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CARP Open Letter to Ministers Nicholson and Fantino
TORONTO, ON: CARP is calling on the Ministers of Justice and Seniors to do more to address elder abuse such as following the example of the Elder Abuse Victims Act now before the US Senate.
There has been saturation media coverage of the recent case of [alleged] elder abuse leading to charges of failing to provide the necessities of life and criminal negligence causing bodily harm against Kwong Yan, 43, and his wife, Qi Tan, 28.
In media interviews, Minister of State for Seniors, Julian Fantino has indicated his abhorrence of the circumstances and encourages prosecutors and others in the justice system to redouble their efforts to investigate and prosecute offenders. However, he has not committed to reviewing the current state of the law nor the resources necessary to better detect, investigate and prosecute such cases. Minister of Justice Rob Nicholson has indicated that he is willing to hear suggestions from CARP. [Media link follows]
In response, CARP has written the attached letter to the Ministers calling for actual action and offers as model the Elder Abuse Victims Act now before the US Senate [Link below] – the hearing at which Mickey Rooney has testified that if it could happen to him it could happen to anyone – in that case financial abuse.
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Two New Links Added to Elder Care Links Section
Two new links have been added to our Elder Care Links section:
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-46 (215) Duties Tending to Preservation of Life
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5th Canadian Conference on Elder Law – Conference Papers
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) is pleased to make available the papers and presentations submitted to the 2010 Canadian Conference on Elder Law, which the LCO co-hosted with the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and the Canadian Centre for Elder Law, as part of our larger project on the law as it affects older adults.
Apostille Certificates
Did you know what an apostille certificate is? Well, I did not but Red Seal Notary offer apostille certificate authentication and legalization of documents in Canada for use abroad in foreign jurisdictions.
Brief excerpt from their website:
When documents are notarized in Canada for use abroad, such documents must go through a process of “authentication” and “legalization” in order for them to be valid in the foreign jurisdiction. The combined process of “authentication” and “legalization” is the Canadian equivalent of “apostille certificates” issued in other countries that are signatories to The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (1961). As Canada did not sign this convention, notaries in Canada do not provide “apostille certificates”. However, in most circumstances (depending on the country and document in question), Red Seal Notary can provide you with our authentication and legalization services, whereby, we will authenticate and/or legalize your notarized documents for an extra fee.
Protecting Older Clients from Financial Abuse: The Role of the Police
“PROTECTING OLDER CLIENTS from FINANCIAL ABUSE: The ROLE of the POLICE” was presented to the Estate Planning Council on January 10, 2011 by Patricia Fleischmann, Police Constable (4884), Toronto Police Service – Community Mobilization Unit Vulnerable Persons Issues. It is an excellent overview of the issue of elder abuse and the role of the police.
Click to download a PDF copy of the presentation
Link to Toronto Police Service Community Mobilization Unit Elder Abuse web page
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