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Mandatory Minimum Struck Down by Manitoba’s Top Court

30/11/2018

On November 22, 2018, the Manitoba Court of Appeal ruled that the mandatory minimum sentence attached to s. 151(a) of the Criminal Code was unconstitutional and of no force and …

Manitoba Coalition Urges CRTC to Protect Consumers from Misleading and Aggressive Telco Sales Practices

30/10/2018

On Tuesday October 23, 2018 a coalition of Manitoba organizations, represented by the Public Interest Law Centre, presented at a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) hearing in Gatineau, Quebec, …

CRTC hearing on misleading and aggressive telecommunications sales practices

25/09/2018

The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has initiated a proceeding to examine the retail sales practices of Canada’s large telecommunications carriers. Specifically, the CRTC has asked Canadians to comment on …

Release of Investigative Reports and Locked Out of Life Campaign

18/09/2018

On 11 September 2018, the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) and the Cerebral Palsy Association co-hosted a Press Conference to: (1) release the Manitoba Human Rights Commission Investigative Report which …

Supreme Court to hear critical case on rights of people living in poverty, freedom from police intrusion

23/08/2018

WINNIPEG – A coalition of organizations who represent persons living in poverty, urban Indigenous people, persons living with mental illness and persons experiencing homelessness are intervening in the Supreme Court …

An Interpretation of the Best Interest of the Child consistent with Reconciliation, the Honour of the Crown and domestic and international commitments

13/07/2018

With First Nations children accounting for 90% of the over 11,000 children in care in Manitoba and with the highest child apprehension rate in the country, this over-representation is nothing …

Making low cost data available to all Canadians

21/06/2018

Too many Canadians are being locked out of the digital economy by a market that has failed to respond to the demand for low-cost data-only plans. To help addresss the …

Former Legal Aid Manitoba chair, Roland Penner dies

07/06/2018

Roland Penner, Legal Aid Manitoba’s first chair has died. LAM became a legislated program in Manitoba in 1971. It opened its doors to clients in 1972. Penner was LAM’s chair …

LAM Staff Attorney works on wrongful conviction case

30/05/2018

Legal Aid Manitoba’s staff attorney Alan Libman worked with Innocence Canada on the Frank Ostrowski wrongful conviction case mentioned in this article & other cases involving wrongfully convicted Manitobans.

Saying No to Rate Shock!

04/05/2018

On May 1, 2018, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) said no to Manitoba Hydro’s request for a 7.9% rate increase proposal which would have cost Manitoba consumers $127 million dollars …

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