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Ontario and Quebec Consider Legal Rights of Temporary Foreign Agricultural Workers and the Constitutional Right of Farm Workers to Organize
August 9, 2013
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In two recent cases, Canadian Courts have considered the legal position of temporary foreign agricultural workers working on farms pursuant to the Federal Government’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program. In Espinoza v. Canada, an Ontario Court held that Mexican workers whose...
Working for the Weekend on the Farm? Farm Employees and Exemptions under The Labour Standards Act (Saskatchewan)
August 8, 2013
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Authors: David Gerecke and Fraiba Jalal With farming being an integral part of Saskatchewan’s economy, it is no wonder that farmers and farming operations receive special protections under various pieces of provincial legislation. The Labour Standards Act (the “Act”) is...
Miller Thomson at the Agri Investment Forum in Toronto
June 27, 2013
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Lawyers from the firm participate at Agri Investment Forum in Toronto Practitioners from the firm’s CleanTech, MTech and Information Technology groups were on hand to support the annual Agri Investment Forum, on June 26, 2013, at the Delta Chelsea Hotel in...
Making the best of a cold climate – Regulatory changes to Canada’s Ice Wine Industry
June 25, 2013
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Canada wants to ratify the World Wine Trade Group Agreement on Requirements for Wine Labelling and this will require changes to Canada’s current wine labelling regime for ice wine. Ice wine is Canada’s largest wine export, in dollar terms. While...
This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land: The Effects of Legislative Changes on Saskatchewan’s Non-Resident Farmland Ownership Regime
June 4, 2013
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Nearly 40% of Canada’s farm land is located in Saskatchewan. Land values have risen of late, but are still lower than many other parts of Canada and the world. As a result, there has been intense interest in foreign investment...
Alberta Courts Consider Foreign Ownership of Farm Land Regulations
May 28, 2013
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Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba all restrict the ability of foreigners to own farm land. The legislation in each province is different. Alberta’s Foreign Ownership Regulations allow up to 49% of foreign ownership through Canadian corporations and partnerships. In three Alberta...
Keeping Cool: An Update on the Canada-US Labelling Dispute
May 28, 2013
Author: Collin May The deadline for the US to come into compliance with the decisions of a WTO Appellate Body – May 23, 2013 – has come and gone. The Appellate Body upheld an earlier WTO Panel ruling declaring that American...
Country-of-Origin-Labelling: Not so Cool
May 9, 2013
Author: Collin May Country-of-Origin-Labelling, or COOL for short, may lead to a trade showdown with Canada and Mexico on one side and the United States on the other with Canadian agricultural producers caught in the middle. In 2003, the US...
AALP: Training for Agricultural Leadership in Ontario
April 30, 2013
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On the evening of April 6, 2013, Bob Berry with Miller Thomson’s Guelph office, attended the graduation ceremony and banquet for Class 14 of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program (AALP) run by the Rural Ontario Institute. AALP brings together 30...
More agri-tax news: Manufacturing fish results in tax exemption in BC
April 10, 2013
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More on the tax front: this time from the BC Supreme Court… In Pacific National Processing Ltd. v. HMTQ (BC), released February 5, 2013, Madam Justice Adair of the BC Supreme Court clarified the application of the provincial Social Services...
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