Mary Lou Brady, Partner with Siskinds Labour and Employment Group, will be presenting a series of public seminars/workshops on the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”).
As part of this law, every organization that provides goods or services to the public or to third parties and has at least one employee in Ontario must be in compliance with AODA’s Accessibility Standards for Customer Service by January 1, 2012. To discuss these obligations, contact Marylou.…
View the post titled Mary Lou Brady, Partner with Siskinds Labour and Employment Group, will be presenting a series of public seminars/workshops on the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”).Set fines under Reg. 347
Many environmental offences can be enforced either as a full-scale prosecution, where the maximum fines are enormous, or as a ticket, where there are modest set fines. For example, the set fine for operating a waste collection vehicle that is not “leakproof”, contrary to section 16 (3) of Re…
View the post titled Set fines under Reg. 347Town of Kirkland Lake fined re late landfill plan
The Town of Kirkland Lake pleaded guilty to one violation under the Environmental Protection Act for failing to comply with a Certificate of Approval relating to the submission of a Design and Operation Plan with a number of requirements regarding the Kirkland Lake Landfill Site. It was fine…
View the post titled Town of Kirkland Lake fined re late landfill planAODA’s Customer Service Standards – Who’s taking charge of compliance in your organization?
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”) became law in 2005. As part of that law, every private-sector and not-for-profit organization that provides goods or services to the public or to third parties and that has at least one employee in Ontario must be in compliance …
View the post titled AODA’s Customer Service Standards – Who’s taking charge of compliance in your organization?Peter Dillon will be one of two distinguished Plenary Session speakers addressing “Complex Disclosure Issues Under Canadian Law” at the upcoming Ontario Bar Association Annual Franchise Law Conference.
The conference will take place on November 2, 2011 in Toronto.
View the post titled Peter Dillon will be one of two distinguished Plenary Session speakers addressing “Complex Disclosure Issues Under Canadian Law” at the upcoming Ontario Bar Association Annual Franchise Law Conference.Endangered species- what will MNR actually do?
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has started work on government response statements, now that recovery strategies for eleven endangered species have been finalized, as required by the Endangered Species Act, 2007: See EBR Registry Number: 011-2480.
View the post titled Endangered species- what will MNR actually do?Drat those barrels
Tonda Construction Limited was fined $25,000 and Nethercott Excavating Limited was fined $8,000, because an unlicenced hauler took old barrels and contaminated soils for (otherwise) lawful disposal.
View the post titled Drat those barrelsGuidance re surplus construction soil
Looking for some good precedents on careful management of surplus soil from construction sites? The European Union Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98 EC) requires that all surplus soil from all construction sites be treated as waste, whether contaminated or not, but several jurisdi…
View the post titled Guidance re surplus construction soilHow fish farms can hurt wild salmon
Here in Ontario, we are hearing almost nothing from the British Columbia Cohen Commission inquiry into the decline of sockeye salmon, whose final report will not be released until next June. It was therefore fascinating, and horrifying, to discover Alexandra Morton’s blog on the eviden…
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