallel in Canadian history.
[9] The Province has clearly crossed the line.
[36] Here, as already noted, because Bill 5 took effect in the middle of the City’s election, candidates were not given a reasonable opportunity to present their positions. The enactment and imposition of Bill 5, radically redrawing the electoral districts in the middle of the electoral process undermined the very notion of a “fair and equitable” election.
[50] Here, the Province has statutorily provided for a resident’s right to vote in municipal elections, including the upcoming election in the City of Toronto.34 This right, having been provided, must be provided “in a fashion that is consistent with the Constitution.”
[59] On the basis of the evidence before me, I find that the Impugned Provisions (that impose a 25-ward structure with an average population size of 111,000) infringe the municipal voter’s right under s. 2(b) of the Charter to cast a vote that can result in meaningful and effective representation. Once the Province has provided for a right to vote in a municipal election, that right must comply with the Charter.
[73] The Supreme Court has stated time and again that “preserving the integrity of the election process is a pressing and substantial concern in a free and democratic society.” Passing a law that changes the City’s electoral districts in the middle of its election and undermines the overall fairness of the election is antithetical to the core principles of our democracy.
To summarize, a judge of the Superior Court has found that the province has acted in an unprecedented manner to violate the most fundamental rights of both the candidates in an election and the citizens of Toronto. It has done so with no pressing reason. Surely, absent a higher court finding otherwise, that is the end of the legal issue. The government is beholden to the highest law in the land, which is the constitution. We expect the Attorney General of Ontario to value the role of the judiciary and the important check that the courts have on the impulses of the government.
The Premier has announced that he is going to use the Notwithstanding Clause to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We ask that you not support this. No previous government of Ontario has invoked the Notwithstanding Clause. Neither has the federal government ever done so. To use it is to set a very dangerous precedent that will threaten the future rights of all Canadians and jeopardize respect for the rule of law and the protection of minorities in this country. As members of the legal community we expect you to vote against any proposal to use the Notwithstanding Clause.
The Progressive Conservative Party was the one that first introduced a Bill of Rights under John Diefenbaker in 1960. That Bill of Rights guaranteed freedom of expression to Canadians as does the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that followed it. Brian Mulroney who was the Prime Minister shortly after the Charter of Rights and Freedoms was enacted has said that he had no interest in ever using the Notwithstanding Clause. Is the Progressive Conservative Party now abandoning those fundamental values?
Sincerely, the undersigned members of the legal community,
William Hutcheson, Barrister & Solicitor, 672 Dupont Street, Suite 304, Toronto
Heather Hansen, Martha McCarthy & Company, 146 Davenport Road, Toronto
Yuri Chumak, Chumak & Company LLP, 1201 Dundas Street East, Suite 201, Toronto
Patricia Swerhone, Tami L. Waters and Associates, 13 John Street West, Oshawa
Tannis Waugh, Barrister & Solicitor, 672 Dupont Street, Suite 304, Toronto
Christopher Bird, Bird Legal
Elisabeth Bruckmann, Barrister & Solicitor
Mark DeGroot, Barrister & Solicitor, 672 Dupont Street, Suite 304, Toronto
Lorna M. Yates, Barrister & Solicitor
Ines Gotal, Barrister & Solicitor, 2 Jane Street, Suite 504, Toronto
Murray E. Lightman, Barrister and Solicitor
Fred Levitt, Barrister & Solicitor, Suite 1, 16 Four Seasons Place, Toronto
Richard A.S. Levitt, Barrister & Solicitor, Suite 1, 16 Four Seasons Place, Toronto
Ermelinda M. Nogueira, Barrister & Solicitor
Natalia Crow, Barrister & Solicitor, 6060-3080 Yonge Street, Toronto
Samuel Mason, Staff Lawyer, Hamilton Community Legal Clinic
Dave Dhillon, Barrister & Solicitor
Marcia Cannn, Barrister & Solicitor
David Gildiner, Barrister & Solicitor
Jane Martin, Barrister & Solicitor
Jenna Persaud, Barrister & Solicitor
Jennifer Fehr, Barrister & Solicitor
Rebecca Lee Birtwistle, Legal Counsel, Ontario Nurses' Association
Marcia Barry, Barrister & Solicitor
Crystal Stewart, Barrister & Solicitor
Phillip Mendonça, Barrister & Solicitor
Heather Alden, Legal Counsel, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
Rosemary Masemann, Barrister & Solicitor
Eugenia Lyon, Lyon Professional Corporation
Christopher J Jaglowitz, Barrister & Solicitor
Pia Hundal, Barrister & Solicitor
Clare McMullen-Crummey, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto
Sandy Price, retired Barrister & Solicitor
Marnelle Dragila, Barrister & Solicitor
Jillian Rogin, Assistant Professor and Barrister & Solicitor
Tess Sheldon, Assistant Professor
Tami L. Waters, Tami L. Waters and Associates
Lynn Dramnitzki, Barrister & Solicitor
Tamra A. Mann, Barrister
Maya Sabharwal, Barrister & Solicitor
Sheila Crummey, Barrister & Solicitor
Jason Currie, Law Office of Jason Currie
Meaghan Michelle Adams, Meaghan Adams Legal Prof. Corp.
