What do you know about Social Justice?
- Bob Wood
- Oct 29, 2015
- 2 min read
In this column we usually like to tell you things. Today, though, we’d like to ask a few questions to test your Social Justice IQ.
Here we go.
1. Community legal clinics were designed to fill gaps in service for Ontarians with low incomes. Toronto’s Parkdale Community Legal Services was the first, established in 1971. Hamilton’s first clinic opened five years later. What was it called?
(a) Strathcona (b) Dundurn (c) Mountain (d) McQuesten
2. Clinics work in various areas of law. Which area is not offered in Hamilton?
(a) Tenant Rights (b) Criminal (c) Workers’ Compensation (d) Ontario Works
3. Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) casework is a vital part of what we do. In 1997, 14% of all Ontario cases opened were ODSP appeals. What was the corresponding figure of cases opened in our Region in 2013/14?
(a) 67 (b) 33 (c) 50 (d) 20
4. The Surdivall case was resolved last year. It was precedent setting. An Ontario court said that people on welfare often receive overpayments for reasons entirely beyond their control and, potentially, because people with power over them have abused the system.
(a) True (b) False
5. Clinics are mandated to do law reform and community development. In the past year, which one of the following initiatives wasn’t part of our work?
(a) Enforcing Hamilton’s Sanctuary City mandate. (b) Improving service delivery to the Hamilton Aboriginal community. (c) Advocating that bed bugs to be recognized as a health hazard. (d) Finding a recent law school graduate to take on the job of Hamilton Tiger Cats backup quarterback.
6. Ontario employers fund the compensation system and share liability for injured workers. In return, injured workers receive benefits while recovering, and cannot sue their employers. This historic compromise, called the Meredith Principles, is under threat. What year did William Meredith, a former leader of the Ontario Conservative Party, develop these principles? (a) 1913 (b) 1945 (c) 1967 (d) 1995
7. Many tenancies are being terminated by the landlord (LL) “for their own use.” Under which of the following conditions is the LL not allowed to terminate for “their own use?”
(a) LL wants to use rental unit for residential purposes for himself and his spouse. (b) LL is tired of the tenant’s complaints. (c) LL wants to use unit for a person providing personal care services to his spouse’s parents. (d) LL needs an apartment for his child who is returning home due to an injury.
8. All human rights applications are filed at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO). What remedies can the HRTO order if discrimination is found?
(a) Financial compensation (b) Non-financial compensation (e.g. an apology) (c) Public interest remedies intended to prevent similar discrimination from happening. (d) All of the above. 9. The Clinic is designated as an organization providing services under the French Language Services Act. According to the 2011 Census, how many Hamiltonians identify French as their mother tongue?
(a) Hardly any (b) 2, 0005 (c) 6,765 (d) 50,000
Answers to “What do you know about Social Justice?
1. a 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. d 6. a 7. b 8. d 9. c Learn more about the issues at www.hamiltonjustice.ca
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