Great work everyone we just hit 600 signatures for our petition!

Please reach out to five colleagues to help keep our momentum going.

Here is a sample message for your convenience:

Good morning my dear colleagues:

If you feel as I do that return to in person court should be primarily voluntary, then please sign (if you have not already done so) the online petition that states as follows:

We, the undersigned lawyers and paralegals who practise family law, hereby petition to the Attorney General of Ontario and to the Regional Senior Justices, that there shall be immediately put in place an overriding direction that all court attendances shall be presumptively virtual unless the parties and their counsel agree otherwise or if the court for good reason orders that a particular attendance shall be in person or hybrid (ie. some may attend virtually and some may attend in person).

Here's the link: https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-amend-the-requirement-for-in-person-court-attendances

As of this morning, there are 600 signatures.  We hope to achieve 1,000 Ontario lawyers' signatures prior to our press release and press conference - both coming up soon.

I hope that you will see fit to join the efforts to keep justice accessible to the public.

Good luck.