Friday, 3 April 2020

Lawyers are still essential in Ontario (despite being listed under a different heading)

Today (April 3) the government of Ontario amended their list of "essential workplaces" (archived) which are allowed to remain open.

Lawyers are still included.

There was some confusion as, in the original list, lawyers were listed as #65:
Professional services including lawyers and para-legals, engineers, accountants, translators
 And that list also included #61:
Professional and social services that support the legal and justice system
Today's updated list only includes, under what is now #34(vii):
Professional and social services that support the legal and justice system.
However, a tweet from the Attorney General of Ontario confirmed that lawyers are included under that heading:


(h/t Debbie Rachlis)


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