Canadian small businesses to receive rent relief
Note: An updated article on the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program can be found here. During Prime Minister Trudeau’s daily address on Thursday, April 16, 2020 he announced a new assistance program to help small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Prime Minster, the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (“CECRA”) program...
Continue reading the post titled Canadian small businesses to receive rent reliefIntellectual property considerations for Professionals: Who owns educational or promotional content (like this article)?
Copyright in content Many businesses, including medical clinics and dental offices, are re-opening after being forced to shut down by public health authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the shut down, many professionals and small business owners published various articles, blog posts, informational, and educational materials in order to stay connected with their clients and patients....
Continue reading the post titled Intellectual property considerations for Professionals: Who owns educational or promotional content (like this article)?What is the Income Replacement Benefit under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule?
A person’s contract with their own auto insurance company includes the potential payment of Income Replacement Benefits. This benefit is mandatory to all Ontario automobile insurance policies and it is defined under section 4 of the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS). The Income Replacement Benefit intends to compensate a person who, within 104 weeks after...
Continue reading the post titled What is the Income Replacement Benefit under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule?GHG reductions: are we getting better?
The federal government has quietly admitted that its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction efforts are having little effect. The Harper Conservatives won’t comply with the action plan portion of the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act, 2007 , but they do file the reports to Parliament that the KPIA requires. As a result, they have been forced...
Continue reading the post titled GHG reductions: are we getting better?Now You Too Can Be An Employment Lawyer!
Or maybe not. But there is a new resource that is freely available to anyone with access to the internet which provides interesting reading for anyone with an interest in employment law. CanLII (it’s short for the “Canadian Legal Information Institute”) maintains a searchable database of case law from across the country. The CanLII database...
Continue reading the post titled Now You Too Can Be An Employment Lawyer!The Canadian Perspective on Competition Law Class Actions
Introduction In Canada, price-fixing conspiracy class actions are relatively novel. Although many cases have been commenced, the vast majority of those have been resolved through settlement. An analysis of the decisions to date, along with decisions in other substantive areas of law, however, suggests that the Canadian courts are adopting, and will adopt, a fair...
Continue reading the post titled The Canadian Perspective on Competition Law Class ActionsSobering Thoughts: Hosting Social Functions with Alcohol and How to Reduce Your Liability
The days are getting shorter and the weather cooler. Fall is clearly here. For many employers, this means that plans for the office holiday party are in the works. It also means that many employees will be consuming alcohol at an employer-sponsored event. [Read More…] The days are getting shorter and the weather cooler. Fall...
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We are often asked to comment on what effect the proposed legalization of marijuana is likely to have on workplaces. As I noted last year, many employers already have experience with marijuana-related workplace issues, given that the drug has been used for medical purposes for some time. However, the legalization and resulting-wide spread availability of...
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(This is a repost of an article originally published in 2013) The days are getting shorter and the weather cooler. Fall is clearly here. For many employers, this means that plans for the office holiday party are in the works. It also means that many employees will be consuming alcohol at an employer-sponsored event. Don’t let alcohol consumption...
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