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LEGAL INFORMATION
Law Society of Upper Canada
- general legal information
- information on how to get legal help
- general legal information
- information on how to get legal help
- Lawyer Referral
- best place to start if you have any sort of legal problem and aren't sure what to do about it
- provides a referral to a lawyer in your area who will give you half an hour of free legal advice
- call 1-800-268-8326
Waterloo Region Community Legal Services
- for low income people
- deals with disputes involving landlord-tenant problems, Workers Compensation, Canada Pension Plan, social assistance
- call 743-0254
Legal Aid (linked to the Waterloo Region Community Legal Services website)
- the place to call if you need a lawyer and can't afford to pay
- call 743-4306
Community Justice Initiatives
- victim-offender reconciliation
- community mediation service
- sexual abuse treatment program—help for both victims and offenders
SPECIAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Advocacy Resource Centre for the Handicapped
- concerned particularly with defending the rights of people with disabilities
- represents clients in precedent-setting cases
- some costs covered, maybe all depending on client's financial situation
- call (416) 482-8255
Barrier Free Recorded Information Line
- call 1-800-387-4456
- recorded messages telling if local court buildings are barrier free or not
- covers all of Ontario
- touch tone phone required to use it
LANDLORD-TENANT MATTERS
Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal
- help resolving landlord-tenant disputes
- information on landlord-tenant laws
- 1-888-332-3234
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