Ontario Blue Box funding arbitration is public
Arbitrator Robert Armstrong has ruled that the Ontario Blue Box funding arbitration between municipalities and Stewardship Ontario is to be held in public: “This arbitration concerns a significant environmental protection program for the province of Ontario. It also concerns a potentially significant amount of taxpayer money. Every municipality with a population in excess of 5,000...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario Blue Box funding arbitration is public$500,000 Fisheries Act fine for illegal pesticide use on salmon farm
Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. pleaded guilty to violating the Fisheries Act. Its illegal use of a pesticide contributed to substantial lobster kills in southwestern New Brunswick. The court ordered Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. to pay a total of $500,000, one of the largest and most significant penalties ever levied in Canada under the Fisheries Act. $50,000 of the...
Continue reading the post titled $500,000 Fisheries Act fine for illegal pesticide use on salmon farmImputing Income in Family Law
Before a lawyer or judge can determine an appropriate amount of support for a person to pay, it is necessary to first determine the support payor’s income. Sometimes this is easy – if you are an employee, with no complicating factors, your income is accurately reflected on line 150 of your income tax return. But...
Continue reading the post titled Imputing Income in Family LawSchool’s out: Play it safe in summer
The solstice was last week, summer is here!!! That also means that School ends, and Summer Activities begin. Now, our pools, parks, patios and more are open and ready for enjoyment and gatherings. The increase of outdoor activities means more fun to be had, but also should mean a heightened awareness of best safety practices...
Continue reading the post titled School’s out: Play it safe in summerCity of Toronto announces Morton Shulman Avenue
Today, the City of Toronto will unveil a very short new street. Morton Shulman Avenue leads south from Wilson to the exciting new Forensic Sciences Centre and Coroner’s Complex that will open this fall. This LEED Silver building will bring together the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service, the Office of the Chief Coroner, and the Centre of Forensic Sciences, with...
Continue reading the post titled City of Toronto announces Morton Shulman AvenueFrustration of Employment Contract: What to Consider Before Throwing in the Towel
Like any contract, an employment contract can be “frustrated” when continued performance of the contract becomes impossible or would be radically different because of a dramatic change in circumstances. Employers typically raise frustration of contract to formally end the employment relationship with employees who have been away from work for a long time and are...
Continue reading the post titled Frustration of Employment Contract: What to Consider Before Throwing in the TowelPublic Hearings Regarding the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, in London on July 17
Bill 148, the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, is currently working its way through the Ontario legislature and, if passed into law, would impose many new obligations on employers. For more details on those changes, please see our previous blog posts on the subject. Bill 148 is in the “committee stage” of the legislative...
Continue reading the post titled Public Hearings Regarding the Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, in London on July 17Ontario to give municipalities more control of siting large wind projects
Ontario will increase local control over future renewable energy projects, as previously promised by Premier Wynne.
Continue reading the post titled Ontario to give municipalities more control of siting large wind projectsAre gifts “income” for support purposes?
In a previous article, I set out a list of common situations wherein a court may impute income to a support payor, as set out in the Child Support Guidelines. One situation not specifically included in that list is the situation of “gifts”, which are non-taxable payments that do not appear on a support payor’s...
Continue reading the post titled Are gifts “income” for support purposes?Soot: another path to climate action… if we take it
What’s the best way to slow climate change? Governments have mostly wasted the last twenty years, conspicuously failing to effectively reduce the greenhouse gases in the Kyoto Protocol basket ( CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulphur hexafluoride). Maybe we can do better on soot – also known as particulate air pollution, which is easier and...
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