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Justin Amaral is legal counsel with the National Police Federation (NPF), Canada’s largest police union and the second largest in North America, representing almost 20,000 RCMP members across the country. As in-house counsel, he represents the union and its members in all manner of labour, employment, and human rights issues in the federal sphere, as well as RCMP Code of Conduct matters. Prior to joining the NPF, Justin was in private practice, focusing on representing workers, unions, and individuals in labour and employment, human rights, disability, and administrative law. He acted for clients in a variety of contexts including labour arbitration, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal, and in court. Justin is passionate about access to justice, having articled at one of Canada’s largest labour and employment law boutiques, where he worked tirelessly for union clients and on complex matters that directly impacted precarious individuals, including several employment class actions. During law school, he served as a Case Worker with Parkdale Community Legal Services, a legal aid clinic in Toronto, where he fought for tenant rights and saw first-hand how employment and housing impact a client’s overall well-being. Justin holds a J.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School (2016) and a B.A. in Political Science and Communication Studies from Wilfrid Laurier University (2013). He was called to the Ontario Bar in 2017.