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Member of Provincial Parliament

Jill Andrew

  • MPP
  • Member of Provincial Parliament
  • Toronto—St. Paul's
  • New Democratic Party of Ontario
  • Ontario
  • 803 St. Clair Ave. W Toronto, ON M6C 1B9 JAndrew-CO@ndp.on.ca
  • tel: 416-656-0943
  • fax: 416-656-0875
  • JAndrew-QP@ndp.on.ca

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Context: Assembly - Nov/29/22
MPP Jill Andrew
  • Nov/29/22 4:50:00 p.m.

Those were wonderful comments from our member from Humber River–Black Creek. Thank you for also talking about juries and the need for diversity within our jury selection.

I recently learned that jury members in Ontario, I believe, are not paid for 10 days on the jury, and I’m wondering if you would suggest to this government that they look into that aspect. If jurors aren’t paid, that in itself creates an economic barrier for folks from different socio-economic backgrounds to participate in the jury system. And I might guess that women and BIPOC folks may be disproportionately impacted by those unpaid days as a juror.
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