On June 3, 2016, in the matter of Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec, 2016 SCC 20, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered an important decision concerning the protection of the professional secrecy of lawyers and notaries.
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On March 1, 2016, a number of new legislative provisions came into force regarding personnel placement agencies (a “PPA”). These changes were prompted by the targeting by the Agence du Revenu du Québec (“Revenu Québec”) of PPAs in order to curtail clandestine work and the failure of some PPAs to remit compulsory deductions at source (“DAS”) to the taxation authorities.
For several years now, employers in Quebec have had access to an increasingly qualified labour force, made up primarily of individuals between the ages of 25 and 50, who are demanding or seeking better work-family balance.
On April 20 the Quebec Superior Court rendered a decision holding that the refusal by the insured to submit to a pre-trial examination does not constitute grounds for the dismissal of a subrogatory action brought by the insurance company.
This article originally appeared in French in the April 27, 2016 edition of the bulletin “Les experts de la construction” published by the Association patronale des entreprises en construction du Québec.
Since 2013, Quebec’s construction commission, the Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ), has require employers in the construction industry to use a web-based referral service called the “Carnet référence construction” to fulfill their manpower needs.