Legal Services
Legal services help assess risk associated with initiatives and also develop strategies to minimize those risks. GBA+ can assist in identifying potential risks for diverse groups of women and men and may help to uncover legal issues, including those with Charter implications.
Some questions to consider are:
Question 1
Does this issue have the potential to negatively affect diverse groups of women and men in different ways?
Is one group particularly advantaged or disadvantaged?
Question 2
Are there particular legal obligations to a particular group (i.e. Aboriginal people) or party that need to be taken into account?
Is there potential for Charter or human rights challenges as a result of the initiative?
Question 3
What kinds of legal risks may be entailed? Is there the potential for a precedent to be set or challenged?
Would this serve to reinforce or to address historical inequities?
