Articles 2020

Aujourdʼhui
Aujourdʼhui

Why Ontario’s Victim Compensation Bill Will Hurt Those It’s Designed to Help

  • 18 décembre 2019
  • Shiva Bakhtiary, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Victims of crime in Ontario will now get significantly less compensation and will no longer have their cases heard before an impartial adjudicator after Bill 100 amends the Compensation for Victims of Crime Act and dissolves the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.

Droit administratif, Justice pénale, Student Forum

Bill C-92 and its impact on your practice

  • 17 décembre 2019
  • Aubrey Abaya

Review of the November 28th program co-chaired by the Aboriginal Law and Child and Youth Law sections entitled: Legislative Spotlight: Bill C-92 and its impact on your practice.

Droit des enfants et des jeunes, Student Forum

Ontario to Simplify Pesticide Management

  • 17 décembre 2019
  • Julia Schatz and Venetia Whiting

In October, the MECP posted a proposal to the Environmental Registry for amendments to O. Reg. 63/09 under the Ontario Pesticides Act. The proposal would replace pesticide Classes 1 to 6 with four classes – Class A (manufacturing), Class B (restricted), Class C (commercial) and Class D (domestic). Class 12, which relates to neonicotinoid treated seeds, would be replaced with Class E. Classes 7 to 11, would no longer be needed as they would be expressly incorporated into the Regulation.

Droit de l’environnement, Student Forum

A Full and Final Release Signed Upon Termination of Employment Does Not Bar an Unjust Dismissal Complaint Under the Canada Labour Code

  • 16 décembre 2019
  • Behzad Hassibi, Israel Foulon LLP

The Federal Court of Canada recently ruled that a release signed upon termination of employment does not bar an unjust dismissal complaint under the Canada Labour Code (“Code”), as parties cannot contract out of Part III of the Code (Bank of Montreal v. Li, 2018 FC 1298 (CanLII) (“Li”)).

Droit du travail et de l’emploi, Student Forum
Practical Considerations for Canada Labour Code Dismissals

Practical Considerations for Canada Labour Code Dismissals

  • 16 décembre 2019
  • Jennifer Emmans, Emmans Law Professional Corporation

When dismissing an employee, Canada Labour Code (“Code”) governed employers face different legal considerations than provincially regulated employers.

Droit du travail et de l’emploi, Student Forum

Discarding Old Prejudices: Judicial Precedent and Aboriginal Title

  • 13 décembre 2019
  • Kent McNeil

In this article, legal scholar, Kent McNeil, offers a glimpse of his recent book, Flawed Precedent: The St. Catherine’s Case and Aboriginal Title, where he investigates the 1888 St. Catherine’s decision, the racist assumptions about Indigenous peoples present at the time and how the decision shaped Canadian law and policy until the 1970s, when its authority was finally questioned by the Supreme Court in Calder, then in Delgamuukw, Marshall/Bernard, Tsilhqot’in, and other key rulings.

Droit autochtone, Student Forum