Climate change, KPIA and the rule of law
When abroad, I have often bragged about Canada’s legal system, how competent and respected are our courts and how no one is above the law. But this boast has taken a blow in the area of climate change and the Kyoto Protocol.
Continue reading the post titled Climate change, KPIA and the rule of lawDon't touch that shoreline
Cottagers frequently want to “clean up” their shoreline, but this is usually illegal without a permit. A father and son were each charged with altering their shoreline and removing vegetation without a permit, contrary to the Saskatchewan Environment Management and Protection Act, 2002.Â
Continue reading the post titled Don't touch that shorelineBig wastewater fines
Town Line Processing Limited (TLP), a related company and their directors have been fined $159,375 for breaching a Provincial Officers Order to clean up their wastewater lagoons.
Continue reading the post titled Big wastewater finesKawartha Lakes to seek leave to appeal
The City of Kawartha Lakes has given notice that it will seek leave to appeal the Divisional Court’s decision, which upheld an MOE order against it. The Order required Kawartha Lakes, the victim of a third party oil spill, to pay for the cleanup of that spill on public property. This is the first case...
Continue reading the post titled Kawartha Lakes to seek leave to appealCase Law Update: It’s Still Hard to Fire Employees For Cause
A number of our blog entries have discussed the challenges employers face in ending an employment relationship for cause, without having to provide notice beforehand (or pay in lieu of notice). Generally, employees must engage in serious misconduct before being subjected to what the Courts have called “the capital punishment of employment law”; theft, workplace...
Continue reading the post titled Case Law Update: It’s Still Hard to Fire Employees For CauseA reader writes about water taking
Hi Ms. Saxe I live in Waterloo Ontario. I wanted to inform you of something I recently discovered. A new well is being proposed in the City of Waterloo and I submitted a Part II order request for the well saying it lacks evidence for proven need, it poses a risk to natural recharge areas...
Continue reading the post titled A reader writes about water takingSunrise Propane Explosion: $5.3 million in fines
After convictions in 2013, Sunrise Propane Energy Group Inc., 1367220 Ontario Inc., c.o.b. as Sunrise Propane, and two corporate directors, Shay Ben-Moshe and Valery Belahov, have been fined a total of $5.3 million, exclusive of the 25% victim fine surcharges (VFS). Sunrise Propane owned a propane filling plant in the city of Toronto and 1367220 Ontario Inc. held...
Continue reading the post titled Sunrise Propane Explosion: $5.3 million in finesJail for victim of vandalism?
1197338 Ontario Inc. was fined $150,000 plus the 25% Victim Fine Surcharge for failing to comply with a Director’s Order to clean up a spill of PCBs; its president, Lawrence Brander was sentenced to 30 days in jail for the same offence.  But why did the spill occur?
Continue reading the post titled Jail for victim of vandalism?Ontario Labour Relations Board Finds that Employee Fired for Sleeping on the Job is Still Entitled to Termination Pay
Many employers are aware that they can terminate an individual’s employment without notice where there is “cause” (generally acts that fundamentally undermine the employment relationship such as theft, violence in the workplace, etc.). However, employers may not be aware that Ontario’s employment standards legislation sets a different, arguably higher bar for misconduct before an employer...
Continue reading the post titled Ontario Labour Relations Board Finds that Employee Fired for Sleeping on the Job is Still Entitled to Termination PayHow reliable are odour units?
345 Given that there are many steps in the process of attempting to calculate odour units which are problematic, and which contain so many points of bias and subjectivity, the Panel finds that the ultimate number or value coming out of an odour unit measurement cannot be relied upon as meaningful, particularly for the purposes of evaluating compliance with a mandatory term of a permit.
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