We will be closed Monday, October 12 for Thanksgiving holiday. Have a safe and happy weekend.
Kensington Bellwoods Community Legal Services
@kbcls.bsky.social
Providing legal advice and information to people on low income who live south of Bloor between Ossington and Yonge, and supporting community development and law reform campaigns that benefit working people.
The Chinatown Advocacy Network (CAN) is organizing a Chinatown All-Candidates Meeting for University-Rosedale (Ward 11) and Spadina-Fort York (Ward 10) to help us determine Who are the best defenders of Chinatown? Saturday, Oct 17, 2-5 PM Cecil C.C. (58 Cecil St) RSVP: tinyurl.com/Chinatown-Ca...
Starting September 21, 2026, the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) has new rules on unpaid rent, persistent late payments, compensation, and evictions. outreach.cleo.on.ca/en/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fmailing%2Fview&reset=1&id=2505
The Carney government is using legal tricks to chip away at workers’ hard-won rights. The right to strike is being systematically enfeebled through legal manoeuvring. The working class has had tougher enemies. It will fight back. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
The #Carney government "is much more aggressive in its litigation and far less focused on departmental reform and making sure this discrimination doesn't happen again." www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Carney government files 3rd court challenge in First Nations child welfare complaint | CBC News
The Carney government has filed its third court challenge in a year as a longstanding fight with First Nations organizations over the future of their communities' child and family services continues. ...
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Who are the real cartels? Americans it seems. At both borders BTW. #cdnpoli Mexican Pres.: "US Customs and Border Protection data shows that 80% of those arrested for smuggling fentanyl at US ports of entry were US citizens."
Portage students protested unfair work permit denials. Then immigration enforcement came to their protest and issued 10 removal orders! Migrants have the right to protest without fear. I sent a letter demanding action. Send yours: migrantrights.ca/RightToProte... #DefendRightToProtest
Migrant Have The Right To Protest - Migrant Rights Network
250+ organizations across Canada are standing with Portage students and defending migrants’ right to speak out, organize and protest. Migrants are part of our movements. We will not allow immigration ...
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Please take 2 minutes to complete this survey and please do share it with your contacts in the Chinatown community. This online survey is in English and Chinese: forms.gle/kL9Pn83FyKKx...
The primary function of non-profits is not to solve social problems, but to run cover for a state that has largely abandoned the direct provision of essential services. As Laurence Braun-Woodbury writes, our housing crisis cannot and will not be solved by a fractious and marketized third sector.
How not-for-profits make the housing crisis worse
Non-profits no longer exist to supplement social services but to replace them on the cheap. They erode service quality, undermine labour power, and intensify Canada’s democratic deficit. As Laurence B...
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Your Job is at Risk from Artificial Intelligence… but not for the Reasons You Think - Centre for Future Work
It’s three years since the public launch of ChatGPT, and the rapid roll-out of artificial intelligence apps since then has amplified fears that AI will lead to massive job loss as human workers are re...
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#Tariffs effectively tax consumption, and lower-income households consume a bigger proportion of their paycheque...Warren Buffett and Elon Musk 'consume' a minuscule proportion of their income and an even lower proportion of their wealth." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | How Trump's tariffs work to redistribute wealth up the food chain | CBC News
Though nominally aimed at making foreign "cheaters" pay, the U.S. president's tariffs have in fact been a powerful domestic mechanism for taking money from poor and middle-class Americans and giving i...
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The City of Toronto has launched a new Rental Building Violations and Inspections Database. The database provides members of the public with access to information about enforcement activity in rental apartment buildings. www.toronto.ca/community-pe...
Rental Building Violations & Inspections
Find rental apartment listings with active violations, inspections, health hazards and other concerns across select buildings in Toronto. Each listing covers information that allows you to track inves...
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spoke to cbc: if we are concerned abt public drug use, why not address the fact that people have nowhere to go? why not invest in the conditions that prevent people from being stuck outside? stop conflating homelessness w substance use. and the hart hubs are a farce.
From 1938, considered the 1st known reference to the term woke youtu.be/VrXfkPViFIE?...
Lead Belly - "Scottsboro Boys"
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In two Toronto communities near new transit, nearly 1 in 10 face eviction. How can we protect more tenants? A study of five communities near new UP, Finch West or Eglinton LRT stops found higher eviction rates between 2010 and 2023. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
Ontario is enacting new rules for social assistance payments so people without legal immigration status in Canada cannot receive the benefits. www.cp24.com/politics/que...
Unregulated power and insatiable greed come in tailored suits ... via Truth Against Hate
Toronto tenants say federal cash is going to developer who plans to demolish their rent controlled homes. www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
Tell Premier Ford Ontario needs full rent control now! fairrentontario.ca
Fair Rent Ontario – Stable Homes. Secure Futures.
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‼️Thousands of low‑income households in co‑ops rely on rental assistance through the Federal Community Housing Initiative (FCHI) and the Canada Community Housing Initiative (CCHI). FCHI and CCHI are scheduled to end in 2028. Act now to renew rental assistance. share.nwmd.social/s/69eDkP6C
You Hold the Key: Protect affordable homes. Renew rental assistance.
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Here are my four steps you can take to push back the darkness. charlieangus.substack.com/p/push-back-...
Push Back the Darkness - Four Things You Can Do Right Now
"Wise hope requires that we look the situation in the eye, learn as much as we can about the crisis and then take action anyways.” - Maude Barlow
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Check your inbox for On the Radar, CLEO’s bimonthly newsletter. On the Radar helps community workers stay informed about new legal developments. outreach.cleo.on.ca/en/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fmailing%2Fview&reset=1&id=2454
It is vital to discard the notion that #migrants and #refugees are helpless supplicants. They have a huge capacity to organize and struggle and the issue is to act in solidarity with them and provide the most concrete and effective forms of support we can. www.ctvnews.ca/world/articl...
Spain deploys military to Ceuta after thousands of people breach Morocco’s border and at least 9 die
Spain will deploy its military to restore order at its border with Morocco in Ceuta after thousands of migrants streamed into the tiny Spanish territory, with at least nine dying in the attempt.
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Trillionaires Are Only Possible Because They Don't Pay Taxes Like Ordinary People www.commondreams.org/opinion/tax-...
Trillionaires Are Only Possible Because They Don't Pay Taxes Like Ordinary People | Common Dreams
Without endless tax deferrals, they would have only a tiny fraction of what they own today, yet, as things stand, nothing stops them from wielding the power and influence their wealth buys to benefit...
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