Advocacy Resources

Below are links to advocacy information. These sites provide information and tools to assist in advocating for yourself or others. 

Use the "X" to the right of the title to view a drop down list of related links. 

Municipal Representatives and meetings - WAterloo Region Tri-Cities

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Connecting with WR Municipalities and Local Democracy

Rental Rights

• Landlord and Tenant Board
  • ​Contacting the LTB - Office & Filing Locations
• Step to Justice - Housing Law
• Renting in Ontario - Ontario.ca
• Rental Housing Enforcement Unit - Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
• You Legal Rights - Housing Law - CLEO Connect
• ​Waterloo Region Community Legal Services - Tenant Issues
• Cera- Human Rights in Housing

HumAn RIghts

• A Human Rights Approach: A National Protocal for Homeless Encampments in Canada
• Make the Shift
• ​Charter of Rights and Homeless Persons - LawNow.org
• Homeless Charter of Rights - HomelessHub.ca

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• Canadian Human Rights Commission
• Canadian Human RIghts Tribunal
• Ontario Human Rights Commission
• Ontario Human Rights Tribunal

Mental Health

• Consent and Capacity Board
• Psychiatric Patient Advocacy Office
• Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee
• Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Legal Assistance

• Law Referral Service - Ontario
• ​Legal Aid Ontario
• CLEO - Community Legal Education Ontario
  • Steps to Justice
  • Your Legal Rights
• E-Laws
• Human Rights Legal Support Centre
• Administrative Justice Support Network

Governing Acts & Codes

• Healthcare Consent Act 
• Substitute Decision Act
• Mental Health Act
• Personal Health Information Protection Act
• ​Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabiities Act
• Residential Tenancies Act
• Canadian Human Rights Act
• Ontario Human Rights Code
• Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act
• Ontario Works Act

Ontario Works

• Social Benefits Tribunal
• Ontario Works Policy Directives:
  • 2.1: Application Process
  • 5.1: Income and Exemptions
  • 6.1: Calculating Assistance
  • 7.1: Summary of Benefits​
  • 4.1: Summary of Assets
  • 10.1: Notice and Internal Review Process
  • 10.2: Appeal Process

Emergency Response - Government

City Emergency Response Plans

• Kitchener - Dated 2017
• Cambridge - Revised 2021
• Waterloo - Revision History states 2017

Region of Waterloo 

• Site Topic Page
• Emergency Response Plan - Dated 2019
• Alert Waterloo Region - Provided by RoW Emergency Management Office
• Regional Municipality of Waterloo Administration and Finance Committee - Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - 6.1.1 HRC-LRE-23-005, Region of Waterloo Emergency Management By-Law and Emergency Response Plan Adoption and Approval

Governing Provincial Act

• Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act​

Spare Parts

• Oakes Test
• Bamberger v. Vancouver - BC Court 
• Defining - "Crisis Emergencies"
• Prince George v. Stewart BCSC
• "Key take aways from the Supreme Courts decision to revise the Standard of Review Framework in Vavilov" - Fillmore Riley.com ​​​
• ​Victoria v. Adams - Law Sheet - Poverty and Human Rights Center
• Nanaimo (City) v. Courtoreille, 2018 BCSC 1629 
• Black v. Toronto - 152 O.R. (3d) 529 2020 ONSC 6398 - CanLii​
• ​ Victoria (City) v. Adams, 2008, BCSC, 1363 - CanLii
• Bamberger v. Vancouver (Board of Parks and Recreation) 2022 BCSC 49 - BCCourts.ca
• Vancouver Fraser Port Authority v. Brett BCSC 876 - BCCourts.ca
• Shantz, Prince George (City)  v. Stewart 2021 BCSC 2089 - CanLii
• Quebec (Attorney General) v. 9147-0732 Quebec Inc., 2020 SCC 32 - CanLii
• Victoria (City) v. Adams, 2009 BCCA 563 - CanLii
• Committee for the Commonwealth of Canada v Canada, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 139 - CanLii
• R. v. Heywood, [1994] 3 S.C.R. 761- CanLii
• R. v. Monney, 1999 CanLII 678 (SCC), [1999] 1 S.C.R. 652 - CanLii
• R. v. Michaud, 2015 ONCA 585, 127 O.R. (3d) 81 - Vlex.com
• Abbotsford (City) v. Shantz, 2015 BCSC 1909​
• ​Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation v. Williams, 2014 BCSC 1926
• ​British Columbia v. Adamson, 2016 BCSC 584 
• British Columbia v. Adamson, 2016 BCSC 1245 
• ​Poff v. City of Hamilton, 2021 ONSC 7224​​
• R. v. Morgentaler, [1988] 1 S.C.R. 30
• ​R. v. Parker, (2000) 49 O.R. (3d) 481 - Vlex.com
• Fleming v. Reid (1991), 1991 CanLII 2728 (ON CA) - Vlex.com
• ​Godbout v. Longueuil (City), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 844​
• Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5, [2015] 1 SCR 331 [Carter]