Up in Smoke: An Update on Marijuana in the Workplace
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...
Continue reading the post titled Up in Smoke: An Update on Marijuana in the WorkplaceGHG 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?Who pays when polluters can’t?
In theory, Canadians are pretty comfortable with the polluter pay principle, at least when it applies to other people. (We do not seem to feel the same way about carbon taxes.) In theory, the polluter-pay principle ensures that polluters, rather than the public or the immediate victims of pollution, bear the cost of repairing damage...
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Continue reading the post titled Find A LawyerWhat to do if you are injured in a hit and run
If you are injured in a hit and run in Ontario, you should do the following: Report the incident and seek medical attention If you are able, contact the authorities to report the collision immediately. It is a crime to leave the scene when someone has been injured in a car crash. The police will...
Continue reading the post titled What to do if you are injured in a hit and runMore Grief for MOE on Standards
Ministry of the Environment has a very bad year defending its environmental standards.
Continue reading the post titled More Grief for MOE on StandardsWaste diversion, odour and climate change
Clare Booth Luce, the famous American playwright, journalist, ambassador, and Congresswoman, used to say, “no good deed goes unpunished”. To my regret, this sardonic and rather depressing phrase is, all too often, a good description of environmental laws. One example is the management of odour issues from waste diversion.
Continue reading the post titled Waste diversion, odour and climate changePeter Dillon to co-host free franchise mini-summit in Toronto
Franchise lawyer Peter Dillon will co-host the Franchise ROI Mini-Summit in Toronto on Oct. 24, in partnership with IFX International Franchise Management. The event, presented by Dillon, partner at Siskinds, and Dan Martin, president and CEO of IFX, will focus primarily on how to produce high performance, coachable franchisees, with a secondary focus on how to...
Continue reading the post titled Peter Dillon to co-host free franchise mini-summit in TorontoEnvironment Law Firm of the Year, Canada
Winner in the category of – Environment Law Firm of the Year, Canada
Continue reading the post titled Environment Law Firm of the Year, CanadaWhat exactly is Canada doing about the protection of our environment?
The Federal Government is required under the Federal Sustainable Development Act, S.C. 2008, c.33 (“Act”[1]) to provide Canadians with a strategy as directed by the precautionary principle. The precautionary principle is defined in section 2 of the FSDA, for implementing any thing, action or process to develop, improve and protect our environment of threats of...
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