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In today’s climate, news from a week ago is considered prehistoric but we thought it necessary to chime in on an important conversation with month-end around the corner. On March 17, 2020, the Government of Ontario suspended all “limitation periods” and all “provisions establishing any period of time within which any step must be taken […]

On May 1, 2020, the Ontario government issued an emergency order pursuant to 7.0.2(2) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act , having declared a state of emergency on March 17, 2020. This order remains in effect for the duration of the declared emergency. While hospital activities pertaining to the credentialing and granting of […]

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] and worldwide (6.5%);[4] and a decline in foreign investment: Canada (34%),[5] North America (46%), and […]

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice released a decision on April 23, 2020, Ontario Nurses Association v Eatonville/Henley Place, 2020 ONSC 2467, granting an interlocutory injunction requiring four Long-Term Care (“LTC”) homes to act in accordance with Directive #3 and Directive #5   (together the “Directives”) issued by the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario […]

The Government of Ontario has passed an amendment to Regulation 965 under the Public Hospitals Act, permitting the Minister of Health to direct that a hospital’s annual meeting be held at a time other than as provided for in the Regulation, which requires meetings to be held between April 1 and July 31 of each […]

Increased employer responsibilities effective September 26 On September 26, 2022 new amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations came into force imposing new obligations on Canadian employers as part of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (connected to Labour Market Impact Assessments [“LMIA”]) and the International Mobility Program (“IMP”) (connected to LMIA-exempt work permits). Temporary […]

On April 19, 2021, the Canadian Federal Government released its 2021 budget entitled A Recovery Plan for Jobs, Growth, and Resilience. The Budget is the first to be released since the COVID-19 pandemic began and attempts to address three key challenges – conquering COVID, combatting the COVID recession, and providing more opportunity for those hardest […]

Please be advised:  The information presented below is now obsolete. It was based on reports and information originally received on January 12, 2022. However, one day later, Canada’s federal government announced that those original reports had been released in error. Readers are directed to an updated article for the most up-to-date information concerning Canada’s trucker […]

Miller Thomson’s Social Impact Group is pleased to invite you to our complimentary fall webinar series starting on Tuesday November 10th and carrying on each Tuesday until December 8th. We will be covering a range of topics to suit your needs including annual reporting updates, COVID-19 considerations for your organizations, crisis management, and the year […]

Earlier today, the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services (“Ministry”) announced that the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (“ONCA”) will come into force on October 19, 2021.  The coming into force of the ONCA has been long anticipated by the not-for-profit sector since it received Royal Assent in 2010. As of the in-force date of […]