On December 31, 2014 the final version of Regulation 58-101 respecting disclosure of corporate governance practices (the “Regulation”) including Schedule 58-101A came into force in the following jurisdictions: Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan (the “Participating Jurisdictions”).
This coming January 28, Quebec, like many other jurisdictions around the world, will be celebrating Data Protection Day. While governments launch public awareness campaigns to encourage the secure use of information technologies, Canadians are becoming more and more concerned about the security of their personal information held by various organizations. A 2013 study found that fully 66% of Canadians were “very concerned” about the degree to which their privacy was being protected.
The marked tendency over the last few years of French companies coming to set up operations in Quebec will no doubt continue to accelerate for the following reasons…
The Civil Code of Québec (the “CCQ”) provides that a client can unilaterally terminate a service agreement even where the work or provision of the services is already in progress. The corollary of this right of unilateral termination is the client’s obligation to compensate the service provider for any loss it may have suffered, such as the costs and expenses it has incurred, the value of the work performed as at the termination date, and in some cases the value of any property supplied to the client.
Pension plans were all over the front pages in 2014. We expect that to continue through 2015. Here are a few things we are watching in Quebec.
Costs Due to Treatment or Failure to Provide Treatment: the Workers’ Compensation Tribunal Puts an End to a Debate1
Québec’s Workers’ Compensation Tribunal, the Commission des lésions professionnelles, (the “Commission”) recently struck a panel of three commissioners in order to resolve conflicting decisions on the application of section 327(1) of the Act respecting Industrial Accidents and Occupational Diseases (the “Act”) concerning the imputation of certain costs. The commissioners have now rendered their decision: when a worker experiences one or more complications from treatment received for an occupational injury or disease, the employer can request that the costs associated with such a complication be transferred to all employers, on one condition…