Are common industrial chemicals developmental neurotoxins?
Toxic chemicals may be triggering the recent increases in neurodevelopmental disabilities among children—such as autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and dyslexia—according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The researchers call for a new global prevention strategy to control the use of these substances: methylmercury, polychlorinated...
Continue reading the post titled Are common industrial chemicals developmental neurotoxins?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 ModelUpcoming AODA Deadlines and Workplace Related Requirements to Date
As the end of the year approaches, and with it the deadline for many businesses to file their Accessibility Compliance Report, it seems as good a time as any to review the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (the “AODA”) and confirm your organization’s compliance. More on that in a minute. Assuming your business is...
Continue reading the post titled Upcoming AODA Deadlines and Workplace Related Requirements to DateFirst 20 years of NAFTA: have any comments?
January 2014 will mark 20 years of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and its environmental side agreement, the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC). To celebrate, the Commission on Environmental Cooperation’s Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) is collecting information and comments on the first 20 years, for use in a 20th anniversary...
Continue reading the post titled First 20 years of NAFTA: have any comments?Modernization of Approvals a big step in the right direction
The Ministry of the Environment’s Modernization of Approvals process is starting to make a real difference: kudos to Marcia Wallace, Doris Dumais and the others involved. It still takes far too long to get many kinds of Environmental Compliance Approvals (often well over a year), but the backlog is decreasing, and some upcoming changes should...
Continue reading the post titled Modernization of Approvals a big step in the right directionSome Alberta oil sands monitoring data now public
Access to some federal and provincial environmental monitoring data on air, water, land and biodiversity in the oil sands is now available through an online data portal. The portal is a result of the Joint Canada–Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring announced in February 2012.
Continue reading the post titled Some Alberta oil sands monitoring data now publicPulitzer Prize for Reporting to Inside Climate News
Inside Climate News, a small online non-profit devoted to covering the changing climate, has won one of the most prestigious prizes in journalism. Three Inside Climate reporters received the National Reporting Pulitzer Prize for coverage of pipeline regulation and the hazards of tar sands oil. The prize is awarded each year “for a distinguished example...
Continue reading the post titled Pulitzer Prize for Reporting to Inside Climate News“How do I protect my rights in a class action?”
We on the Class Actions Team are asked this question almost every day. And rightly so! Failing to protect your own rights in a class action can prevent you from receiving compensation for the losses you suffered, even if compensation is paid to the class. Take, for example, the settlement of a class action where...
Continue reading the post titled “How do I protect my rights in a class action?”Waste manifests v TDGR: when fed/ prov rules conflict
New Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulation (TDGR) requirements are no longer quite consistent with the federal/provincial waste manifest form. This is challenging for shippers and waste managers. One problem is the change in sequence of required items. TDGR s. 3.5 requires the sequence to be: UN No., Shipping Name, Class, Packing Group In order to qualify as a TDG shipping...
Continue reading the post titled Waste manifests v TDGR: when fed/ prov rules conflictSiskinds files proposed class action against Facebook
Note: This article was also published on AdvocateDaily.com By Rob Lamberti, AdvocateDaily.com Contributor A class-action lawsuit filed by Siskinds LLP against Facebook continues to collect plaintiffs who may have had their data scraped by Cambridge Analytica through an app on the popular social media platform, says London, Ont. privacy lawyer Peter Dillon. The lawsuit represents at least...
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