Court of Appeal stays Ostrander wind approval pending appeal to protect turtles
The Ontario Court of Appeal has stayed the Ostrander Point wind approval pending an appeal by the Prince Edward County Field Naturalists.
Continue reading the post titled Court of Appeal stays Ostrander wind approval pending appeal to protect turtlesSecurities Disclosure and the Direct Liability of Parent Companies at Common Law
In this post, I am canvassing a topic that has been the subject of passing comment by others, but which remains an unconsidered and unresolved issue in Canadian transnational tort cases. The issue is this: in considering whether a parent company owes a duty of care to a third party affected by the operations of...
Continue reading the post titled Securities Disclosure and the Direct Liability of Parent Companies at Common LawBikes and transit
As part of our commitment to a greener city, we are again sponsoring the Bikes and Transit website. This is a great resource for planning cycle excursions around the GTA, from the wine route in Grimsby to the beautiful Ajax waterfront, all by public transit. We have been delighted with the beautiful places we have...
Continue reading the post titled Bikes and transitEmployment law: 2019 year in review
Another year is winding to an end – which, of course, means that it’s time to reflect on the legal developments that we have seen in Ontario during the year. In this blog, I will present my non-exhaustive list of the most interesting developments to employment law in Ontario in 2019. Termination Clause Update As...
Continue reading the post titled Employment law: 2019 year in reviewThe Environmental Law Team Welcomes Dr. Jane Sadler Richards
Siskinds is proud and pleased to announce that Dr. Jane Sadler Richards is now a member of the Siskinds Environmental Group. Jane is a scientist, an agrologist, and a paralegal. Her work focuses on regulatory issues related to environment and land, and agriculture and food production. At Siskinds we know that teams win because they...
Continue reading the post titled The Environmental Law Team Welcomes Dr. Jane Sadler RichardsClimate change burns while governments fiddle
Everywhere I look, I see galloping evidence of climate change. Last weekend, southern Ontario watched ski trails and ice rinks melt under the onslaught of record high temperatures and heavy rain. Spring perennials and bulbs were blooming in Toronto gardens, blooms that will be destroyed for the whole year, without setting seed, as the cold...
Continue reading the post titled Climate change burns while governments fiddleInternational Women’s Day
Are you experiencing an abnormally high level of absenteeism among female employees today? If so, here’s a great article featuring advice from some of our most respected employment law colleagues: The “Women’s Strike”: What employers need to know
Continue reading the post titled International Women’s DayGovernment’s Giant Mine remediation plan would leave site hazardous
Review Board agrees: the proposed Giant Mine Remediation Project IS likely to cause significant cumulative adverse impacts. It needs expensive changes.
Continue reading the post titled Government’s Giant Mine remediation plan would leave site hazardousClimate change and Alberta flooding?
My heart goes out to the people of Calgary and elsewhere in Alberta whose lives have been turned upside down by last week’s catastrophic floods, (including our friends and family members). But my mind also goes back to Natural Resources Canada’s 2007 and 2010 reports on climate change, understandably understated given the frank hostility of...
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Ontario’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) is proposing an amendment to R.R.O. 1990, Regulation 1096 – General (the Regulation) in order to update the Schedule of Noxious Weeds. This long overdue proposal would remove milkweed spp. (scientific name Asclepias spp.) from the Schedule of Noxious Weeds in the Regulation. Milkweed is an essential food...
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