20 August 2020
August 20, 2020
NAWL letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice dated August 20, 2020, calling for the nomination of women and/or men who are Indigenous, Black, racialized, and/or from other equality seeking communities, to fill the two forthcoming Ontario vacancies on the SCC, and the Prime Minister’s letter in response dated October 14, 2020.
Read NAWL letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Justice on SCC nominations
Read Prime Minister’s letter in response to Ms. Beavers, et al
The NAWL letter was endorsed by:
Canadian Association of Black Lawyers
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
Canadian Council for Refugees
Black Legal Action Centre
Women’s Shelters Canada
Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice
DisAbled Women’s Network Canada
Colour of Poverty-Colour of Change
YWCA Canada
Feminist Alliance for International Action
Canada Without Poverty
Canadian Association for Community Living
South Asian Bar Association – Toronto Chapter
Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic Toronto
Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic
Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario
Luke’s Place Support and Resource Centre
Charter Committee on Poverty Issues
David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights
Women’s Legal Education & Action Fund
Renfrew County Legal Clinic
West Toronto Community Legal Services
Chatham-Kent Legal Services
Hamilton Community Legal Clinic
Durham Community Legal Clinic
Downtown Legal Services
Punjabi Community Health Services
WomenatthecentrE
Canadian Women’s Foundation
about NAWL
The National Association of Women and the Law is a not-for-profit feminist organization that promotes the equality rights of women through legal education, research and law reform advocacy.