Devan Marr, Associate, Strigberger Brown Armstrong LLP
Michelle L Kelly, Barrister & Solicitor
Minoo Alipour, Barrister & Solicitor
Sandra Lozano, Lawyer, Lozano Law Office
Jessica Wolfe, Policy Counsel
Hilary Cook, Barrister and Solicitor
Katherine MacDonald, Barrister & Solicitor
Dr. Kyle Kirkup, Assistant Professor University of Ottawa Faculty of Law (Common Law Section)
Khalid Elgazzar, Barrister
Chris Johnson, Retired
Danielle Young, Barrister and Solicitor
Wilfred Day, Barrister & Solicitor, Wilfred A. Day
Chris Johnson, Retired
Jennifer Ryan, Barrister & Solicitor
Haley Gaber-Katz, Glass and Associates
Linh Le, Barrister & Solicitor
Erica Tait, Lawyer
Marcelle M. Cerny Barrister & Solicitor
Elizabeth Urban, Urban Family Law
Lorna Wilson
Adam Pearce, Paralegal
Francesco Alfano, Paralegal & Law Student
Annette Demers, Law Librarian
Leslie Anderson, Barrister & Solicitor
Karen Ksienski-Izatt, Legal Counsel
Clio Godkewitsch, Barrister & Solicitor
Linda C. Henry, Barrister & Solicitor
Stephanie Pope, Lawyer
Christina Caldarelli, Barrister & Solicitor
Morgan Sim, Associate Lawyer
Daron Earthy, Barrister and Solicitor
Gemma Smyth, Professor, Windsor Law
Christopher Waters, Professor, University of Windsor, Faculty of Law
Charlotte Murray, Lawyer
Michelle Folliott, In-House Counsel
Cenobar Parker, Lawyer, Parker Law
Christopher King, Tenant Representative, 250 Davenport Rd, Toronto Community Housing
Eva Melamed, Barrister & Solicitor
Jane Martin, Lawyer, Law Society of Ontario
Michele Allinotte, Barrister & Solicitor, Allinotte Law Office Professional Corporation
Wenda Yenson, Barrister & Solicitor
Charles Hatt, Lawyer, Ecojustice
J Paul Mills QC, Partner
Tara Vasdani, Barrister & Solicitor
Julia Croome, Barrister & Solicitor
Llana Nakonechny, Barrister, Dickson Appell*
Julie Berridge, Barrister & Solicitor, Berridge Law
Joshua Ginsberg, Barrister & Solicitor
Meredith Amin, Barrister & Solicitor
Heather Keachie, Barrister & Solicitor
Peter Smiley, Barrister and Solicitor
Brandy A. Dowdall, Barrister & Solicitor
Laura Bowman, Lawyer, Ecojustice
Jacqueline Esler
Shalom Schachter, Retired, Interfaith Social Assistance Reform Coalition
Benjamin Hognestad, Barrister and Solicitor
Marcus McCann, Barrister & Solicitor, Symes Street & Millard
Patricia N. Gordon, Barrister and Solicitor
Sarah L. Boyd, Barrister & Solicitor, Jackman, Nazami & Associates
Barbara Jackman, Barrister & Solicitor, Jackman Nazami & Associates
Peter Bird, Lawyer
Meghan Wilson, Barrister and Solicitor
Holly Watson, Lawyer, Holly Watson Barrister and Solicitor
Cheryl L. Appell, Barrister and Solicitor, Dickson Appell
Cynthia Wilkey, Barrister & Solicitor, LSO (Retired)
David Shellnutt, Barrister & Solicitor
Sylvia Schumacher, lawyer
Kaitlyn Mitchell, Barrister and Solicitor, Ecojustice
Areta Lloyd, Barrister & Solicitor
Bruce D. Woodrow, lawyer, CoopLaw
Rachel Healey, Lawyer
Razmeen Joya, Barrister and Solicitor, Jackman and Associates
Luba Szkambara, Lawyer
Ashley Waye, Lawyer, Wayne Law
Evan Szczucinski, Barrister & Solicitor
Nabila F. Qureshi, Lawyer, Income Security Advocacy Centre
Robert Ruddock, Law Student, Queen's University
Bronwyn Roe, Lawyer, Ecojustice
Randy Slepchik, Lawyer, Jewitt McLuckie & Associates LLP
Jeffrey McLaughlin, Barrister & Solicitor, McLaughlin & Chin Professional Corporation
Andrew Elias, Lawyer
