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Update: ODSP definition change will pose a difficulty for persons with mental health disabilities

  • August 29, 2019
  • BakerLaw

As of August 1, 2022, bakerlaw has joined forces with Ross & McBride LLP.
Our team is excited to become part of the formidable group of human rights, employment, and constitutional lawyers at Ross &smp; McBride. Our current and future clients will continue to receive the personalized, high-quality representation that has become synonymous with bakerlaw, and will benefit from the collaborative, cross-functional approach to complex issues that both we and Ross & McBride value. With the added resources of larger, full-service firm, this collaboration will allow us to take on new clients for the first time since October 2021. If you are seeking legal advice, please contact us at contact@rossmcbride.com.

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On December 7, 2018, we posted an article related to Ontario’s recent change to the definition of disability. You can read this post here (link).

David Baker and Gail Czukar wrote an article for the Toronto star on December 17, 2018 regarding the changes in the definition of “disability” in the ODSP Act. You can read this article here (link).

Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry is an Assistant Professor of Law at McGill University and a member of the Quebec Bar wrote an article on the concept of disability. This article will be of assistance to those contemplating test case and Charter litigation on behalf of people with disabilities where definitions matter, as they so often do. you can read this article here (link).

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