Cannabis Retail in Ontario: Franchising as a Business Model
Cannabis Retail in Ontario In the wake of federal plans to legalize recreational cannabis use,[1] the Western Provinces announced licensing schemes for private sale. A number of cannabis companies, such as Canndara, Spiritleaf, and Starbuds, began the process of organizing franchise systems with a view to exploiting this new market. In Ontario, the former Liberal...
Continue reading the post titled Cannabis Retail in Ontario: Franchising as a Business ModelEverything is electronic: Implementing electronic delivery of franchise disclosure documents and electronic execution of documents
Everything is electronic. It certainly feels that way. Even in areas that are slow to adopt change, digital is taking over. While many franchise systems are on the cutting edge of technology in their offerings and their methods of conducting business with clients, the processes of selling franchises have taken longer to fully embrace the...
Continue reading the post titled Everything is electronic: Implementing electronic delivery of franchise disclosure documents and electronic execution of documentsLe recours collectif Great-West & Canada-Vie
Le règlement du recours collectif contre la Corporation Financière Canada-Vie et Great-West Lifeco Inc. Le recours collectif Un recours collectif a été intenté au Manitoba (Canada) contre Great-West Lifeco Inc. (« Lifeco ») et la Corporation Financière Canada-Vie (« CFCV ») (collectivement, les « Défendeurs »). Le recours collectif concerne l’acquisition de la CFCV par...
Continue reading the post titled Le recours collectif Great-West & Canada-VieTattoos and Trustworthiness – Discrimination for Decoration?
Do you have tattoos? Do you trust professionals with tattoos? Fashion is constantly changing and more and more people have tattoos and are displaying them in the workplace. In her latest blog post Beth Traynor looks at a 2012 Labour Arbitration decision on whether or not a hospital could ban visible tattoos as part of...
Continue reading the post titled Tattoos and Trustworthiness – Discrimination for Decoration?Canada’s First Bitcoin ETF and the Regulatory Race to Tame Crypto
The race to launch Canada’s first ETF is over, and the Purpose Bitcoin ETF is the winner. In regulatory filings published only a few days ago on SEDAR, the Purpose Bitcoin ETF disclosed that the OSC had issued a receipt for its long-form prospectus. To offer securities to the public, an investment fund must first receive approval...
Continue reading the post titled Canada’s First Bitcoin ETF and the Regulatory Race to Tame CryptoWhat about greenhouse gas emissions – Are we going far enough?
Recently, two cases State of Netherlands v Urgenda (December 20, 2019) and Juliana v. United States (January 17, 2020) highlight the contradictory role of the courts as it relates to reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The Urgenda decision, issued by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, upheld lower court decisions in 2015 and 2018 that...
Continue reading the post titled What about greenhouse gas emissions – Are we going far enough?The Rise of Citizen Lawsuits for Environmental Change
Urgenda Foundation v Kingdom of the Netherlands Recently, on October 9, 2018, The Hague Court of Appeal made an unprecedented ruling in finding that the preservation of a stable climate system is a fundamental human right and ordered the Dutch government to meet its commitment of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. The decision of the...
Continue reading the post titled The Rise of Citizen Lawsuits for Environmental ChangeProbate planning pitfalls: The risks that you need to consider before adding your child to the title of your home for estate planning purposes
When it comes to estate planning, people often become fixated on ensuring that their estate does not have to pay Estate Administration Tax (also known as “probate tax”1). This fixation is largely driven by the fact that if one’s estate is not subject to probate tax, there will be more money for the beneficiaries of...
Continue reading the post titled Probate planning pitfalls: The risks that you need to consider before adding your child to the title of your home for estate planning purposesWhen should I hire a third-party investigator?
You’ve received a harassment complaint by one of your employees and you think, who is going to investigate this? You might feel ill-equipped to deal with the process, perhaps you indirectly report to the respondent, you may have a desk full of urgent work and you cannot clear your schedule to complete the investigation or...
Continue reading the post titled When should I hire a third-party investigator?If we separate, will I get my down payment on the house back?
Let’s assume you and your spouse, whether common-law or married, own your home as joint tenants and you each paid an equal amount towards the down payment. If that’s the case, then if you separate you will each get your half of the down payment back when you sell the home and split the net...
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