Insurers Playing A Numbers Game Ahead Of Insurance Discussions
Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer Albert Conforzi: The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC, the association that represents Canada’s insurance carriers), took out a full page ad in the Toronto Star on Saturday, wherein they lined up their major talking points for the next round of insurance discussions. By law, a 5-year review of the auto insurance system will start […]
The Oscar Pistorius Murder Case
Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer Albert Conforzi: The Oscar Pistorius case murder investigation is grabbing headlines around the world. He stands accused of murdering his girlfriend, 29-year-old model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp. Today, he appeared in court at a bail hearing. Originally, the reports had Pistorius (famously known as the Blade Runner) mistaking his girlfriend for an […]
A Citizenship Conundrum
James Metcalfe – Pace Immigration:
Conundrum:
Insurance Premiums Continue To Rise While Benefits To Victims Are Decimated
Albert Conforzi, Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer: Andrea Horwath, leader of the Ontario NDP, is calling for a 15% reduction in auto insurance premiums for motorists in Ontario. She commented on the nearly $2 billion in savings achieved by the industry as a result of the amendments that decimated benefits to victimsin September, 2010. In spite of the savings, premiums […]
One Strike and You’re Out
Karen Kwan Anderson – Pace Immigration: Last year, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced measures to remove “foreign criminals” from Canada who have received a sentence of six months or more arising from a criminal conviction.
Temporary to Permanent Immigration Status: The Canadian Experience Class Program
James Metcalfe – Pace Immigration: The so-called panel of experts in the media are not up to date on present Canadian immigration policy.
So What Does “Economic Loss” Mean, Anyway?
Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer Albert Conforzi Back in the fall, I reviewed a decision regarding the meaning of the word “incurred” as used in the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS). That decision, Henry v. Gore Mutual, held that once the threshold decision of finding an economic loss had been made, there was no necessary correlation between the economic loss […]
Infrastructure Modernization in Canada: Time For Innovation
Hon. Gerry Weiner – Pace Immigration: Among the news stories that received prominent coverage in 2012 were the decisive steps the Harper Government has launched to reform Canada’s immigration system and the critical need to finance the repair and modernization of the deteriorating local infrastructure in Canada.