Environmental Law Bulletin: "MiningWatch Canada Wins & Red Chris Doesn't Lose." Charles J. Birchall provides a summary of the MiningWatch Canada v. Canada (Fisheries and Oceans) case in the attached bulletin.
Securities Bulletin: Environmental Disclosure in Securities Law. Rick Moscone and Charles Birchall provide a summary of the current environmental disclosure requirements under securities law in Canada in the attached Securities Bulletin.
Condominium Commentary: Our Condo Group, LOU NATALE, DAVID E. THIEL and CAROL A. DIRKS, keep you up to date with their semi-annual Condo Commentary on topical issues concerning condominium law and condominium living.
Spring/Summer 2009: Condo Act: Areas for Improvement; Smell Thy Neighbour: Cooking Odours in Condominiums; Building Service Contracts: Don't Forget to Keep Track. News & Notes: 13th Annual Condo Conference; Home Renovation Tax Credit; Harmonized Sales Tax; Small Claims
Fall 2008: Proxies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly; Directors' Qualifications: Is the Act enough? Caselaw Update – Cost Recovery by a Condominium against a Unit...
Pension Alert: PRISCILLA H. HEALY, together with JOHN R. VARLEY, keep you up to date with pension issues in their monthly Pension Alerts.
July, 2010 - Bill C-9: Royal Assent – Federally Registered Pension Plans(July 28, 2010)
July, 2010 - Amending Regulations: Federal Pension Benefits Standards Regulations, 1985 Released (June 25, 2010)
July, 2010 - PBSA, 1985 Valuation Reports – Annual Filings (July 7, 2010)
June, 2010 - Bill C-9 Annual Actuarial Valuations (June 9, 2010)
May, 2010 - Royal Assent to Ontario's Bill 236 - But Not Much Has Changed - Yet (May 31, 2010)
February, 2010 - Retirement Income Adequacy (February 26, 2010)
February, 2010 - Streamlining FSCO (February 10, 2010)
January, 2010 - Hydro One and a Significant Number (January 28, 2010)
January, 2010 - Post Retirement Benefits (January 5, 2010)
December, 2009 - Significant Amendments to Ontario Pension Legislation (December 11, 2009)
December, 2009 - Federal Pension Legislation Changes (December 4, 2009)
October, 2009 - Rogers Communications Inc v Buschau (October 9, 2009)
August, 2009 - Nolan v. Kerry (Canada) Inc. S.C.C.
August, 2009 - Pension Termination Joint Liability with Affiliates Financial Services Tribunal (Ontario) (July 3, 2009)
August, 2009 - Governance - a Cautionary Tale.
July, 2009 - Canada Pension Plan.
June, 2009 - Montreal Trust v Superintendent of Financial Services.
March, 2009 - The Ontario Budget Welcome Pension Reform.
A New Day for Energy Investment & Infrastructure in Ontario: the Proposed Green Energy Act - Bill 150 - by TOM BRETT
Taming the multi-headed beast: how the GEA reforms existing investment & infrastructure constraints.
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Tax Law Bulletin - Tax Relief for Canadian Seniors: Re-Contribution of 25% of 2008 RRIF Withdrawals.
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The New Era of Ontario Infrastructure: What Laws Govern Infrastructure Planning? - by RODNEY NORTHEY
Ontario is entering a new age of major infrastructure investment and construction across many sectors - including energy, transportation, drinking water, and waste management.
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Green Energy Act on the Right Track - by TOM BRETT
The Act being proposed in Ontario, while it may need fine-tuning, is an initiative worth consideration by the provincial government.
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Tax Law Bulletin - Recent amendments to the Canada-US Tax Treaty.
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New Supreme Court Ruling on GAAR - Dissecting the Lipson Decision - by PETER K. GUSELLE
On Thursday, January 8, 2009, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in the Lipson case dealing with the application of the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR) under the Income Tax Act.
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New National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers' Annual and Interim Filings will introduce significant changes to the officer certification requirements for non-venture issuers and venture issuers. Follow the link to find out more.
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Maintaining Regulatory Standards in the Wake of Global Trade Shortages and Infrastructure Decay - by HARRIS M. ROSEN, International Legal News, Issue Friday August 15, 2008
I had the pleasure of hearing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talk about the changing face of education from a US perspective. He asked a group of 1700 delegates, each of them owners or operators of private vocational training institutions, whether they thought America could 'stay the course' and still maintain a competitive edge over countries like China and India during the next 25 years. Not a single hand was raised.
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Regulation of Truck Training Schools under Private Career Colleges Act - Truck training schools represent 20% of all registered private career colleges. Clearly this is a segment of post-secondary vocational training that cannot be ignored by the provincial government.
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Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Non-Money Judgments in Canada - In a departure from the centuries old common law rule that prohibited the recognition and enforcement of foreign non-money judgments, the Supreme Court of Canada has recently held that, in proper circumstances, such judgments will be enforced in Canada.
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Tax Law Bulletin - Recent changes to withholding tax on interest payment.
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Slug - Legal Speak - Originally published in the August/September 2007 issue of HR Professional. Reprinted with permission.
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May / June 2007, by Pinar Ozyetis. A brief summary of the importance of shareholders' agreements in running your small business. As it appeared in the Contractor Advantage Magazine.
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Canadian Considerations of In re: Netsmart Technologies Inc. - Recent M&A decision of the Delaware Chancery Court may be of persuasive value in Canada. Those who advise public company boards, their financial advisors, and independent committees in the context of "friendly" takeovers of small cap public companies read on.
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To Incorporate or Not to Incorporate?- January/ February 2007- A brief overview of the legal entities contractors or other small business operators can form to conduct business and to minimize their personal exposure to liability. As appeared in Hardware and Home Centre magazine.
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Cheats, Vandals, Spys and Villains - by Al Emid, Backbone Magazine, January 2004: August 2003 was a bad month - the worst month, in fact, for Internet viruses and worms, according to the experts. Last summer saw the debut of the Blaster worm, followed by variants such as W32.Blaster.C worm. Following a typical sequence of events, someone writes and releases a new worm, and then the copycats jump in, tweaking the beast and producing their own versions, called variants.
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