– a champion of Ontario’s community legal system and the clinics’ role in providing equal access to justice.
IWC joins with the community in honouring former Attorney General Roland Roy McMurtry’s “unparalleled legacy on justice, equality and democracy in Ontario”. Acknowledging his many accomplishments in furthering citizens’ human and constitutional rights, the Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario highlights also his pivotal role in “ensuring a robust network of community legal clinics charged with providing legal services for those with low incomes…” Read the full ACLCO Tribute to Roy McMurtry
- Law Times (Mar. 20, 2024). “Roy McMurtry, Ontario’s former attorney general and chief justice, dies at 91: he is remembered as an advocate for legal aid, bilingualism in the courts, and social justice.”
- CBC News (Mar. 19, 2024). “Former Ontario attorney general Roy McMurtry dead at 91: McMurtry, a major advocate for human rights, remembered as a ‘giant’ whose vision helped shape Canada.”
- TVO Ontario (Mar. 19, 2024). “In memoriam: Remembering Roy McMurtry, one of Ontario’s most influential attorneys general.”