Allison Rhoades, Barrister and Solicitor
Lisa Amin, Barrister and Solicitor
Allan Kaplan, Barrister & Solicitor, Kaplan & Associates
Dyanoosh Youssefi, Lawyer, Legal Studies Professor
Betty Mary Campbell-Alldis, Paralegal
Rebecca Glass, Lawyer
Gillian Hayes, Lawyer
Hue Nguyen, Lawyer, Nobis Law
Emily Hill, Barrister and Solicitor
Cheryl Gaster, LL.B., C. Med
Gavin H Leitch, Barrister & Solicitor, Scheifele, Erskine & Renken
Sandra Ka Hon, Chu
Sheru Abdulhusein, Barrister & Solicitor
Albert Wallrap, Barrister & Solicitor
Geraldine Sadoway, Barrister and Solicitor and Professor of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School
Howard F Morton, Barrister, Howard F Morton Q.C.
Knia Singh, J.D. Lawyer, Ma'at Legal Services
Mary Louise Dickson, Q.C., Lawyer, Dickson Appell
Nana Yanful, Barrister & Solicitor
Angelo G. Sciacca, Lawyer
Regan Desjardins, LLP
Delaney Greig, Lawyer
Pamela Vlasic, Lawyer, Desjardins General Insurance
Peter Kott, Barrister & Solicitor
Irina Ceric, Lawyer
Paul Copeland, Lawyer, Retired
Jennifer O'Dell, Associate Lawyer
Cheryl Lau, Barrister & Solicitor
Jennifer Krob, Family Law Lawyer
Danny Kastner, Kastner Law
Gosia Bawolska, Cadence Litigation
Maia Bent, Barrister and Solicitor, Lerners, LLP
Esther Lexchin, Barrister & Solicitor, Jared Will and Associates
Charlotte Ireland, Paralegal
Craig Bottomley, Barrister, Bottomley Barristers
Judith Killoran, Barrister & Solicitor
Philip M Epstein Q.C., Sr Partner Epstein Cole LLP
Adrienne Telford, Lawyer, Cavalluzzo LLP
Graciela Flores, Student-At-Law
Patrick Enright, Student-at-Law, Cavalluzzo LLP
John McKinnon, Lawyer
Aruna Dahanayake, Lawyer
Victoria Craig, Barrister & Solicitor
Jackie Esmonde, lawyer
Kimberly Potter, Barrister and Solicitor
Pippa Feinstein, Lawyer and Mediator
Fatima Husain, Legal Counsel
Rachel Buhler, Legal Counsel
Michael McDonough, Student-At-Law
Sheila Gibb, Lawyer, Epstein Cole LLP
Chris Rudnicki, Partner, Rusonik, O’Connor, Robbins, Ross, Gorham & Angelini, LLP
John Liss, lawyer
Hilary C. Ingle, Barrister & Solicitor
Andrea Turner, Senior Director, Business and Legal Affairs
Denise Ashby, Lawyer
Trudy McCormick, Barrister and Solicitor, Northwest Community Legal Clinic
Christopher De Giorgio, Criminal Defence Lawyer, Sole Practitioner
James L. Miglin, Criminal Defence Lawyer
Douglas W. Judson, Barrister & Solicitor
Melissa McKay, Barrister and Solicitor, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Cameron C. C. Bryant, Barrister and Solicitor, Cirrus Consulting Group
Darcel Bullen, Barrister & Solicitor
Maddalena Fuller, Lawyer
Kristy Warren, Lawyer
Katherine Ramsey, Barrister & Solicitor
Cheryl Robinson, Barrister & Solicitor
Jesse Isaac Gutman, Lawyer
Kenneth Ng, Barrister & Solicitor
Maija Martin, Barrister
Pauline Lefebvre Hinton, Lawyer, Ontario Nurse Association
Richard Elliott, Executive Director, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Emma Landy, Lawyer
Kristin Whitley, Lawyer
Elizabeth Nurse, Barrister & Solicitor
Richard Diamond, Barrister and solicitor
Emily Springgay, Student
Brian Snell, Barrister and Solicitor
Nicole Butt, Lawyer, Ontario Nurses’ Association
Ron Franklin, Lawyer, Franklin Law
Suzanne L. Cross, Barrister & Solicitor
Robert Dobrucki, Lawyer
Cindy M. Ebben, Lawyer
David Seevaratnam, Lawyer Editor
Marian Hebb, Barrister & Solicitor, Hebb & Sheffer
