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On Monday, February 8, 2021, the Ontario government announced in a press release that it is extending the Stay-at-Home order across most of the province.  The government further advised that when it is safe to do so, the province will gradually transition each region from the shutdown measures to a revised and strengthened COVID-19 Response Framework: […]

Health system transformation and the COVID-19 pandemic have accelerated the advancement of health integration, digital health and virtual technologies, and raise new privacy questions about how personal information is collected and shared.  This has been reflected in significant amendments to the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), including most recently, Bill 188, the Economic and Fiscal Update Act, […]

Counsel to Pinnacle Climate Technologies

Companies in Canada have had to take unprecedented measures to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 18 months. While provincial and municipal governments have at times made it mandatory for people to wear face coverings while in indoor public spaces, many retail businesses found it prudent to implement their own mandatory mask policies […]

On January 6, Premier Legault announced that beginning on Saturday, January 9, Quebec would be imposing more restrictive measures to curb the community spread of COVID-19. The new measures were described as an “electro-shock” to the Quebec population. The curfew For the first time in Canada since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, a curfew […]

The Government has announced a wage subsidy of 75% of employee wages, to reimburse employers with qualifying businesses, for up to 12 weeks, retroactive to March 15, 2020.  The following details were announced today: The Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (“Subsidy”) would apply at a rate of 75% of the first $58,700 normally earned by employees […]

Riccardo Del Vecchio and Lori Goldberg present on “Contract Law, COVID-19, and Prompt Payment Legislation” at BILD’s construction law webinar on February 16, 2021.

Karen Weslowski co-presents “Risk Management in a Post-COVID-19 World” with Jeff McLellan, BFL Canada Insurance Services Inc., at the AIBC Confab 2021 Conference.

Sandra Gogal and Bryan Buttigieg speak at an ABA international summit of the Americas (US/Canada/Mexico) webinar on Environmental Law, Climate Change, Aboriginal Consultation and COVID-19 impacts on September 17, 2020.

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant financial impact on many Canadian businesses regardless of their size. A business experiencing financial difficulties may attempt to negotiate a full or partial reduction in amounts owed to its creditors. In such event, the debtor should be mindful that the amount of any debt forgiveness will, in […]