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Municipalities impose community benefits charges

Rapport - Droit immobilier

Municipalities impose community benefits charges In the summer and fall of 2022, several Ontario municipalities have passed by-laws imposing Community Benefits Charges (“CBCs”) on new developments to pay for development-related capital costs under section 37 of the Planning Act. More […]

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Ontario Government tables legislation to prohibit strike or lockout

Bulletin matinal de droit de l’éducation

On October 31, 2022, the Ontario government introduced Bill 28, Keeping Students in Class Act, 2022. If passed, this legislation would prohibit CUPE workers (approximately 55,000 Ontario education workers, including educational assistants, custodians, librarians, and early childhood educators) from striking […]

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Principes de cession réelle découlant de la jurisprudence canadienne

Communiqué sur le financement structuré et la titrisation

Dans de nombreuses transactions de financement structuré, l’objectif commercial des parties est d’effectuer une transaction qui donne lieu à un achat et à une cession réalisés entre un acheteur (la partie qui verse les fonds) et un vendeur (la partie […]

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Privacy Commissioners call on Health Industry to phase out use of traditional fax and unencrypted email in shift to digital healthcare

Communiqué sur la santé

On September 21, 2022, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada released a Joint Resolution of the Federal, Provincial and Territorial Privacy Commissioners and Ombudspersons with Responsibility for Privacy Oversight entitled Securing Public Trust in Digital Healthcare (the “Joint […]

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Tribunal rejects parent’s attempt to challenge school lesson on gender ideology

Bulletin matinal de droit de l’éducation

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in N.B. v. Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, 2022 HRTO 1044 (CanLII) recently confirmed that including gender identity in lessons taught to grade one students is not discriminatory. To the contrary, existing legislative provisions serve to […]

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HRTO confirms it has concurrent jurisdiction with labour arbitrators

Bulletin matinal de droit de l’éducation

This month, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario released a decision in Weilgosh v. London District Catholic School Board, 2022 HRTO 1194 confirming the approach of the Tribunal that it has concurrent jurisdiction with labour arbitrators over human rights claims by […]

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When will the incorporation of a new company be oppressive?

Bulletin matinal de droit de l’éducation

Introduction A recent decision of the Alberta Court of King’s Bench, Wisser v CEM International Management Consultants Ltd,[1] involved the Court imposing personal liability against the directors of a corporation for damages for wrongful dismissal pursuant to the oppression remedy […]

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Two insurers, a mutual policyholder, and the duty to defend

Blogue : Droit des assurances

Ontario Court of Appeal upholds Application Judge’s treatment of Property Report Evidence In AIG Insurance Company of Canada (“AIG”) v Lloyd’s Underwriters (“Lloyd’s”) (2022 ONCA 699), the Ontario Court of Appeal was tasked with answering “whether two insurers have a […]

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Saskatchewan Court of Appeal rules that multiple proceedings are permitted in many circumstances

Communiqué sur les actions collectives

Overview Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal has held that while multiple or duplicative proceedings are generally undesirable, they are not prohibited. In the decision of Herold v Wassermann,[1] the Court set out the factors to be considered in determining whether an […]

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Le gel successoral : bien comprendre ce que cela signifie et savoir comment y avoir recours?

Gestion de patrimoine

Lorsqu’une personne de nationalité canadienne possède des actions dans une société privée, elle peut envisager le recours au « gel successoral » pour « geler » ou « bloquer » la valeur de ses actions. Pourquoi avoir recours à ce mécanisme? Comme expliqué ci-dessous, le gel […]

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