Ontario’s New Program to Recycle Used Tires
This fall, Ontario will begin a tire-recycling program, funded by fees that Ontario Tire Stewardship will collect from tire manufacturers, brand owners and importers.
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Zyprexa (Québec) MISE À JOUR (le 30 juin 2010) : le règlement du recours collectif concernant le Zyprexa a été approuvé par les tribunaux dans chaque juridiction. La date limite pour déposer une réclamation est le 28 octobre 2010. Il est important que vous commenciez à préparer votre réclamation sans délai, puisqu’il y a des...
Continue reading the post titled Zyprexa (Québec)New Health & Safety Training Obligations
On Christmas Eve 2009 an unfortunate workplace accident took the life of four workers and sparked the Ontario government into action. The Province undertook a review of the existing workplace health and safety training programs. The result has been the implementation of new, mandatory H&S awareness training. This could be good news or bad news for your...
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With approximately 40% of Canadians currently working from home due to the pandemic, employers are increasingly looking for ways to supervise and monitor productivity and attendance. While employers can monitor and collect information on their employees as part of their general right to manage their business, employees still have a reasonable expectation of privacy while...
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Environment Canada urgently needs to re-examine its approach to enforcement. Serious punishment should be reserved for those who had some reason to know that what they were doing was wrong.
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Effective January 1, 2017 there are new accessibility standards for employers with under 50 employees. Larger non-public employers with more than 50 employees were required to implement new employment standards and communications obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (“AODA”) last January. The time has come for those same obligations to now be met...
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Introduction The British Columbia Supreme Court’s recent decision in Warner v Google LLC (“Warner”)1, a privacy class action related to the collection of data from smartphones, puts the role of the representative plaintiff and the nature of the solicitor-client relationship in the class action context front and centre. Before the Court were two applications –...
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Abstract: The brief history of Canadian competition law class actions has been marked by a significant evolution in approach, from hesitancy to acceptance. The debate has focused on the evidentiary standard and the viability of indirect purchaser claims. Early attempts at certification in competition law class actions failed, in part, because Canadian courts imposed American...
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On September 25, 2018, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario released the 2018 Greenhouse Gas Progress Report: Climate Action in Ontario: What’s Next? The Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO) is an independent officer of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario created by the Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 (EBR). One of the Commissioner’s responsibilities under the EBR...
Continue reading the post titled Environmental Commissioner’s 2018 Greenhouse Gas Progress ReportHow to appeal an accident benefits denial: The Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT)
If you are injured in a car accident in Ontario, you are entitled to receive statutory accident benefits (“SABS”). This is true even if you are at fault for the accident. SABS can include, among other things, coverage for medical treatment, attendant care, and income replacement benefits. Despite your entitlement to receive these benefits, insurers...
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