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Environmental Issues in Agriculture Seminars in Langley, Calgary, Regina and Guelph

February 19, 2014 | Jennifer Spencer

The Food Web: Canadian Agribusiness and Food Law

Environmental Issues in Agriculture Seminars Miller Thomson is pleased to invite you to one of our upcoming complimentary breakfast seminars on Environmental Issues in Agriculture: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in Regina, SK Thursday, March 13, 2014 in Calgary, AB Friday, March […]

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Hog Feed Suppliers Assert Priority over Producer’s Secured Creditors — Developing Law in Manitoba

February 11, 2014 | Jennifer Spencer, Brian P. Kaliel, Q.C.

The Food Web: Canadian Agribusiness and Food Law

The Manitoba Court of Appeal will consider an interesting insolvency case involving hog feed suppliers who claim of priority for the cost of feed over Farm Credit Canada and Bank of Montreal, the hog producer’s secured creditors.  In general, the […]

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ONCA Upholds Insurer’s Limitation Defence

February 11, 2014

MT Insurance Law Blog

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has upheld an insurer’s summary judgement motion, dismissing a claimant’s action against her accident benefits insurer because she missed the two-year limitation period. Tanya Sietzema was involved in a car accident November 11, 2005. […]

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The Regulation of Agriculture in Canada

February 6, 2014

The Food Web: Canadian Agribusiness and Food Law

Author: Collin May South Western Ontario managing partner Bob Berry offers our first opinion-editorial piece on the amount of regulation in the agriculture sector in Canada: If our first farmers, Adam and Eve, knew what they would be getting us […]

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An Eye on Collective Bargaining and the Taxpayer, Part III: An Update

February 5, 2014 | André R. Nowakowski

Canadian Labour & Employment Law Blog

When we last reviewed fiscal pressures on governments to look for sources of cost-containment and restraint, the pressures were many.  In looking for fiscal relief, some governments were turning to restraining compensation in the broader public sector.  At the provincial […]

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ONCA Sets Limitation Start Date for Underinsurance Claims

February 4, 2014

MT Insurance Law Blog

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has released a decision determining when the limitation period starts to run for underinsurance claims under the OPCF 44R (Family Protection Endorsement). In Schmitz v. Lombard, the plaintiff was struck by a vehicle in […]

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Transfer to Small Claims Court? I Don’t Think So…

February 3, 2014 | James B. Prior

MT Insurance Law Blog

In a recent decision in a personal injury action, a Superior Court Judge denied a plaintiff’s motion to transfer her action to Small Claims Court despite her assertion that her damages would properly be assessed under the $25,000 limit of […]

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Minimum Wage in Ontario to Rise to $11.00/hr

January 30, 2014

Canadian Labour & Employment Law Blog

Author: Alex Heaslip On January 30, 2014, Ontario’s provincial government announced that it would increase the minimum wage in the province from $10.25 to $11.00 per hour.  The change becomes effective on June 1, 2014. The increase of 75 cents per hour was announced by […]

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Alberta Introduces Compassionate Care Leave

January 24, 2014 | Stephen M. Torscher

Canadian Labour & Employment Law Blog

Late last year, the Government of Alberta quietly announced that Bill 203, the Employment Standards (Compassionate Care Leave) Amendment Act, 2012, would come into force on February 1, 2014.  Bill 203 was introduced to the Alberta Legislature on November 1, […]

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UPDATED: Upcoming Seminars on “Environmental Issues in Agriculture” in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC – Everyone Welcome

January 23, 2014 | Jennifer Spencer

The Food Web: Canadian Agribusiness and Food Law

UPDATED:  Our January 31, 2014 seminar on “Environmental Issues in Agriculture” in Abbotsford, BC has been moved to March to coincide with seminars being held in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Miller Thomson is hosting this seminar in Regina on March 12th and […]

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