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Published on: 12 Sep 2014 By (Dianne Saxe)

Crowdfunding to defend anti-fracking bylaw

The tiny Québec village of Ristigouche-Sud-Est, population 168, is crowdfunding to pay for the defence of its anti-fracking by-law, intended to protect municipal drinking water. Ristigouche is reportedly one of more than 70 Québec municipalities that have adopted anti-fracking bylaws to prot…

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Published on: 11 Sep 2014 By

Impact of Tim Hortons’ deal on franchisees remains to be seen

Siskinds partner Peter Dillon wrote an article for Advocatedaily.com regarding the recently proposed Burger King – Tim Horton’s transaction and the potential impact it could have on franchisees.Full article, published on AdvocateDaily below. We’ve all heard the axioms that “nothi…

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Published on: 11 Sep 2014 By

New Human Rights Commission Policy on Mental Health and Addiction

I recently sat in on a presentation by a large benefits administrator, which focused on the top 5 categories of medical conditions resulting in disability claims. For both short and long term absences, at or near the top of that list are mental health issues. Mental health issues are often t…

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