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• Ontario Opening Cannabis Retail Market

  December 12, 2019 6:45 P.M.

  TORONTO — The Government of Ontario is taking steps to move to an open market for retail cannabis stores beginning in January 2020. This will provide consumers with more choice and conv...

  News release | Attorney General

• Ontario Updating Property Forfeiture Laws to Ensure Crime Does Not Pay

  December 10, 2019 1:30 P.M.

  AURORA — The Ontario government is taking action to strengthen its laws around property forfeiture to ensure criminals don't profit from crime and proceeds of illegal activity are directe...

  News release | Attorney General

• Ontario Taking Next Steps to Establish Kenora Justice Centre

  September 26, 2019 4:00 P.M.

  KENORA —  Ontario's government is bringing together Indigenous leadership and organizations, justice partners, and others to establish a Kenora Justice Centre to address the overrepr...

  News release | Attorney General

• Ontario Honouring World War I Hero

  September 12, 2019 9:30 A.M.

  OSHAWA — The Ontario government is honouring a Canadian hero by renaming the Durham Region Courthouse after prominent military leader, lawyer and parliamentarian Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel...

  News release | Attorney General

• Ontario Supporting More Communities in their Fight Against Guns and Gangs

  August 26, 2019 2:30 P.M.

  MISSISSAUGA — Ontario's government is standing up for law-abiding citizens by escalating its fight against gun violence and the gangs who prey on young people and communities. By providin...

  News release | Attorney General

• Ontario Protecting Access to Affordable Legal Representation

  August 16, 2019 1:20 P.M.

  TORONTO — The Ontario government is proactively working with the Law Society of Ontario to establish a program that will ensure the federal government's Bill C-75 does not restrict parale...

  News release | Attorney General

• Ontario Moving Forward with Next Round of Cannabis Stores

  July 3, 2019 9:00 A.M.

  Toronto —The Ontario Government is taking the next step to combat the illegal market and protect our youth and communities by moving to the next phase of its plan to license private cannabis ...

  News release | Attorney General

• New Chair of Legal Aid Ontario Nominated for Appointment

  March 13, 2019 7:00 P.M.

  Today, the Honourable Caroline Mulroney, Attorney General for Ontario, announced that Charles Harnick, Q.C., L.S.M. has been nominated as the new Chair of Legal Aid Ontario.

  News release | Attorney General

• Ontario Guarantees Funding for Victim Services

  February 26, 2019 1:30 P.M.

  Ontario's Government for the People is guaranteeing that victim services programs funded by the Ministry of the Attorney General will have their funding levels maintained in 2019-2020. &...

  News release | Attorney General

• Ontario to Introduce Legislation to Move Forward with Tightly-Regulated Private Cannabis Retail Marketplace

  September 26, 2018 4:45 P.M.

  Today Caroline Mulroney, Attorney General, and Vic Fedeli, Minister of Finance, announced the government's plans to introduce legislation that, if passed, would protect public health and publi...

  News release | Attorney General