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Making the best of a cold climate – Regulatory changes to Canada’s Ice Wine Industry
25 juin 2013
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Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
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...
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Hockey agent offside in fiduciary duty case
18 juin 2013
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Author: Ian Smith In recent years, the law with regard to fiduciary duties has shifted more than Sidney Crosby on a rush down the wing. An Alberta Court of Appeal decision involving a hockey agent and his former employer provides...
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When Temporary Means Permanent – Pitfalls in Temporary Layoff Provisions in Canada’s Employment Standards Laws
17 juin 2013
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Even though each Province enacts its own employment standards laws, they are similar if not the same across the country. It is noteworthy therefore when courts interpret similar provisions differently. A recent Ontario decision, Trites v. Renin Corp. [2013] ONSC...
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Supreme Court of Canada Rules on Random Alcohol Testing
14 juin 2013
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
An employer cannot unilaterally implement random alcohol or drug testing even in a highly dangerous workplace absent a demonstrated workplace problem, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held today: Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local 30...
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Failure to Pay Annual Bonus may be Constructive Dismissal
11 juin 2013
Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
Author: Alex Heaslip In Piron v. Dominion Masonry Ltd., 2013 BCCA 184 (CanLii), the British Columbia Court of Appeal held that an employer’s failure to pay a large annual bonus can amount to a constructive dismissal, despite the bonus not...
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Alberta Court Grants Injunction Against Former Employee of Applicant
10 juin 2013
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Blogue du secteur du droit du travail et de l'emploi au Canada
The test to determine whether a fiduciary relationship exists between an employer and a departing employee is easy to explain. The application of the test, however, is anything but simple. In the recent Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench decision, Jardine...
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This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land: The Effects of Legislative Changes on Saskatchewan’s Non-Resident Farmland Ownership Regime
4 juin 2013
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Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
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...
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Alberta Courts Consider Foreign Ownership of Farm Land Regulations
28 mai 2013
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Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
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...
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Keeping Cool: An Update on the Canada-US Labelling Dispute
28 mai 2013
Le réseau alimentaire : les agroentreprises canadiennes et le droit en matière d'alimentation
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...
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FSCO Un-Dewing What FSCO has Done
24 mai 2013
Blogue : Droit des assurances
Insurers involved in FSCO proceedings should be aware that despite binding authorities instructing otherwise, FSCO Arbitrator Wilson has once again ordered an insurer to disclose “forthwith” whether or not it has any surveillance in its possession. And if it does...
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