To further the discussion on the best way of providing administrative justice and rectifying the current problems, Tribunal Watch Ontario is assembling a wide variety of publications on the issue. Tribunal Watch Ontario does not necessarily endorse the opinions or recommendations reflected in these writings.
Tribunal Watch Ontario
Ontario’s Adjudicative Tribunals: Basic Information, Tribunal Watch, August 18, 2020
Tribunal Watch Statements
Statement of Concern about the Proposed Amalgamation of Five Adjudicative Tribunals into a New Ontario Land Tribunal, Tribunal Watch, March 5, 2021
Concern for the Future of the Social Benefits Tribunal, Tribunal Watch, December 1, 2020
The Face of Justice Denied, Tribunal Watch, December 2020
Tribunal Watch Ontario Calls for Review of Government’s Appointment and Reappointment Processes, Tribunal Watch, October 20, 2020
Concerns Arising from the Recent Associate Chair Appointment to the Social Benefits Tribunal, Tribunal Watch, September 10, 2020
Concerns Arising from the Recent Associate Chair Appointment to the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, Tribunal Watch, August 6, 2020
Update – Recent appointments of two Executive Chairs and creation of new Ontario Land Tribunals, Tribunal Watch, June 24, 2020
Statement of Concern about Tribunals Ontario, Tribunal Watch Ontario, May 14, 2020
Tribunal Watch in the Media
Justice delayed: The decline of the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal under the Ford government, Globe and Mail, January 30, 2021
Has the Ford Government cancelled 2021 for Ontario’s most vulnerable residents? Toronto Star, December 29, 2020
Doug Ford and Bonnie Lysyk team up to go after some of Ontario’s most vulnerable, Toronto Star, December 9, 2020
Politicization of senior appointments alarms Tribunal Watch Ontario, Lawyers Daily, November 20, 2020
Ford Government’s changes undermine Ontario human rights tribunal’s independence: expert, The Canadian Press, August 27, 2020
Tribunal Watch Ontario concerned over shortage of adjudicators, Lawyers Daily, June 19, 2020
Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford says he wants to fight racial injustice. So why is he undermining tribunals that help do just that?, Toronto Star, June 11, 2020
New Executive Chair Appointed to Tribunals Ontario, Tribunals Ontario Media Release, June 5, 2020
Tribunal Watch Ontario: New Sheriff in Town, Ron Ellis, May 25, 2020
Tribunal system ‘in crisis,’ group says. Law Times, May 20, 2020
Democracy Watch Application
Democracy Watch Starts Legal Fight with Doug Ford over Appointments to Tribunals, Toronto Star, July 16, 2020
News Release: Democracy Watch files lawsuit against Ontario government’s new illegal, unconstitutional administrative tribunal appointment system, Democracy Watch, July 16, 2020
Notice of Application, Democracy Watch, July 8, 2020
Landlord and Tenant Board
Landlord and Tenant Board Adjudicator issues Interim Order that favours Landlord despite potential conflict of interest, Toronto Star, December 4, 2020
Ontario Legal Clinics Concerns: Landlord and Tenant Board’s Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Ontario Legal Clinics, October 13, 2020
Ontario Ombudsman to investigate delays at Landlord and Tenant Board, Ombudsman Ontario, January 9, 2020
Delays at Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board prompt Ombudsman investigation, CBC.ca, January 9, 2020
SOAR
SOAR commentary on the new Agencies and Appointments Directive, SOAR, December 2019
Agencies and Appointments Directive, November 2019
Statement of Principles for the Appointment of Adjudicative Tribunal Members, SOAR, August 7, 2018
Report on Findings Based on Comparative Study of Reappointments and Term Limits Across Canadian Jurisdictions, SOAR, December 10, 2015
Academic
Future of Administrative Justice. Lorne Sossin, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2008
