Burnaby Oil Spill
What caused the great Burnaby oil spill of July 24, 2007, when a sewer contractor sliced into a pipeline, creating a geyser of oil? The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has released its report, revealing the classic elements common to major spills:
Continue reading the post titled Burnaby Oil SpillGreen Energy Act being rolled out in 10 steps
Over the next several weeks, the Ontario government will take ten important steps to bring the Green Energy Act to life
Continue reading the post titled Green Energy Act being rolled out in 10 stepsThe Disability Tax Credit – Do You Qualify
In light of recent changes to the tax treatment of testamentary trusts, it is important for those planning for the future care of individuals with disabilities to understand the rules for Disability Tax Credit eligibility. Due to these taxation changes, only Qualifying Disability Trusts will have access to the graduated tax rates previously afforded to...
Continue reading the post titled The Disability Tax Credit – Do You QualifyGuardianship Applications and the Substitute Decisions Act
Usually, a power of attorney document will be used when a person becomes incapable. However, if that person did not have a power of attorney for property or personal care before they became incapable, a decision maker may have to be appointed by the court under the Substitute Decisions Act. This is known as a...
Continue reading the post titled Guardianship Applications and the Substitute Decisions ActMatrimonial Home: Should I stay or should I go?
Clients who are going through a separation often ask me whether it is OK to move out of the matrimonial home before all the issues arising out of their separation have been resolved. Sometimes tensions are high and the client believes some physical distance is required in order to keep the peace. Sometimes the client...
Continue reading the post titled Matrimonial Home: Should I stay or should I go?Mind games at Copenhagen
Why has there been so much fuss about the “leaked” document at Copenhagen? After all, there was nothing new or surprising in it: developing countries want richer countries to do all the paying and make all the carbon reductions, not them; developed countries don’t agree. The best explanation I’ve read is: underemployed journalists. There are...
Continue reading the post titled Mind games at CopenhagenArbitration Decision: Jazey v. State Farm
Rasha El-Tawil of Siskinds LLP recently conducted a successful arbitration against State Farm Insurance in which the arbitrator awarded all benefits claimed and a significant punitive special award against State Farm. The claimant was injured in a motor vehicle accident on September 9, 2008 in which he suffered a spinal cord injury, radiculopathy and cervical...
Continue reading the post titled Arbitration Decision: Jazey v. State FarmOntario Budget 2010
How did the environment do? Dalton McGuinty may be Ontario’s greenest premier, but there are some understandable disappointments for the environment in yesterday’s hard times Budget 2010. There is an environmental section to the budget, although (given the yawning deficit) it does not contain any money. Instead, this section boasts about the government’s previous achievements,...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario Budget 2010Federal environmental assessment shrinks
Eliminating federal EA makes it less likely that cumulative impacts will be evaluated, such as climate change.
Continue reading the post titled Federal environmental assessment shrinksInco to pay $36 million in Port Colborne class action
Inco has been ordered to pay $36 million to past and present property owners in Port Colborne, for lost property value due to historic nickel contamination. None of the contamination occurred after 1984, and Inco complied with all applicable laws during the operation of its refinery. Nevertheless, Justice Henderson ruled that Inco is strictly liable...
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