Paul D. Ocheje, Law Professor, Barrister & Solicitor, University of Windsor
Travis Brown, Law Student
Darren Lund, Barrister & Solicitor
Wendela Roberts, Barrister and Solicitor (retired)
Elena Iosef, Legal Counsel and member of the Law Society of Ontario
Miriam (Mia) London, Barrister & Solicitor, Ontario Nurses' Association
Fiona McNestry, Lawyer, Greenwood Defence Law
Seema Jain, Lawyer
Mandy Ng, Lawyer
Donna Tiqui-Shebib, Barrister & Solicitor
Jonathan Robart, Staff Lawyer, Neighborhood Legal Services
Britt Gunn, Lawyer
Jennifer Egsgard, Lawyer and Mediator
Luke Mc Rae, Barrister and Solicitor
Elena Iosef, Barrister and Solicitor
Lidiya Yermakova, Lawyer
Devon Paul, Barrister & Solicitor
Otto R. Siebenmann, Lawyer, Hebb & Sheffer
Renee Griffin, Barrister and Solicitor
Alysha Shore, Lawyer
Amrita Sidhu, Director
Tycho Manson, Lawyer
Erin Durant, Barrister and Solicitor
Jasmine Attfield, Barrister & Solicitor
Kate Webster, Barrister and Solicitor
Mona Staples, Barrister and solicitor
Catherine G. Uffen MA JD, Barrister & Solicitor
Katrina Gower, Barrister & Solicitor
Shayna Beeksma, Principal, Beeksma Law
Sylvia Basso, Student-at-Law
Leigh-Ann Ronen, Legal Counsel
Tammy Law, Barrister and Solicitor
Chelsea Peterdy, Barrister and Solicitor
Juliana Saxberg, Barrister & Solicitor, Senior Officer CUPE
Margarit Jo, Student-At-Law, Legal Aid Ontario
Heather Leonard, Legal Nurse Consultant, LNCS
Linda Lee, Editor
Christien Levien, Lawyer
Marc Ouimet-McPherson, Lawyer
Sarah Lesniewski, Barrister & Solicitor
Mae J. Nam, Lawyer
Ronak Shah, Barrister & Solicitor
Anna Rosenbluth, Lawyer
Amanda Pask, Lawyer
Jessica Mahabir, Lawyer
Lwam Ghebrehariat, Resident Physician, non practising lawyer
Sharmin Rahman, Barrister & Solicitor, Sole Practitioner
Patricia D'Heureux, Barrister & Solicitor
Claudia Vicencio, Litigator, Ontario Nurses' Association
Agnes Wintersinger, Paralegal
Rahim Jamal, Lawyer
Ian Geoffrey Mason, Articling Student, Courtney Hughes Professional Corporation
Susan Woolner, Barrister and Solicitor
Sean FitzPatrick, Lawyer, Cavalluzzo LLP
Jessica Page Filgiano, Barrister & Solicitor
Lori Harreman, Litigating Labour Relations Officer, Ontario Nurses Association
Jaspreet Gill, Legal Counsel
Andrew Chong, Barrister & Solicitor
Brydie Bethell, Barrister & Solicitor
Tom Caldwell, Thomas Henry Legal
Kayla Theeuwen, Associate, WeirFoulds LLP
Gavin Magrath, Barrister + Solicitor, Magrath's International Legal Counsel
Teresa Chan, Health and Safety Professional
Bianca Bell, Lawyer
Erin Epp, Lawyer
Jason N. Huang, Barrister & Solicitor, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Leandra Louis, Paralegal
Andrea Wobick, Lawyer
Joshua Phillips, Lawyer, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Daniel Bach, Partner, Siskinds
Katy O'Rourke, Lawyer
Michaelin Scott, Lawyer
Susan Ursel, Senior Partner, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
R.J. Seelen, Student-at-Law
Simon Blackstone, Lawyer, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson
Alex Colangelo, Professor, Humber College
Adrienne Liang, Legal Counsel, OPSEU
Erin Garbett, Lawyer
Danielle Bisnar, Barrister & Solicitor
Patti Shedden, Barrister and Solicitor
Pascale Chapdelaine, Associate Professor, member of Law Society of Ontario, University of Windsor
Heather Marshall, Barrister and Solicitor
Christopher Perri, Lawyer, Cavalluzzo LLP
