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Published on: 21 Dec 2011 By (Dianne Saxe)

More rulings for cyclists against municipalities

Two Quebec cases have held municipalities liable, where cyclists were injured when they lost control of their bicycles after riding over unexpected defects in the road. In Wilson Davies c. Montreal (Ville de), the cyclist was severely injured when she was thrown from her bicycle and became a…

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Published on: 20 Dec 2011 By (Dianne Saxe)

Professional ethics in a changing climate?

West Coast Environmental Law’s new report, Professionals and Climate Change: How professional associations can get serious about global warming, challenges the self-regulating professions to clearly define their members’ ethical obligation that the members of professional organizations owe t…

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Published on: 5 Dec 2011 By (Dianne Saxe)

Pollution, hot spots and environmental justice

 Is it acceptable for legal pollution levels to be higher in some neighbourhoods than in others? In the US, pollution is often concentrated in areas of colour, including the famous Cancer Alley. Changing this is called “environmental justice”, and is an important priority for US EPA Administ…

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Published on: 5 Dec 2011 By

AODA Compliance – Will you be ready for January 1?

Several months ago, I blogged briefly about the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”), which 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 l…

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