Green energy and condominiums
Should the Condominium Act be amended to encourage developers to include green energy and energy conservation in condominium projects? This was the subject of a fascinating and passionate exchange between members of the Ontario Bar Association’s Real Property Section, which some of you will enjoy reading: Dear Chris, Further to our conference call yesterday...
Continue reading the post titled Green energy and condominiumsWho 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...
Continue reading the post titled Who pays when polluters can’t?Terminating Employees for Criminal Charges: Does Just Cause Exist
We live in a society where our criminal justice system presumes a person innocent until proven guilty. That said, the reality is that many people criminally charged are guilty. Even where innocent, it can take months – if not years – before criminal charges are resolved, during which time it is not uncommon for much irreparable negative...
Continue reading the post titled Terminating Employees for Criminal Charges: Does Just Cause ExistOntario proposes new Drinking Water Standards
The Ontario Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) is proposing to tighten the permissible levels of some contaminants in piped drinking water, and to adopt standards for other as yet unregulated chemicals. MOECC is holding a Regulatory Consultation until February 16, 2005. The changes will amend Ontario Regulation 169/03—Drinking Water Standards under the Safe Drinking Water Act. These...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario proposes new Drinking Water StandardsChris Collins comments on Globe & Mail article about insurance assessment firms and accident victim reports
The Globe and Mail has written another article about abusive practices in insurer’s examinations. The article has the headline, “Insurance assessment firms altered, ghostwrote accident victim reports“. A couple of the problems the article covers, are assessors taking comments out of context, and picking and choosing what to put in a report. In quoting one...
Continue reading the post titled Chris Collins comments on Globe & Mail article about insurance assessment firms and accident victim reportsLabour law 101: Collective bargaining*
What is collective bargaining? Continuing with our labour law series, in this week’s blog post we will discuss collective bargaining, the process by which a union and an employer negotiate the terms and conditions of employment for employees for whom the union holds bargaining rights. What is a collective agreement? At a minimum, a collective...
Continue reading the post titled Labour law 101: Collective bargaining*Expert Evidence at the Environmental Review Tribunal
Dianne Saxe spoke last week at the Ontario Bar Association seminar on Using Environmental Experts Effectively at the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal. Here is a copy of her presentation: Experts at Environmental Review Tribunal. In theory, expert evidence at the Tribunal is governed by much the same rules as in the civil and criminal courts, and...
Continue reading the post titled Expert Evidence at the Environmental Review TribunalSpeeding up Certification by Extending Filing Deadlines?
On July 17, 2019, the Law Commission of Ontario (“LCO”) released its final report, Class Actions: Objectives, Experience and Reforms. The LCO report makes 47 recommendations to reform Ontario’s Class Proceeding Act (“CPA”) and related policies. One major theme of the report is that the speed of class actions should be improved significantly. Attention to...
Continue reading the post titled Speeding up Certification by Extending Filing Deadlines?Guidance from the Canadian Securities Regulators on crypto-platforms
Last week, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”) published guidance on situations when securities legislation may apply to entities that facilitate crypto-currency trading. The CSA is an umbrella organization of securities regulators from each of the provinces and territories. The CSA’s mandate is to protect Canadian investors from unfair, improper or fraudulent practices, and to foster...
Continue reading the post titled Guidance from the Canadian Securities Regulators on crypto-platformsDependant support claims: the basics
The ability to choose who you want to include in your Will and what you want that person to receive—commonly referred to as “testamentary freedom”— is a deeply entrenched common-law principle. In the case of Canada Trust Co. v. Ontario (Human Rights Commission) (1990), 1990 CanLII 6849, the Court of Appeal for Ontario noted that “the freedom of...
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