Emily Frances Christine Elder, Lawyer, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Ian Trimble, Lawyer
Noelle Dykman, Legal Counsel
David Meirovici, Barrister and Solicitor
Rosemary Brett-Horn, Paralegal
Kendra Swallow, Lawyer
Shaheen Hirani, Barrister and Solicitor
Michael Joseph Cormier, Barrister and Solicitor, Private Practice
Mikhail Golichenko, Senior Policy Analyst, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Niiti Simmonds, Lawyer
Jennifer Thompson, Lawyer
Ashley Schuitema, Lawyer
Adrienne Lei, Lawyer, Dewart Gleason LLP
Karen Steward, Staff Litigation Lawyer, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
Lindsay Beck, Lawyer, Dewart Gleason LLP
Caroline Ursulak, Barrister & Solicitor
Catherine Allen, Barrister & Solicitor, Teplitsky, Colson LLP
Lindsay Stidwill, lawyer
Priyanka Vittal, Lawyer, Greenpeace Canada
Stephanie Giannandrea, Lawyer, Martha McCarthy & Company LLP
Robert Champagne, Barrister & Solicitor
Lynn Iding, Barrister and Solicitor
Renatta Austin, Lawyer, Eglinton West Law Office
Jacqueline Wilson, Lawyer
Judith M. Nicoll, Partner, McInnis & Nicoll
Kristin Marshall , Lawyer mentor, Toronto east immigration legal services
Monica Poremba, Barrister and Solicitor
Tori-Lee K. Jenkins, Barrister & Solicitor
Mallory Laurie, Barrister & Solicitor
Gordon Lee, Lawyer
Cornelia Mazgarean, Lawyer
Jonas Granofsky, Associate Lawyer
Bill Conklin, Professor, Windsor Law
Pooja Lasi, Lawyer
Jenelle Westworth, Lawyer
Julian Heller, Senior Partner, Julian Heller and Associates
Mike Perry, Barrister & Soliticor
Alan Levy, Assoc. Professor, Brandon University
Priscilla Healy, Lawyer
Heather Crisp, barrister and solicitor (retired)
Jason A. Schmidt, Schmidt Law Legal Services
Elliot Smith, Barrister and Solicitor
Laura Johnson, Barrister and Solicitor
Benjamin Ries, Staff Lawyer, Downtown Legal Services
Shin Imai, Professor Emeritus, Osgoode Hall, York U
Cathy Pike, Lawyer, Retired
Christopher Jackson, Senior Law Clerk
Lisa Cirillo, Lawyer
Darlene Tonelli, Founder, Inter Alia Law
Robert Mansell, Barrister & Solicitor, LSO (retired)
Gurjiwan Singh Brar, Barrister & Solicitor
Camille Sherman, Professor
Robin Lostracco, Barrister and Solicitor
Ronald C. E. Dabor, Barrister
Scott E. Bernstein, Barrister and Solicitor
Joanna Goldenberg, Barrister & Solicitor
Paul Copeland C. M., Lawyer, Life Bencher Law Society of Ontario
Raji Mangat, Barrister & Solicitor
Celine Wlasichuk, Law Student
Karen O'Connor Coulter, Barrister & Solicitor
Laura Bradbury, retired Barrister & Solicitor
Pamela Cross, Lawyer
Phyllis Gordon, Barrister and Solicitor, retired
Howard F Morton Q.C., Barrister
Elizabeth Mitchell, Lawyer (Retired)
Joanna Birenbaum , Lawyer
Carolyn Cornford Greaves , Lawyer
Andrea Russell, Lawyer
Dean Ardron, Lawyer, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson
Judith Keene, Lawyer, Retired
Harmanjit Mavi, Barrister and Solicitor
Katie Rowen, Lawyer, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Samer Muscati, Lawyer
Adam Webb, Lawyer, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
James Craig , Lawyer
Dena Smith-Springer , Barrister & Solicitor
Stefanie Rudd, Lawyer, Third Street Law
Anthony F Dale, Lawyer and Legal Department Director, Unifor
Alan Barthel, Professor , Retired
Roman Stoykewych, Barrister & Solicitor
Niki Lundquist, Lawyer, Unifor
Mandeep Rai , Paralegal/ Student at Law, Osgoode Hall Law School
