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Competition Bureau to host The Competition and Growth Summit in June 2021

March 19, 2021 | Eric Dufour, Reema Mahbubani

Competition/Antitrust and Foreign Investment

The Canadian economy is on the road to recovery after experiencing significant economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including: a decline in gross domestic product: Canada (5.4%)[1] and worldwide (4.9%);[2] an increase in unemployment: Canada (4%), North America (9.2%),[3] […]

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Government of Canada launches consultation on labour protections for “gig work” and on a “right to disconnect”

March 19, 2021 | Lisa Goodfellow, Jenifer C. Gentle

Labour and Employment Communiqué

On March 18, 2021, the federal Minister of Labour, Filomena Tassi, invited Canadians to participate in an online consultation to share their views on: “gig work” – where workers enter into short-term contracts to complete specific and often one-off tasks, generally through […]

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Updates on COVID-19 supports

March 19, 2021 | Lisa Goodfellow, Jenifer C. Gentle

Labour and Employment Communiqué

In light of the ongoing pandemic, the Federal Government has extended the following COVID-19 supports: Employment Insurance The number of weeks of EI regular benefits available has been extended by up to 24 weeks to a maximum of 50 weeks […]

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Paid vaccination leave

March 19, 2021 | Lisa Goodfellow, Jenifer C. Gentle

Labour and Employment Communiqué

Saskatchewan has become the first jurisdiction in Canada to implement a paid leave to allow an employee to take time off work to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Saskatchewan’s The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020 have been amended to add a […]

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CRA’s views on charitable remainder trusts

March 18, 2021 | M. Elena Hoffstein, Brittany Sud

Social Impact Newsletter

Introduction Charitable remainder trusts have been popular in the U.S. for some time but not as widely used in Canada as a result of differences in our tax regime.  A charitable remainder trust involves an individual who wishes to make […]

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Advisory committee on charitable sector: Report 1

March 18, 2021 | Sarah Fitzpatrick

Social Impact Newsletter

On January 29, 2021, the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector issued its first report to the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue and Bob Hamilton, Commissioner of the Canada Revenue Agency. Established in 2019, the Advisory Committee is […]

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Pour over clauses and the Quinn estate

March 17, 2021 | Alexander Swabuk

MT Estate Litigation Blog

Connections between Canadians and Americans have never been as abundant or transparent as they are now as many Canadians own American property, have American spouses or partners, and have children and grandchildren born or living in the United States. As […]

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An Act respecting the acceleration of certain infrastructure projects (Quebec Bill 66)

March 11, 2021 | Adina Georgescu, Guillaume Conraud-Arès

EnviroNotes!

I. Introduction The Government of Quebec presented, during the parliamentary session of September 23, 2020, new Bill 66 – An Act respecting the acceleration of certain infrastructure projects (“Bill 66”) which provides for various acceleration measures applicable to certain planned […]

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New triggers requiring site disclosure statements: BC rolls out a new contaminated sites regime

March 11, 2021 | Sarah D. Hansen, LL.M., Steven Evans, Christie A. McLeod

EnviroNotes!

Last month, amendments to British Columbia’s Environmental Management Act (“EMA”) and Contaminated Sites Regulation (“CSR”) came into force, altering how contaminated sites are identified in BC. When a site is classified as contaminated, it alerts the Ministry of Environment and Climate […]

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CPSO cautions doctor for “irresponsible” COVID-19 tweets

March 11, 2021 | Lauren Parrish, Lisa Spiegel

Health Communiqué

In a trio of decisions, all released on February 6, 2021, the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (“ICRC” or the “Committee”) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (“CPSO”) ordered a physician to attend to be cautioned in […]

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