By Aisha Sherazi
OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Imagine a perfect school system. The kind of system where parents are free to choose the most appropriate schools for their children. The kind of school system that induces a …

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The law in Canada’s largest province, Ontario, allows for faith-based independent dispute resolution. Orthodox Jews and Christian churches have been doing it for almost 15 years. So why are critics so upset by …

By Faisal Kutty
Lawyers Weekly
March 24, 2006
September 11, 2005 is etched in the minds of many Ontario Muslims. On that fateful Sunday, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced his decision to preclude the use of any religious laws …

By Faisal Kutty
“Ontario lost a timely opportunity to show the world how to balance these competing rights in a manner that respects all parties and protects the vulnerable; and at the same time see how …

By Faisal Kutty
“The Arbitration Act should continue to allow disputes to be arbitrated using religious law ,” concluded Ontario’s former Ontario Attorney General Marion Boyd in her 150-page report (www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca)
Boyd was asked by the Ontario …

The existing Canadian legal framework allows parties to civil, family and religious disputes to opt for ADR and thereby resolve their differences using their own parameters ..
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By Faisal Kutty & Ahmad Kutty – At no …

By Faisal Kutty – In announcing a 5 per cent increase in legal aid fees starting Aug. 1, Attorney General David Young said that the “increase was the result of our ongoing review of Ontario’s …