Law Society Speech Honours Holocaust Remembrance Day With Renewed Call to Resist Anti-Semitism
On April 25, 2017, Julian Falconer, delivered remarks on behalf of the Treasurer at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s (LSUC) annual recognition of Holocaust Remembrance Day, called Yom HaShoah in Hebrew. Yom HaShoah officially began at sundown on Sunday...
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NAN Chiefs Spring Assembly 2017
Today, Nishnawbe Aski Nation (“NAN”) opens its Chiefs Spring Assembly in the traditional territory of Mattagami First Nation in Timmins, Ontario. Julian Falconer and Krystyn Ordyniec will be in attendance as Falconers LLP serves as counsel to...
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The Pervasiveness of Racial Profiling for Indigenous and Black Communities
Falconers LLP lawyer, Anthony Morgan, provides commentary for the Globe and Mail article “Report sheds light on undisclosed racial profiling in Ontario,” and CBC’s Metro Morning segment “Racial Profiling” with Matt Galloway....
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Falconers LLP Calls for Diversifying SIU Leadership
Falconers LLP lawyer, Anthony Morgan, is quoted in an article on police oversight published in the April 24, 2017 edition of Law Times. In his March 2017 Report of the Independent Police Oversight Review, Justice Tulloch recommended that Ontario move away...
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Ontario Police Services Need Stronger Strategy to Prevent Hate-Motivated Incidents
On April 16, 2017, the CBC’s French language nightly news program, Le Téléjournal, featured an interview with Falconers LLP associate, Anthony Morgan. Morgan provided comment on the recent string of hate graffiti incidents in cities across Ontario...
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The Prospects and Pitfalls of the New Police Oversight Report
Justice Michael Tulloch released his government-commissioned review of the three bodies — the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), the Officer of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) and the Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC) — that ove...
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Police Watchdog Shift Toward Diversity Long Overdue
Justice Michael Tulloch released his government-commissioned review of the three bodies — the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), the Officer of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) and the Ontario Civilian Police Commission (OCPC) — that o...
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Public Has Right to Know Names of Cops Who Kill, says Falconers LLP
In an April 3, 2017, Toronto Star article, Julian Falconer of Falconers LLP, advocates that the public has the right to know the names of police officers who have killed a civilian while on duty. Falconer stated, “they are public officials doing pub...
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Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Orders Endorse NAN Immediate Relief Resolutions
Falconers LLP is pleased to report that the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (“Tribunal”) has issued a March 29, 2017, decision in support of Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s (“NAN”), immediate relief resolutions. In doing so, the Tribunal ...
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