E-approvals
The Ministry of the Environment is starting Approval Reform by putting existing certificates of approval online. According to a recent EBR posting, they will start being available in March. An excellent step, long overdue.
Continue reading the post titled E-approvalsGender Expression and Gender Identity: New Protected Grounds of Discrimination
In June 2000, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (βOHRCβ) released its Policy on Discrimination and Harassment because of Gender Identity, taking the position that the ground of sex could be used to protect transgender people from discrimination and harassment.Β The OHRC also called for an amendment to Ontarioβs Human Rights Code (βCodeβ) to add βgender identityβ...
Continue reading the post titled Gender Expression and Gender Identity: New Protected Grounds of DiscriminationSuing an Employer for Work Injuries: Lawsuits Vs. Workersβ Compensation
Ontarioβs workersβ compensation legislation exists to provide workers with benefits if they are hurt during the course of their employment.Β The scheme is meant to efficiently and quickly replace the remedy a worker could receive from a lawsuit.Β Workers are entitled to workersβ compensation benefits regardless of how they are hurt or who caused the...
Continue reading the post titled Suing an Employer for Work Injuries: Lawsuits Vs. Workersβ CompensationNew Health & Safety Training Obligations
On Christmas Eve 2009 an unfortunate workplace accident took the life of four workers and sparked the Ontario government into action. The Province undertook a review of the existing workplace health and safety training programs.Β The result has been the implementation of new, mandatory H&S awareness training.Β This could be good news or bad news for your...
Continue reading the post titled New Health & Safety Training ObligationsSiskinds Wins βBest Social Media Campaign in the Legal Industryβ Two Years In A Row.
Siskinds is proud to announce that we have received the 2013 Internet Advertising Competition award for βBest Social Media Campaign in the Legal Industryβ presented by The Web Marketing Association for our βSiskinds New Year Charity Challengeβ. We would like to thank tbk Creative for working with us to develop this great campaign.Β tbk Creative is...
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Franke James eventually got Toronto's first permit for a "green" driveway.
Continue reading the post titled Parking pad to garden — how hard could it be?Acquittals in Two Recent Fisheries Act Prosecutions
We often report on convictions under the Fisheries Act. It is less often that we report on acquittals. In the last several months, two cases related to charges against farmers in PEI under the Fisheries Act were dismissed. The cases turned on whether the farmers, contrary to section 36(3) the Act, permitted the deposit of...
Continue reading the post titled Acquittals in Two Recent Fisheries Act ProsecutionsEnvironment and Human Rights
The Β University of Ottawa continues to take a leadership role on matters of climate change. I was delighted to discover that their Human Rights Research and Education Centre is running a series of thought provoking lectures on human rights and environmental disruptions. Some of the lectures are available online. Hopefully, Β they will eventually add the...
Continue reading the post titled Environment and Human RightsGovernment βEco Feesβ on New Tires Eliminated
If you recently purchased winter tires in Ontario you may have noticed that the government βeco-feesβ charged on the purchase of new tires was eliminated as of October 1, 2018. The fee, which was approximately $3.30 per tire for passenger and light trucks was levied by the government to support the Ontario Tire Stewardship organization...
Continue reading the post titled Government βEco Feesβ on New Tires EliminatedSue me twice, shame on me: defendants to face multiple class actions after holding out for βleast formidable foeβ
A decision from the Divisional Court last month confirms that defendants cannot avoid litigating against the best-prepared plaintiff by strategically defending (or not defending) certification motions in different jurisdictions. The decision, Kirsh v Bristol-Myers Squibb, 2021 ONSC 6190, upheld Justice Morganβs refusal to stay an Ontario class action despite the authorization of a nearly identical...
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