Vale Fined $150,000 For Failing To Report Spill
Fines for not reporting environmental spills are soaring. Vale Canada Limited has pled guilty to one violation under the Ontario Environmental Protection Act for failing to notify the Ministry of the Environment of an oleum acid escape during tanker loading.
Continue reading the post titled Vale Fined $150,000 For Failing To Report SpillOntario Human Rights Tribunal Awards over $150,000 to Former Employees That Suffered Sexual Discrimination
A recent ruling by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) has set a new high-water mark for damages awards against employers. Employers that are found to have allowed their employees to suffer from sexual discrimination, including sexual harassment, in the workplace face potentially significant damage awards for “mental distress”. In the past, such damage...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario Human Rights Tribunal Awards over $150,000 to Former Employees That Suffered Sexual DiscriminationPolybutylene Pipe
Polybutylene Pipe Defective plastic pipes (polybutylene pipe) used in plumbing and radiant heating Siskinds is involved in an effort to seek compensation for individuals throughout Canada who have Polybutylene plumbing and/or heating systems. The problems pertain to a type of piping material which could leak and cause major problems in a home’s plumbing and radiant...
Continue reading the post titled Polybutylene PipeUnderstanding OHIP: What health care services are covered outside of Ontario?
OHIP covers many health care costs when you are in Ontario. But what about when you are abroad or if you want treatment that isn’t available in Ontario but is available elsewhere in Canada? Siskinds lawyer Maciek Piekosz looks at how OHIP covers you and outlines the steps involved in getting out-of-province coverage for treatment....
Continue reading the post titled Understanding OHIP: What health care services are covered outside of Ontario?First Nations, Métis and Renewable Energy
First Nations are playing an ever-expanding role in the siting of new renewable energy projects. Now, the new Aboriginal Energy Partnership Program (AEPP)[1] will help First Nations and Métis communities to develop and own renewable energy projects.[2] Funding applications are already being accepted.[3]
Continue reading the post titled First Nations, Métis and Renewable EnergyQuebec Ontario Agreement on GHG
Cooperation on GHG emissions? Uh-uh — Feds’ knickers in a knot over pact between Ontario and Quebec Ontario and Québec signed a memorandum of understanding on climate change during Canadian Environment Week, on June 2. Premiers McGuinty and Charest propose that an inter-provincial carbon-trading system be established “as early as” January 1, 2010. They plan...
Continue reading the post titled Quebec Ontario Agreement on GHGFirst, do no harm: controlled burns and sea turtles
A coalition of animal protection and conservation groups filed a lawsuit on June 30 to stop BP from conducting “controlled burns” of spilled oil in the Gulf of Mexico. They allege that protected and endangered sea turtles were being incinerated alive.,
Continue reading the post titled First, do no harm: controlled burns and sea turtlesA Year of Growth and Opportunity
As the new year enters with the promise of new beginnings, we wish to extend many thanks to our clients and readers for making 2015 and excellent year. What a fabulous and exciting year for us. We were presented with many opportunities in 2015 including the transition Saxe Law Office to Siskinds LLP with the appointment...
Continue reading the post titled A Year of Growth and OpportunityHow will Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012 work for designated projects?
According to the Conservatives, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) will streamline the EA process, avoid duplication and consolidate responsibility for [EA] to three agencies instead of 40.[1] These three agencies are the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency), the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC), or the National Energy Board (NEB).[2] The government hopes that CEAA 2012...
Continue reading the post titled How will Canadian Environmental Assessment Act 2012 work for designated projects?Water quality trading ebbs away again
Ever since the Newt Gingrich “Common Sense Revolution”, much ink has been spent on the alleged superiority of economic instruments over “command and control”. In theory, government cannot efficiently or effectively tell people what to do; instead, government should give people an economic incentive to do the right thing, allowing them to use their own...
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