sections of the constitution act
the Peterborough hospital and the medical services it provides
s. 92. e.p. 7 (provincia)
You suffered a serious eye injury while working at your summer job in a local factory.
(a) Small Claims Court (b) Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
(c) Superior Court of Justice (d) Labour Relations Board
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
Anqelique was severely beaten by her drunken bum of a boyfriend.
criminal and civil
Each night, the factory across the street from your home is spewing noxious gases from a chimney on the roof. The fumes are aggravating your asthma so much that you wake up choking and gasping for breath.
nuisance
All administrative tribunals are expected to provide affected persons with procedural fairness. This always includes:
Establishing possible punishments for thieves convicted of theft
s. 91 e.p. 27 (federal)
You were seriously injured (two broken legs and terrible burns to your face and torse) when the deck on the home you are renting collapsed while you were barbecuing on it.
(a) Landlord and Tenant Board (b) Ontario Court of Justice
(c) Superior Court of Justice (d) Ontario Social Benefits Tribunal
Superior Court of Justice
Bernard is trying to get financial assistance for his education from the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP), but a government employee has rejected his application
administrative law
George was partying with friends in a local pub. An argument developed with other pub patrons at a table near theirs and a bouncer, who decided that the squabbling was George’s fault, physically lifted him from his seat and threw him out the front door of the pub, where George stumbled head- first into a parking metre and was knocked unconscious.
assault and negligence
true or false
Many administrative tribunals allow non-lawyer agents to represent people appearing before them.
TRUE!!!!
A system for resolving landlord and tenant disputes
Provincial, s. 92, e.p. 5
You believe a local landlord refused to rent an apartment to you because you are a single parent with three children.
Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
Driving to the university today, Catrina was charged with “failing to yield” at a stop sign.
criminal
. You are working part-time as a security officer at your university. Last week, your supervisor asked you to remove several rowdy students who were staging a sit-in at the front doors of the building to protest proposed tuition increases. When you politely asked one of the students to move away from the doors, she screamed at you, calling you, “A gutless, scum-sucking lap dog for the MAN!” Several of your classmates and one of your professors heard these taunts.
defamation
what does The National Parole Board do
makes decisions on prisoners’ early release and criminal record suspensions
The location of airports serving domestic and international flights
Federal, s. 91 preamble
You ran a stop sign while driving and struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk, sending her to hospital with several broken bones.
Ontario Court of Justice.
Desmond and the Destroyers have been practicing their hard rock tunes in Desmond’s garage. Desmond’s neighbours have complained about the racket and are threatening action.
civil
You celebrate your excellent mid-term marks with too many alcoholic beverages in the school pub, operated by the student union. The server is a classmate and continues to serve you despite your obviously drunken state. Pub staff also ignore the fact that you have car keys in your hand as you leave the pub, stumbling and singing loudly. You fall asleep at the wheel and crash your car into a tree a few minutes after leaving. You suffer a variety of serious injuries in the crash. WHO might be found liable for your injuries?
the server, the student union, and yourself
true or false
Ontario’s Victim Quick Response Program may provide the least financial compensation to a victim of crime of any such scheme in the country.
TRUE!!!
The operation of JAILS to house prisoners convicted of crimes and quasi-crimes
Provincial, s. 92, e.p. 6 and Federal, s. 91, e.p. 28
. You have been denied a licence to sell alcoholic beverages in your convenience store.
Alcohol and Gaming Commission
Ethel decided to sell her living room furniture and put an ad on Kijiji. A prospective buyer gave her a $100 downpayment and is coming back with a truck to pick up the furniture. Ethel’s husband, Fred is insisting she back out of the deal because the couch is lucky. It is where he watched every game his beloved Florida Panthers won on their march to the Stanley Cup.
civil law
The only way you could be considered liable in the situation described in question four is if the judge applies this principle
contributory negligence
If a Parole Board panel were using the S.I.R. scale to assess the risk that a prisoner would re-offend if released early, which of these prisoners is most likely to be granted parole:
(a) a forty-year-old male, sentenced to 8 years for sexually assaulting young boys, with no prior convictions;
(b) a sixty-something female, sentenced to life for the murder of her law teacher spouse, no prior convictions;
(c) a twenty-year-old female, serving three years for assault causing bodily harm, with a record of two prior assaults and an escape from custody;
(d) a thirty-seven-year-old male, serving 5 years for break and entry, with ten prior B. & E. convictions, dating all the way back to age 16.
(b) a sixty-something female, sentenced to life for the murder of her law teacher spouse, no prior convictions;