What to expect from OHSA inspectors in the age of COVID-19
Employers beware, the Ontario government announced Wednesday, March 3, 2021, that it has hired over 100 additional occupational health and safety inspectors, bringing the total number of inspectors to more than 500—the largest number in Ontario’s history. The new inspectors will be fully trained and ready to hit the ground running by July 1, 2021...
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Mature trees add beauty and character to any neighbourhood, while providing cool shade in the summer, wildlife habitat and clean air. But trees can also cause tension between neighbours, particularly where they grow across property lines. With the increasingly intense “freak storms” that climate change brings, added to our normally tempestuous weather, trees are subjected...
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Last month, we gave brief highlights of a landmark lead paint liability case in California. Here is a more detailed analysis, prepared for the excellent legal blog SLAW. The California Superior Court has held three of five paint companies liable for a lead paint cleanup on the ground of public nuisance. The court ordered them...
Continue reading the post titled More on lead paint cleanup ordered in CaliforniaProtecting wild salmon in Canadian Courts, moving toward stricter protections?
In Canada, we import approximately 93% of the fish consumed while we continue to export a significant amount of fish caught. Also, there is a lack of information relating to the fish being exported from Canada. In 2018 five tonnes of AquaAdvantage (genetically modified) salmon were sold, but it is not clear who purchased the...
Continue reading the post titled Protecting wild salmon in Canadian Courts, moving toward stricter protections?Repeal of Toxic Reductions Act – Friend or Foe
The Ontario government recently voted in Committee to remove Schedule 10 from Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act. The removal of Schedule 10 was in response to comments received concerning impacts to farmland, drinking water sources and other natural areas that risked being pressured for development. Schedule 10 proposed to amend the Planning Act (“Act”) to...
Continue reading the post titled Repeal of Toxic Reductions Act – Friend or FoeMy business suffered a ransomware attack. Should I pay?
Ransomware attacks have become an increasingly common threat for businesses of all sizes, and it is essential for your business to have a plan in place for how to respond if your organization is ever targeted. During the ransomware attack, among the most critical decisions that your business will have to make is whether or...
Continue reading the post titled My business suffered a ransomware attack. Should I pay?Privacy pulse: Enforcement against Adobe, Microsoft controversies and OPC 23andMe joint investigation
The Siskinds Privacy, Cyber and Data Governance team is focused on providing businesses and professionals with monthly updates and commentary on technology, privacy, and artificial intelligence (A.I.) laws in both the U.S. and Canada. There have been big updates from south of the border, particularly from FTC enforcement against Adobe, the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning...
Continue reading the post titled Privacy pulse: Enforcement against Adobe, Microsoft controversies and OPC 23andMe joint investigationConspiracy theory: Is price-matching illegal?
Federal Court decision sheds light on the difference between unlawful conspiracies and “conscious parallelism”. You pull up to a major intersection. There’s a gas station on every corner. You notice one of the stations is raising the price on its sign by a few cents higher than its competitors. Later, you drive past the same...
Continue reading the post titled Conspiracy theory: Is price-matching illegal?Municipality can’t bring Charter challenge to wind approval rules
The Environmental Review Tribunal has quashed an attempt by a municipality to bring a Charter challenge to Ontario’s wind energy approval rules. Undoubtedly, however, the same Charter challenge will be brought soon by one or more individuals. In Municipality of North Middlesex v. Director, Ministry of the Environment, North Middlesex served a Notice of Constitutional Question shortly before...
Continue reading the post titled Municipality can’t bring Charter challenge to wind approval rulesDespite Legal Challenge, Tidal Power A Reality In Nova Scotia … For Now
North America’s first tidal turbine was recently connected to the power grid in Nova Scotia. The turbine being tested as part of a proposed project that would eventually see turbines installed in the Bay of Fundy now provides tidal-powered energy to 500 homes in the province. As part of the test, a second turbine is...
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