Recovering Compensation in Injury Claims Against Bars, Taverns and Social Hosts
Maciej Pieoksz looks at the issue of personal injuries that are a result of alcohol in bars, tavers and other establishments.ย Maciej also gives tips to consumers and hosts on how to protect themselves. You are at a party with friends.ย You are drinking casually but are being encouraged to drink more and drink heavily...
Continue reading the post titled Recovering Compensation in Injury Claims Against Bars, Taverns and Social HostsSuing an Employer for Work Injuries: Lawsuits Vs. Workersโ Compensation
Ontarioโs workersโ compensation legislation exists to provide workers with benefits if they are hurt during the course of their employment.ย The scheme is meant to efficiently and quickly replace the remedy a worker could receive from a lawsuit.ย Workers are entitled to workersโ compensation benefits regardless of how they are hurt or who caused the...
Continue reading the post titled Suing an Employer for Work Injuries: Lawsuits Vs. Workersโ CompensationKnow Your Rights: Auto Insurance Benefit Levels
You are entitled to insurance benefits if you are involved in a car accident.ย Car insurance, mandatory in Ontario, provides access to these benefits. The benefits are available in almost every accident regardless of who is at fault.ย Normally coverage will be accessed through your own car insurer, or from another insurer of a vehicle involved...
Continue reading the post titled Know Your Rights: Auto Insurance Benefit Levels"Enhanced" Records of Site Condition
According to the Ministry of the Environment, one of its key changes to Reg. 153/04 (in Reg. 511/09) are its โenhancementsโ to the Record of Site Condition process. These โenhancementsโ have three major components: A quality control / audit process for Records of Site Condition, before they are acknowledged by the Ministry of the Environment;...
Continue reading the post titled "Enhanced" Records of Site ConditionHow toxic is your home?
A newย environmental health guide for consumers is now available from Health Canada:ย Hazardcheck. The guide provides good, basic safety information about keeping a home safe, including how to read labels on household chemical products, and the importance of adequate ventilation.
Continue reading the post titled How toxic is your home?California GHG trading system
California’s Air Resources Board has approved a greenhouse gas emission trading regulation.
Continue reading the post titled California GHG trading systemHow do I get my RDSP money?
The Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) is a government assisted savings vehicle introduced in the 2007 Federal Budget. The plan is available for individuals that qualify for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) and is intended to help ensure the financial security of an individual with a severe disability when parents and grandparents are no longer...
Continue reading the post titled How do I get my RDSP money?Disclosure Requirements Give Franchisees A Way Out – Video
Franchise lawyer Peter Dillon, spokeย recently with AdvocateDaily.com and says that the courts tend to give franchisees a get out of jail free card due to the emphasis placed upon disclosure at the time of purchase. Click here to view the video.
Continue reading the post titled Disclosure Requirements Give Franchisees A Way Out – VideoRed tape, green economy?
Some federal Conservatives are reportedly interested in finding โred tape obstacles to a green economyโ.ย At one level, this is good news; Iโm glad to hear of any government trying to build a green economy. The International Energy Agency issued an extraordinarily bleak report last week about the continuing growth in infrastructure for a fossil...
Continue reading the post titled Red tape, green economy?Three questions for PLCs
Here are three key questions that could improve the functioning of any Public Liaison Committee about a controversial facility. PLCs often get bogged down in attack and defence, with the facility operator trying to defend itself by controlling information, and aggrieved neighbours trying to get louder in the hope of being heard. I think a...
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