For Immediate Release
September 02, 2006

MPP Laurie Scott and OBA Team Up for Town Hall on Justice Issues

Public and Legal Community Asked for Advice on Improving Ontario’s Justice System

LINDSAY– The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) is continuing its province-wide Town Hall initiative aimed at finding ways to better resource the Ontario justice system in Lindsay on November 8th with local MPP Laurie Scott and Lindsay lawyer and OBA member Drew Gunsolus. The Town Hall Meeting is taking place on November 8th from 7-9 PM in the Royal Canadian Legion located at 12 York St North in Lindsay. The theme for the meeting is “Justice in Ontario: Getting it Right”.

“Our riding of Haliburton-Victoria-Brock is changing and our justice system needs to keep pace ensuring that the police and courts have the resources they need to keep our streets safe,” said Scott. “Working families and seniors choose to live in this community because of the sense of safety it provides, that is something we simply cannot afford to lose.”

Topics that will be discussed at the Town Hall Meeting include:

• What is needed to ensure fair and timely access to the justice/legal system for all Ontarians?
• What improvements or changes should be made to our justice system, locally and province-wide?
• Does our community have adequate resources to meet the needs of our citizens?

Co-Chairing the Town Hall Meeting on behalf of the OBA will be Lindsay lawyer Drew Gunsolus.

“The demands and expectations of the legal system in Ontario are always changing,” said Mr. Gunsolus. “This Town Hall Meeting will help the OBA with future recommendations to MPPs and to the Attorney General on behalf of all Ontarians.”

The Town Hall Meeting is open to all members of the public and to the legal community in Lindsay and surrounding communities. Those planning on attending are asked to RSVP to Laurie Scott at 1-800-424-2490 or OBA staff contact Jonathan Clancy at 1-800-668-8900 ext 348. Participants are encouraged to make a written submission to accompany comments they make at the Town Hall Meeting.

The OBA is the voice of the legal profession in Ontario. As a branch of the Canadian Bar Association, the OBA represents 17,000 lawyers, judges, law professors and law students across the province.

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For more information:
Jonathan Clancy Laurie Scott, MPP
Office: 1-800-668-8900 ext. 348 Office: 1-800-424-2490
Cell: 416-454-8932