Jian Ghomeshi Case Involves a Complicated Interaction of Labour and Employment Law Principles
The recent termination of Jian Ghomeshi’s employment by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (the “CBC”) from popular radio program “Q” has raised a number of important moral questions about the allegations against the former host. However, the situation also raises fundamental legal questions, including whether an employer may terminate an employee based on his or her...
Continue reading the post titled Jian Ghomeshi Case Involves a Complicated Interaction of Labour and Employment Law PrinciplesMOE explains its new Noise Guideline, NPC 300
Last month, the Ministry of the Environment’s new noise guideline came into force: NPC 300 – the new Environmental Noise Guideline: Stationary and Transportation Sources – Approval and Planning. It replaces the three old guidelines, LU-131, NPC-205, and NPC-232. NPC 300 includes new mitigation options, definitions, and a new land use class. Last week we had the opportunity to attend...
Continue reading the post titled MOE explains its new Noise Guideline, NPC 300Carbon offsets and ISO 14064
Canada played a key role in developing the voluntary international standards for quantifying greenhouse gas reductions, ISO-14064 and 14065. After all that hard work, it’s wonderful to see a Canadian government taking them seriously. Both standards are key features of British Columbia’s
Continue reading the post titled Carbon offsets and ISO 14064How big are 25,000 tonnes of GHG?
Ontario is proposing to follow the US lead, and require mandatory greenhouse gas emission reporting from organizations and facilities that emit more than 25,000 tonnes of CO2e per year. (Our federal reporting threshold has just dropped from 100,000 tonnes to 50,000.) Even 25,000 tonnes will catch only large firms, burning more than, for example, 58,000...
Continue reading the post titled How big are 25,000 tonnes of GHG?Welcoming Three New Partners – January 2018
Siskinds LLP is pleased to announce that as of January 1, 2018, Rasha El-Tawil and Michael Polvere were admitted as partners of Siskinds LLP, and Caroline Perrault as a partner of Siskinds Desmeules LLP, our Quebec affiliate. These lawyers have excelled in their respective areas of personal injury law, commercial litigation, and class actions, and...
Continue reading the post titled Welcoming Three New Partners – January 2018The Risks of Cutting Off an Employee’s Insurance Benefits After Termination
We frequently warn our clients about the significant risks of prematurely cutting off an employee’s insurance benefits post-termination. Here is an excellent article from the Globe & Mail explaining the reasons for that advice. If you have any questions regarding this article or any other labour and employment topics, please contact anyone from Siskinds’ labour and...
Continue reading the post titled The Risks of Cutting Off an Employee’s Insurance Benefits After TerminationWhat will it take for facts to overcome fear about wind turbines?
People who actually live with and host wind turbines on their properties are rarely heard in the emotional debate on wind farms and health. Australian filmmaker and researcher Neil Barrett is giving this critical group a voice in his excellent short film, The way the wind blows. Evidence around the world has shown that those...
Continue reading the post titled What will it take for facts to overcome fear about wind turbines?Just Cause: All’s Well That Ends Well, But in the Meantime…
It’s not news to readers of this blog that proving just cause for the dismissal of an employee is a high hurdle. Our clients also know that we usually recommend the continuation of a dismissed employee’s group benefits during negotiations post-dismissal. Now there’s a case to highlight the important connection between these two principles. Remy...
Continue reading the post titled Just Cause: All’s Well That Ends Well, But in the Meantime…So You’re Interested in Buying a Franchise. What Next?
Buying a Franchise There are many reasons to buy a franchise. Whether you’re attracted to the prospect of running your own business, the support that being a part a franchise system offers, owning a business that already has an established presence and reputation, the higher rate of success franchised businesses experience over other start-ups or...
Continue reading the post titled So You’re Interested in Buying a Franchise. What Next?Wastewater system regulations – what will they mean?
For an excellent analysis of the proposed federal Wastewater System Effluent Regulations under the Fisheries Act, see CWWA. The proposed regulations will significantly tighten wastewater treatment standards across the country, and have major cost and liability implications for municipalities.
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