Judith McCormack, Retired lawyer, assistant law dean, adjunct professor
Barry Wadsworth, Lawyer
Nella Cotrupi, Professor, Business Law
Brian Gottheil, Lawyer & HR Advisor
S. Ronald Ellis, Q.C., Retired Barrister and Solicitor
John B. Lang, Lawyer
Lindsay Kantor, Lawyer
Wendy E. Sangster, Retired
Jean Marie Vecina, Lawyer, Vecina Law Professional Corporation
William Parks Randle, Retired lawyer
Hadayt Nazami, Lawyer
Solomon Orjiwuru, Barrister & Solicitor, Solomon Orjiwuru Law Office
Kathleen Martin, Barrister & Solicitor
TIMOTHY LEACH, Barrister & Solicitor
Janet MM McDougall, Retired Barrister and Solicitor
David N. Fai, Barrister & Solicitor
Howard Eisenberg, Barrister & Solicitor, Certified Specialist, Eisenberg & Young LLP
Thomas Wilson, Lawyer
Doug Ewart, Ontario Crown Law Officer, 1976-2011
Stanley Pasternak, Lawyer
Linda Pasternak, Professor
Morgan Sim, Lawyer, Pinto James LLP
Jessica Norman, Barrister and Solicitor
Kyleen Wong, Law Student, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
Tara McElroy, Barrister & Solicitor
Laura Setzer, Barrister and Solicitor
Oluwakemi Oduwole, Barrister and Solicitor, Topmarke Attorneys LLP
Karen Ensslen, Lawyer
John Durfey, Lawyer
Daniel M. Fine, Lawyer
Murray Teitel, Barrister
Max Berger , Lawyer
Dijana Simonovic, Lawyer, Unifor
Shauna Powell, Lawyer
Paul E McInnis, Partner, McInnis + Nicoll
Willa Marcus, Barrister & Solicitor
Dylan Williams, Law Student
Caitlin Shane, Lawyer, Pivot Legal Society
Arleen Huggins, Barrister and Solicitor
Karina Thompson, Barrister and Solicitor
Daniel Radin, Barrister & Solicitor, Radin Law LLP
Farah Baloo, Lawyer
Jack C. Martin, Barrister and Solicitor
Dina Graser, Lawyer
Melanie Shulman, Professor, Humber College
Robert Ledgley, Lawyer
W. Fred McCague, Retired lawyer
Naomi Moses, Barrister and Solicitor
Martha Jackman, Professor, Faculty of Law
Amy Voss, Associate
Jennifer Stebbing, Lawyer, Ross & McBride LLP
Claire Mummé, Associate Professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law
Douglas Lehrer, Lawyer
Alec Farquhar, Lawyer
Mei Chen, Legal counsel
Jennifer Danch, Barrister & Solicitor
David Paterson, Barrister & Solicitor
Jennifer Goodfellow, Barrister & Solicitor
Jeffrey Hernaez, Lawyer
Gavin Leeb, CUPE National Director, Legal Branch
Alison Symington, Program Manager, Pro Bono Students Canada
John Zane Swaigen, Lawyer, retired
Mr. Hilary Evans Cameron, Postdoctoral Fellow, Osgoode Hall Law School
Stephen R. Biss, Barrister & Solicitor
Murray Shore, Barrister and Solicitor
Julie Wong Barker, Lawyer
Donald Chiasson, Lawyer, Former Director Crown Law Office Civil, Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario
Melissa McWilliam, Counsel, Law Society of Ontario
Emily Stopps, Barrister & Solicitor
Andrea Luey, Litigation Lawyer, Justice for Children and Youth
Kelly Doctor, Partner, Goldblatt Partners LLP
Paul Dollak, Lawyer, DollakLaw
Jon Bradford, Law student
Howard Knopf, Counsel, Macera & Jarzyna LLP
Meg Atkinson, Lawyer
Debi Sutin, Barrister & Solicitor
John Abrams, Lawyer, John Abrams Law Office
Michael Burgess, Barrister & Solicitor
Soloman Lam, Barrister and Solicitor
David J. Siksay, Barrister and Solicitor
Garrett Zehr, Barrister & Solicitor
Ryan Peck, HIV & AIDS Legal Clinic Ontario
Fiona C Jarvis, Lawyer
Paul Pellettier, Retired
Susan Rowland, Barrister & Solicitor (retired)
