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Reduce, Reuse Or Reprimand: First Administrative Penalty Issued Under Ontario’s Blue Box Regulation
On June 28, 2024, the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority (RPRA), the regulator established by the Ontario government to enforce [...]
Bill C-59’s Expansion Of The Competition Act’s Deceptive Marketing Practices: “Greenwashing” And Steering Clear Of Environmental Misrepresentation
On June 20, 2024, Bill C-59 received Royal Assent. Bill C-59 introduced a third round of amendments to the Competition Act in [...]
Emergency Showers & Eyewash Stations – Know the Laws of Your Province
Failure to guard machines is a leading cause of workplace injuries and OHS penalties.
Emergency Showers & Eyewash Stations Compliance Game Plan
11 things to do to ensure workers can immediately decontaminate or flush their eyes in an eye emergency.
Emergency Showers & Eyewash Policy
An average 200 Canadian workers suffer an eye injury on the job each day. Many of these injuries are the [...]
Plan For The Ban: Textile And Apparel Industry Consultation Opens On Canada’s Roadmap To Curb Plastic Waste And Pollution
The Government of Canada has recently announced a consultation process on its draft roadmap to address plastic waste and pollution in the [...]
Risky Business: Navigating Transport Canada’s New Registration Requirement For Dangerous Goods
Dangerous goods" ("hazardous materials" in the United States) is a loaded term that brings to mind crude oil, lithium-ion batteries [...]
CCUS PART I: Carbon Capture, Utilization, And Storage In Alberta
Climate change has been referred to by the Supreme Court of Canada as an “existential challenge” to Canada and to [...]
Grassy Narrows First Nation Challenges Ontario’s Mining Claims Regime
On July 10, 2024, Grassy Narrows First Nation (Grassy Narrows) launched a challenge against Ontario's Mining Act (the Mining Act), claiming that the [...]
Ontario Court Finds Supervisor Guilty Of Criminal Negligence In Avoidable Death Of Truck Driver
Back during my university days I had a summer job working for a fleet trailer leasing company. In the hot [...]
Further Defenses To OHSA Charges: Officially Induced Error
Have you ever wondered if there's a way to defend against Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) charges beyond the [...]
Victory In $130 Million Wildfire Act Case
McCarthy Tétrault recently achieved a complete victory on behalf of Blue Goose Cattle Company Ltd. and one of its directors [...]
Court Of Appeal Rules Waste Rock And Tailings From Historic Mine Belong To Mine Operator
Erin Reimer and Özge Yazar, lawyers in MT+Co.'s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group, recently represented the Tahltan Central Government as [...]
Eastway Tank: A Stark Reminder For Officers And Directors
On April 5, 2024, Eastway Tank, Pump & Meter Limited ("Eastway" or the "Company") and its owner and director, Neil [...]
The Consequences Of Sexual Harassment In The Workplace
A recent Alberta Human Rights Commission decision demonstrates the seriousness with which Tribunals are taking discrimination and sexual harassment in [...]
Frustrations, Frustrations! Ontario Court Of Appeal Confirms That Employee’s Failure To Comply With Vaccination Policy Results In Frustration Of Employment Contract
Frustration of contract is a well-established legal doctrine. However, many employers and employees are unfamiliar with the concept or its [...]
Ontario Court Of Appeal Confirms That Refusal To Comply With Vaccination Policy Amounts To Frustration Of Contract
In Croke v. VuPoint System Ltd., 2024 ONCA 354, the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld a Superior Court decision that the appellant's [...]