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On June 24, 2020, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (“IIROC”) released an Education Notice to members (“Cybersecurity – Cloud Services and Application Programming Interfaces”) outlining key elements of cybersecurity strategies pertaining to adoption and implementation of cloud services and to application programming interfaces (“API”). Earlier in the spring, IIROC released a Notice to […]

On Tuesday, December 8, 2020, the Ontario government introduced Bill 238, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act, 2020. If passed, this legislation would prevent unexpected increases to employers’ WSIB premiums in 2021. The proposed legislation would amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 to implement a special rule in respect of the calculation […]

The Muttart Foundation, in collaboration with Miller Thomson LLP, released Paths Forward in Financially Troubled Times – A Restructuring and Insolvency Guidebook for Charities and Non-profit Organizations in December 2020. The Guidebook laid out a number of avenues that groups can explore if they are financially stressed, including continuing operations in a different legal form or in […]

Recent racialized events both in Canada and south of our border have raised awareness and increased dialogue in all sectors on Diversity and Inclusion. At the same time, COVID-19 has shed light on health inequities with certain populations and groups being disproportionately affected by the pandemic. Healthcare Governors are the stewards of ensuring the delivery […]

COVID-19 has placed significant pressure on the ability to deliver in-person care. Health providers across the Province are looking at ways to adapt to alternate models of care using technology. Virtual Care can be an effective way to deliver services, but there are a number of additional risks and requirements of which providers must be […]

In Benke v Loblaw Companies Limited, 2022 ABQB 461, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta weighed in on the effect of an employee’s unpaid suspension, as a result of his failure to follow a COVID-19 masking policy, on the employment relationship. The Court expressly held that the imposition of a mask policy was not […]

As we progress through the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing more businesses adopt a hybrid model workplace with some employees returning to the office and others continuing to work from home. With this new model likely to become the norm for many employers, it’s important to review and update your current policies and procedures to […]

Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr., has announced the Federal Government’s intention to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for almost all federally regulated workplaces. These workplaces include, amongst others, banks, interprovincial road transportation, postal and courier services, radio and television broadcasting, telecommunications, grain elevators, feed and seed mills, uranium mining and atomic energy. These measures, which […]

On April 6, 2021, Ontario passed Regulation 251/21 under the Corporations Act, further extending the temporary legislative provisions permitting Ontario not-for-profit Corporations to hold Member, Board and Board Committee meetings electronically from May 31, 2021 until December 31, 2021. These changes were originally introduced in May 2020 and further extended in October 2020.  With the […]

Counsel to Cambridge Group Inc.