Winnie Yuen Man Szeto, Barrister & Solicitor
Alanna Mihalj, Lawyer
William Edmund Mugford, Retired Lawyer
Julie Wong Barker, Senior Legal Counsel
Immanuel F. Lanzaderas, Legal Officer
Michael Melling, Barrister
Kerrie Blaise, Legal Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association
Ms. Sam Pratt, retired lawyer, Bracebridge
Clayton Ruby, lawyer, RUBY SHILLER & ENENAJOR BARRISTERS
Richard Lindgren, Lawyer, Canadian Environmental Law Association
Douglas Palmateer, Retired Lawyer
Tim Hughes, Lawyer
Morten Siersbaek, Legal Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association
Anna Lindgren-Tanga, Law Student, McGill University
Celeste Shankland, Barrister & Solicitor
Alexis Gosselin, Lawyer
Robert Lattanzio, Executive Director, ARCH Disability Law Centre
Annamaria Enenajor, Partner, Ruby Shiller Enenajor DiGiuseppe, Barristers
Kimberley Munro, Lawyer, Lerners LLP
Nadia Kadri, Lawyer, Julius Mlynarski, Barrister and Solictor
Lila Refaie, Lawyer
James Hoffner, Barrister & Solicitor
Jo-Anne Marie Boulding, Executive Director/ Barrister & Solicitor, Lake Country Community Legal Clinic
Kyle Gossen, Lawyer, Davies Howe LLP
Virginia Loescher, Staff Lawyer, Scarborough Community Legal Services
Kathleen Cooper, Paralegal,
Johanna Dennie, Barrister and Solicitor
Pierre-André Thériault, Lawyer
Douglas Rienzo, Partner, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Nora Parker, Law Student, Osgoode Hall Law School
Chantal Tie, Counsel, Human Rights Legal Support Centre
Saranjit Singh Cheema, Legal Counsel
Luke Reid, Staff Lawyer, ARCH Disability Law Centre
Zachary Silverberg, Barrister & Solicitor
Beatrice Yu, Barrister & Solicitor
Dermot P. Nolan, Lawyer, Nolan Ciarlo LLP
Shannon Black, Barrister & Solicitor
David Stein, Lawyer
Maureen Addie, Barrister & Solicitor
Mireille Giroux, Lawyer
Amy Tang, Lawyer
Paul Bain, Lawyer
Stephanie DiGiuseppe, Barrister and Solicitor, Ruby, Shiller, Enenajor, DiGiuseppe
Teza Lwin, Lawyer
Caitlin Maxwell, Barrister & Solicitor
Martha Shaffer, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Shalome Barrow, Lawyer, WeirFoulds LLP
James G Kosa, Partner, WeirFoulds LLP
Daniel J. Brodsky, Criminal Defence Lawyer
Marshall Swadron, Lawyer, Swadron Associates
Sierra Bilyk, Barrister & Solicitor
Nicole Chrolavicius, Lawyer
Kate Stephens, Barrister & Solicitor
Warren Cass, Associate, WeirFoulds LLP
Lisa Leinveer, Lawyer, Swadron Associates
Stephanie Hobbs, Partner, Goldblatt Partners LLP
Amedeo Clivio, Barrister and Solicitor, Clivio Law Professional Corporation
Christian Francis Joseph Laliberté, Legal Counsel
Franco Ciarlo, Lawyer, Nolan Ciarlo LLP
Chetan Muram, Lawyer
Cynthia Fromstein, Lawyer
Milka Vujnovic, Lawyer / Mediator
Heather Conklin, Barrister & Solicitor
Joanna Weiss, Lawyer, Swadron Associates
John W. Foster, Sessional Lecturer, Dept. of Justice Studies
Tracey Cronin, Lawyer
Jamie Kopman, Sole Practitioner
Jamie Kopman Barrister & Solicitor
Sheau Lih Vong, Barrister & Solicitor
Robert Eberschlag, Barrister & Solicitor
Rui Chen, Lawyer
Naomi Greckol-Herlich, Lawyer, Ursel Phillips Fellows Hopkinson LLP
Melissa Grover, lawyer, Arkin Estate Law
Julia Tremain, Barrister and Solicitor
Roderic McLauchlan, Barrister & solicitor
Kent Elson, Barrister & Solicitor, Elson Advocacy
Julia Brown, Lawyer, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
