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As a special service to our insurance clients, we present an outline of some typical insurance policy issues that may arise out of a contagion such as the Coronavirus. Throughout the current pandemic, we will be available to advise you or defend claims arising out of this current threat. Please feel free to email the […]

On April 27, the BC government’s amendments to the Employment Standards Act were passed providing employees with up to three hours of paid leave to get each dose of their vaccine. The amendments are retroactive to April 19, 2021. Pursuant to the amendments, if requested by their employer, an employee must provide reasonably sufficient proof […]

In the preceding weeks, nearly one million Canadians have applied for employment insurance benefits (“EI”) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The system is overwhelmed by the high volume of applications. In response, and as part of its economic response to COVID-19, the Federal Government passed Bill C-13, An Act respecting certain measures in […]

Manitoba recently joined a number of other provinces in implementing paid leave programs in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 7, 2021, Manitoba’s Premier announced that the province is launching a new Manitoba Pandemic Sick Leave program to fill in the gaps between federal paid leave programming and provincial employment standards for paid sick […]

The global outbreak of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) is currently changing – and will continue to change – the way people and businesses operate, as well as the way private M&A practice is being conducted now and most likely moving forward. In M&A transactions, we have become very accustomed to certain transaction processes and deal […]

As the worldwide pandemic continues to rage on, losses faced by businesses increase without any certainty as to when they might end.  Such expansive loss has raised many questions for insurers facing potential claims for coverage.  One such question is whether “all peril” or “all-risk” policies extend to provide pandemic coverage? Typically, business interruption insurance […]

In a trio of decisions, all released on February 6, 2021, the Inquiries, Complaints and Reports Committee (“ICRC” or the “Committee”) of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (“CPSO”) ordered a physician to attend to be cautioned in person in relation to COVID-19 related content on her Twitter account. At the time of […]

This article, originally published in Miller Thomson’s Health Communiqué, was reproduced in the June 2020 issue of Health Management in Canadian Health Care (LexisNexis). Although the community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have peaked in the province according to public health officials in Ontario, concern about the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care, […]

As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to affect the global economy, Canadian reporting issuers are encouraged to stay mindful of resulting changes to the regulatory landscape. This update canvasses recent developments and provides an update to our last COVID-19 related issue of Securities Practice Notes. A. Toronto Stock Exchange – Staff Notice 2020-002 On March 23, […]

On March 9, 2020 we presented an urgent “Morning Recess” webinar summarizing for our school board clients their legal rights and responsibilities in the face of the global spread of the COVID-19 virus.  Please contact us if you would like a copy of that presentation. In this article, we outline some of the key statutory […]