Want to hear my presentation on why water rates will keep going up?
Dianne’s presentation on the panel of the Financial Impact of Regulation session at the Drinking Water Leadership Summit was “exceptionally well received”, according to attendee feedback. The huge costs of the new duty of care under the Safe Drinking Water Act, which comes into force December 31, 2012, is only part of it. Listen for yourself:...
Continue reading the post titled Want to hear my presentation on why water rates will keep going up?50 years of mercury pollution: Grassy Narrows
Fifty years ago last month, in March 1962, Dryden Chemicals began dumping an estimated 10 metric tonnes of mercury into the Wabigoon River, contaminating the fish which formed the subsistence and economy of three Indigenous communities Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows), Wabaseemoong (White Dog), and some members of Wabauskang who lived at Quibell. Half a century later...
Continue reading the post titled 50 years of mercury pollution: Grassy NarrowsAccessibility Obligations for Employers with Under 50 Employees
Effective January 1, 2017 there are new accessibility standards for employers with under 50 employees. Larger non-public employers with more than 50 employees were required to implement new employment standards and communications obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”) last January. The time has come for those same obligations to now be met...
Continue reading the post titled Accessibility Obligations for Employers with Under 50 EmployeesDirectors of real estate agent liable for contaminated site?
How far can no-fault liability for contaminated sites go? The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change has issued a cleanup order to (among others) the accountant who held a power of attorney to sell a contaminated site for an overseas client, and the directors of a real estate company that listed the property for sale....
Continue reading the post titled Directors of real estate agent liable for contaminated site?Jail for white collar environmental crimes
Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. has been fined $8 million for environmental and health and safety offences. Four of its senior managers have been sent to jail. Could it happen in Canada?
Continue reading the post titled Jail for white collar environmental crimesFinal Report of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Focused on Energy Conservation
As of today, April 1, 2019, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario’s (ECO) website reads: From 1994 to 2019, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO), an independent officer of the Legislature, reported on government progress on climate change, energy and other environmental issues. As of April 1, 2019, the ECO became a part of the Office...
Continue reading the post titled Final Report of the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Focused on Energy ConservationOntario Budget
The 2007 Ontario budget contained no grand environmental measures, such as BC’s shift from income taxes to carbon taxes. Nor does it tackle any of the large, strategic questions raised by the Environmental Commissioner about how to reconcile population and econimic growth with environmental limits. In fact, “Environment” was only the last subheading of the...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario BudgetUpcoming 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 DateCan employers ask job-applicants if they are eligible to work in Canada on a “permanent basis”? That’s the $120k question.
As a part of their job-application process, many employers ask applicants a question about the applicant’s ability or eligibility to work in Canada. Depending on the exact wording of that question, it may violate the Human Rights Code (the “Code”). Such a violation could be costly. In 2018, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal issued the...
Continue reading the post titled Can employers ask job-applicants if they are eligible to work in Canada on a “permanent basis”? That’s the $120k question.City of the Kawartha Lakes enters into “Diversion Agreement” to resolve Federal Charges under the Fisheries Act
On January 31, 2019, the Corporation of the City of Kawartha Lakes resolved charges laid against it under the Fisheries Act by entering into a “diversion agreement” which will see the charges withdrawn in exchange for the city taking the following actions: paying $75,000 to the Environmental Damages Fund; updating their standard operating procedures for...
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