Perspectives juridiques

L’autorité française de protection des données impose une amende de 1,5 million d’euros à un fournisseur de logiciels de santé pour manquement à la protection des renseignements personnels

Blogue Cybersécurité de MT

Les cyberattaques, la sécurité des données et les atteintes à la vie privée ne sont pas des sujets traités uniquement dans les discussions techniques et ésotériques des avocats, des spécialistes des TI et des communautés de la protection des renseignements […]

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Appel d’offres public : pouvoir discrétionnaire du donneur d’ouvrage en présence d’une clause de rejet automatique

À-Propos Juridique Construction

Dans notre infolettre du mois de janvier 2022, ma collègue Me Evelyne Morin présentait un résumé du jugement rendu dans l’affaire Entreprises QMD inc. c. Ville de Montréal[1] par la Cour d’appel, qui a confirmé la décision du juge de première instance […]

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Post-COVID emigration: Don’t forget the tax!

Bulletin fiscal

As COVID-19 travel restrictions are lifted, individuals who are usually resident in another country but sheltered in place in Canada during the pandemic may decide to return to their countries of residence. Those individuals who are planning to leave Canada […]

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Recent changes to pertinent loan or indebtedness (PLOI) elections

Bulletin fiscal

On March 25, 2022, the Canada Revenue Agency (the « CRA« ) issued a notice to tax professionals outlining certain changes to « pertinent loan or indebtedness » (« PLOI« ) elections, including PLOI elections made in respect of cross-border shareholder loans under subsection 15(2.11) of […]

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Graham Construction and Engineering Inc v Alberta (Infrastructure): Is Strict Compliance Necessary for a Claim Under the Alberta Public Works Act?

Des idées en chantier : Droit de la construction MT – Ouest du Canada

The Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench clarified the requirements for perfecting a claim under Alberta’s Public Works Act, RSA 2000, c P-46 (the “PWA”) in Graham Construction and Engineering Inc v Alberta (Infrastructure), 2021 ABQB 184 [Graham]. This case arose […]

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Part 2: Top 6 considerations for new condominiums

Bulletin MT Condominiums & Copropriétés

With the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions and immigration doors re-opening, there should be no shortage of cranes in the ground over the next few years. New condominiums have a host of issues to address within the first couple years of […]

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Ontario Progressive Conservative proposed 2022 budget: Highlights of investments in healthcare

Communiqué sur la santé

On April 28, 2022, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative Party tabled their 2022 budget. The Lieutenant Governor has dissolved the Legislature and the 2022 Provincial election has officially commenced. This means the Progressive Conservative 2022 budget will not be debated until after […]

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Hey Canadian issuers, your neighbour is up to something: Disclosure of climate-related matters

Alerte valeurs mobilières

On March 21, 2022, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) published its proposed climate-related disclosure rules – The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (PDF) (the “SEC Rules”) – which, if adopted, would require public companies and […]

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Wandering children and educator culpability

Bulletin matinal de droit de l’éducation

Educators have a responsibility to supervise children in their care and protect them from reasonably foreseeable risks. Two recent arbitration cases considered whether educators can be disciplined when a student in their care wanders away or goes off school premises […]

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A teacher’s past life may come back to haunt them

Bulletin matinal de droit de l’éducation

A registered teacher’s pre-registration conduct may, in some cases, be considered by the Ontario College of Teachers’ (the “OCT”) Discipline Committee in determining whether a Member is guilty of professional misconduct. This was explicitly recognized in Ontario College of Teachers […]

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