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w w w . c a n a d i a n l a w y e r m a g . c o m M A Y 2 0 1 9 13 R E G I O N A L W R A P becoming a lawyer, Welsh landed a posi- tion with legal aid when it was expanded under the New Democratic Party. "Welsh worked as a community legal worker and helped out in administration from 1975 to 1978 for the Legal Services Society and the Westminster Community Legal Services Society," according to a CBABC bio story on Welsh. Other members of the Paralegal Task Force are: John-Paul Boyd, a family law arbitrator, family law mediator and par- enting co-ordinator; David Dundee, with Kamloops-based Paul & Company, who practises primarily in the area of fam- ily law and who became a mediator in 1988; Joanna Recalma, a Nanaimo-based lawyer with First Nations roots, who runs a family law and child protection prac- tice; Michele Ross, president of the B.C. Paralegal Association; advocacy manager Didi Dufresne, who holds a University of Victoria law degree and has experience in poverty law; and Nancy Carter, execu- tive director, family policy, legislative and transformation division within the attor- ney general's ministry. It is not the first task force for Carter. In 2014, she sat on the Legal Services Frame- work Task Force, which tendered its report in December of that year. The task force had been created in December 2013 after the benchers considered an earlier report by the earlier Legal Service Providers Task Force, which examined unmet needs in the marketplace and who could practise law. The Legal Services Framework Task Force of 2014 report concluded that jus- tice could not be served unless there were new categories of legal service providers created and regulated by the law society. It also identified seven key areas where there was need: family law; employment law; debtor/credit law; advocacy for small claims court; advocacy for tribunals; traf- fic court infractions; and representation at mediation and arbitration. The 2018 ALSPWG's work and subse- quent consultation paper built on the work of the previous 2014 report. Ross, who represents paralegals in B.C. and asked to be included in the new task force, says she is pleased to be part of the new task force and hopes to make a valu- able contribution. "Regulation of paralegals in B.C. is not a new concept; however, what is new is the passing of the Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 2018, which includes amendments to the Legal Profession Act. With the passage of the amendments to the Legal Profession Act and the contin- ued access to justice problems in B.C., now is the time," she said in an email. "It is the BC Paralegal Association's position that paralegals play a key role in facilitat- ing improved access to justice and being part of the solution. I look forward to the future progress made by the Licensed Paralegal Task Force in developing the licensed paralegal initiative." — Jean Sorensen Well-known condominium authority Audrey Loeb brings you up to date on all the opportunities and challenges of the Condominium Act, 1998, as well as other complex issues arising in condominium law. This 5th edition fully updates the reader with the latest developments in condominium law and the Ontario Condominium Act, 1998, including the extensive changes introduced by the Protecting Condominium Owners Act, 2015. Written for lawyers, property managers, boards of directors and unit owners alike, here is the most convenient source of answers to the questions that arise on a daily basis. 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