Mandy Wojcik, Partner, Goldblatt Partners LLP
Louis Sokolov, Partner, Sotos LLP
Andrea Sobko, Lawyer, Ontario Nurses' Association
Joshua W Spicer, Barrister & Solicitor
Douglas G Loucks, Counsel
Kerr Waid PC
NIR GEPNER, LAWYER
Katherine Christie, Retired Ontario lawyer
Jennifer Savini, Lawyer
Sean Mitra, Barrister & Solicitor, Miller Thomson LLP
Alison Manzer, Partner
Lawrence Cohen, lawyer, Cohen & Chasse
Lauren Bernardi, Lawyer
Robert Bell, Barrister & Solicitor
Bella (Bayla) Martin, Chief Legal Officer, University Health Network
Robin Nobleman, Barrister & Solicitor
Maryellen Symons, Research Lawyer, Symons Law
Wendy Templeton, Lawyer, LLF Lawyers
Grace Westcott, Barrister and Solicitor, Westcott Law
Cathy Braker, Lawyer, United Steelworkers
Rosemarie Cochrane, Retired lawyer
William M. Sharpe, Barrister & Solicitor , ROUTE Transport & Trade Law
Jeffrey E. Canto-Thaler, Principal, Canto Thaler, Barristers and Solicitors, Employment Law, Mediation
Shaun Doody, Partner, Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
Sonia Pylyshyn, Lawyer/labour relations officer, The Society of United Professionals
Michael Stahr, Barrister & Solicitor, Baulke Stahr McNabb LLP
Edgar-Andre Montigny, Lawyer, MONTIGNY LAW
Lisa Rifka Gitle Winter-Card, Barrister and Solicitor
David Lam, Barrister & Solicitor, David Lam Law Office
Maureen Silcoff, Barrister & Solicitor
Susan Keenan, In House Counsel
Mitchell Leitman, Solicitor
Anum Malik , Lawyer
R. Avery Zeidman, Senior Counsel, Zeidman Law Offices
Jade Wallace, Paralegal
Lorin MacDonald, Principal, MacDonald Human Rights Law Practice
Jane Meadus, Staff Lawyer, Advocacy Centre for the Elderly
Gillian Reiss, Barrister & Solicitor
Tracie Allan, Assistant Vice-President & Senior Counsel
David Connally, Barrister
Margaret Campbell, Lawyer
Joey Cheung, Legal Counsel
Barbora Grochalova, Lawyer
Michael K. Feldman, Lawyer
Tanya De Mello, Human Rights Lawyer
Alan D. Levy, Mediator
Glen Chochla Lawyer/Avocat
Carol Burbank, Lawyer
Virginia A Nelder, Barrister & Solicitor
Andrew Hwang, Barrister and Solicitor
Timothy Lutes, Staff Lawyer, Legal Aid Ontario
Fay Faraday, Lawyer, Faraday Law
Kartiga Thavaraj, Lawyer
Fay Brunning, Lawyer, Fay Brunning Professional Corp
Gregory F Stewart, Barrister & Solicitor
Lily Harmer, Lawyer
Jennifer Macko, Barrister & Solicitor
Benjamin Rubin, Barrister & Solicitor
Denise Marshall, Barrister and Solicitor
Jennifer Stone, Barrister & Solicitor, Neighbourhood Legal Services
Daniel Tucker-Simmons, Lawyer & Partner, Avant Law, LLP
J. Robert Kellermann, Barrister and solicitor
Shelley Rowe, Lawyer
Simon Gooding-Townsend, Barrister and Solicitor
Edward Nolan, Lawyer, Nolan, Ciarlo LLP
Jonathan Glenn Betteridge, Barrister & Solicitor
Bruce Karten, Lawyer, retired
Anastasia Lintner, Principal, Lintner Law
Ada Keon, Associate, WeirFoulds
Katrina Pacey, Lawyer
Paul D. Watson, Lawyer, Paul D Watson Law Office
Mary Brennan, Barrister and Solicitor
Melody MacDonell, Barrister & Solicitor
Rasmussen, Starr, Ruddy LLP
Joan, Brennan, Lawyer
Julie Lee, Barrister & Solicitor
Shibil Siddiqi, Barrister & Solicitor
Michael A. Pare, Retired Lawyer
BARBARA HOOVER, Barrister & Solicitor
Carol Street, Lawyer, Symes Street & Millard
Paula Quig, Lawyer
Assunta Mazzotta, Barrister & Solicitor , Heifetz Crozier Law
Alixandra Nenniger, Counsel, MAG , Ministry of the attorney general