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Bill Five: Risky Business in Ontario
Thursday, May 8, 2025 | Part 1
On April 17, 2025, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, 20251,…
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OKT Hosts UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
On May 25, 2017, OKT hosted the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises (the “Working Group”). The Working Group was…
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The federal government needs to hear from First Nations about criminal justice reforms. Here's some background.
In a statement at year’s end in 2016, the Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould reviewed some of her priorities including the following work:
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Canada still discriminating; Tribunal tells Canada to stop it, immediately, again
Read More...…nearly one year since the April 2016 ruling and over a year since the Decision, Canada continues to restrict the full meaning and intent of Jordan’s principle. The Panel…
NEB "modernization" report falls short for Indigenous peoples
On Monday, the Expert Panel on the Modernization of the National Energy Board (NEB) released its report, Forward, Together: Enabling Canada’s clean, safe, and secure…
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Racial profiling in Ontario is "widespread" and "particularly damaging" according to new Human Rights Commission report
On May 3rd, the Ontario Human Rights Commission released its report on Racial Profiling in Ontario. A year in the making, this report is the first time in nearly…
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Taykwa Tagamou Nation and OPG partnership a success
OKT is pleased to congratulate Coral Rapids Power Corporation (“CRP”) and Taykwa Tagamou Nation (“TTN”) on the completion of the construction and commencement of commercial operation of the Peter…
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