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Provincial carbon regimes: Mixed bag to fight climate change

The Lawyers Daily

Jason Kroft and Ghazal Hamedani co-author an article in The Lawyer’s Daily that provides a high-level summary of key provincial carbon regimes. The goal of this article and the previous article on the federal carbon laws is to establish as […]

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Geoff Mason appears on The Jas Johal Show to discuss 4-day workweeks

980CKNW The Jas Johal Show

Geoff Mason shares his thoughts on the feasibility of 4-day workweeks and what organizations should consider when implementing such an initiative: Any company that wants to try it, the first thing I would say is to implement a pilot project […]

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Amanda Cutinha quoted in Canadian Lawyer article on federal privacy law deficiencies

Canadian Lawyer

This article discusses how current Canadian privacy law lacks a clear governance framework for the collection and use of some personal information. Mobility data that is de-identified – stripped of markers revealing the identity of its source – and which […]

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Geoff Mason discusses how employers should address workplace harassment complaints on The Jas Johal Show

980CKNW The Jas Johal Show

Geoff Mason was interviewed on the latest episode of The Jas Johal Show, focusing on the 16 women who filed workplace harassment complaints against BC Ferries. Listen to the full interview: 16 women file workplace harassment complaints against BC Ferries

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Michael Gibson and Roberto Noce, KC, author reference on condominium law in Alberta

Condominium Law in Alberta

Thomson Reuters has released Condominium Law in Alberta, authored by Miller Thomson Condominium & Strata lawyers Michael Gibson and Roberto Noce, KC. This comprehensive reference is the only book of its kind focused on condominium laws specific to Alberta, including […]

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Immigration au Canada : cinq changements récents que vous devriez connaître

Plusieurs changements importants ont été apportés à différentes catégories d’immigration du Canada au cours des derniers mois et nous en prévoyons plusieurs autres d’ici la fin de 2022. Voici un résumé de quelques-uns des plus importantes d’entre eux (sans ordre […]

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Geoff Mason joins Jas Johal for a conversation on wage transparency legislation

980CKNW The Jas Johal Show

New York City has passed a law requiring most employers to include a salary range on job postings to promote wage transparency. Geoff Mason speaks to Jas Johal on the impact of this type of legislation and whether British Columbia […]

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Ontario Superior Court grapples with question: How may Parliament protect women and girls from sexual exploitation?

In 2013, in its landmark decision Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously declared the country’s anti-prostitution law to be unconstitutional because the law violated the rights of sex workers to life, liberty and security of […]

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Elena Hoffstein and Stephen Hsia write on the laws governing gifts by will

The Philanthropist, "The laws governing gifts by will – and the pressures they put on executors"

In this article, Elena Hoffstein and Stephen Hsia propose that extending the window for executors to make a testamentary gift to charity could unlock more giving to the charitable sector: Executors have 60 months from a donor’s death to make […]

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Employee commentary, social media and the municipal employer

OMHRA’s ECHO Newsletter

”The medium is the message”. The wisdom of these famous words written by Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan is felt so acutely today. Communication media, its accessibility and its impact on how information is received, have evolved dramatically over the last […]

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