File contains six Chronicle Herald clippings from February, 2002, and accompanying notes relating to the sexual assault trial and acquittal of Thomas WIlliam Longaphy.
File contains materials relating to the passage of the Nova Scotia Employment Support and Income Assistance Act, which stipulated changes to social assistance programs in Nova Scotia. Materials include one web print-out copy of the bill; one copy of Analysis of the proposed Employment Support and Income Assistance (Bill 62) with questions for the Minister of Community Services and Members of the Legislative Assembly, prepared by Dalhousie Legal Aid's Ad-Hoc Analysis Committee; one clipping from the Chronicle Herald entitled NS. common-law rules to include gay couples; meeting agendas and minutes for the Community Advocates Network; one flyer for the Day of Action Against Poverty, Violence, and Social Assistance Cuts; one agenda for the Day of Action; and notes.
File contains materials relating to both provincial and federal supreme court rulings relating to spousal benefits for same-sex couples. Materials include one report from Nova Scotia Member of Parliament Alexa McDonough dated May, 1998 regarding declining living standards and accompanying correspondence; clippings from the Cape Breton Post; correspondence; and one oversized meeting agenda and guidelines.