New Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements – fair?
The City of Toronto is demanding that local industries sign a draconian new form of 2012 Waste Discharge Agreement, to come into force on January 1, 2012. Unfortunately, the proposed agreement could seriously prejudice any organization that signs it. For example, it gives the City the right to determine compliance without taking scientifically valid samples. As...
Continue reading the post titled New Industrial Waste Surcharge Agreements – fair?Congratulations and thank you
We’re proud to announce that Dianne has been awarded the Ontario Bar Association’s Distinguished Service Award, for her many years of service to the OBA and to environmental law. And thank you to Canadian Lawyer for listing us as one of Canada’s top 5 environmental law boutiques.
Continue reading the post titled Congratulations and thank youWill Toronto go to full cost recovery in Surcharge Agreements?
In 2008, Toronto’s Auditor General’s Report on Protecting Water Quality and Preventing Pollution recommended that Toronto should charge industries the full cost of sampling, testing and treating their high strength sewage. In November 2012, Toronto Council considered, and rejected, the idea, settling for a small partial increase, presumably worried about driving more industry out of the...
Continue reading the post titled Will Toronto go to full cost recovery in Surcharge Agreements?More cities adopting stormwater fees: you pave, you pay
In 2011, we wrote about the innovative stormwater fee adopted by Kitchener, Ontario, following English and American precedents. Instead of funding storm water management through fees for municipal water, which penalizes heavy water users such as laundries, these municipalities fund the cost of managing stormwater through taxes on those who create storm water management problems by having large...
Continue reading the post titled More cities adopting stormwater fees: you pave, you payInternational Chemicals Management meeting
In 2002, at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the international community adopted an ambitious target for world wide sound management of chemicals and hazardous wastes by 2020: [T]hat chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, using transparent science-based risk assessment procedures...
Continue reading the post titled International Chemicals Management meetingMy neighbour cut down my tree: can I sue?
My neighbour came onto my property and cut down my tree. Can I sue?
Continue reading the post titled My neighbour cut down my tree: can I sue?Independent Contractor: To Be or Not to Be – That is the Question
As an employment lawyer, I am often approached by clients on the issue of “independent contractors versus employees”. Corporate clients look to use independent contractors, rather than employees, to perform work more cheaply and with more flexibility – without costs such as CPP, EI, EHT, WSIB premiums, benefits, overtime, etc. and without the necessity of complying...
Continue reading the post titled Independent Contractor: To Be or Not to Be – That is the QuestionToxics Reduction Act rolling out
Ontario's hard-pressed manufacturers and mineral processing operations of must therefore make an important choice when they define their "processes" for the first annual report.
Continue reading the post titled Toxics Reduction Act rolling outLiability insurer need not pay for voluntary delineation and cleanup
According to Ontario’s Court of Appeal, General Electric Canada (GE) can’t make its liability insurer pay for the delineation and cleanup of a former GE property contaminated with trichloroethylene (“TCE”), because it voluntarily complied with a Ministry of the Environment request to do so.
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Understanding privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and their importance for your business
In the ever-evolving data privacy landscape, businesses must stay ahead of the curve to protect themselves and their customers. One crucial tool that can help you navigate this complex terrain is a privacy impact assessment, or PIA. What is a privacy impact assessment (PIA)? Privacy impact assessments are like a roadmap for safeguarding personal data...
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