Towards a More Just Society: Law Commission of Ontario Breaks New Ground on Decision-Making
Margaret O'Sullivan
February 8, 2016
In my first year of law school–1978–Ontario introduced new legislation to allow a power of attorney to survive incapacity. It’s amazing to think that prior to 1978 only legal guardianships through the court process (then called “committeeships”) were available to allow a decision-maker to act on behalf of an incapable