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July 30th, 2019

Is Confidential Information in Your Municipal Archives Provided by Contractors Actually Available to Anyone?

This article first appeared in French in the summer 2019 edition of the periodical Carrefour of the Quebec Corporation of chartered municipal officers (COMAQ). Over the last few years, Quebec’s Access to Information Commission (“AIC”) has rendered several decisions on the concept of “municipal archives”, a term which is found in legislation pertaining to municipalities1, […]

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July 18th, 2019

Collaboration Between the CNESST and the CDPDJ Regarding Discriminatory Harassment: What Every Employer Needs to Know

On June 20, 2019, the Labour standards, equity, and health and safety Board (Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail, the “CNESST”) and the Human Rights Commission, (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, the “CDPDJ ”) issued a press release to the public1 announcing […]

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July 17th, 2019

Analysis of General Contractors’ Claims by Construction Professionals: One Step Further Towards Confidentiality

Construction professionals are often asked by the project owner for their analysis of a claim made by the general contractor at the end of the project. At issue are delays, impacts, the price of changes, or the refusal to issue change orders. Professionals are generally reluctant to perform such analyses because of their confidential nature […]

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July 8th, 2019

In the Name of Transparency: The Modernization of the Canada Elections Act

This past year has marked a peak in interest and scrutiny into the well-being of the democratic process around the world, with a particular focus on online activities and messages. In this context and with the October 2019 general election in sight, the Canadian Government sped the Elections Modernization Act1 (also known as Bill C-76) through […]

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July 8th, 2019

Did You Know That Anxiety Could Soon Be Recognized as an Occupational Illness?

Quebec’s Minister of Labour, Mr. Jean Boulet, recently announced his intention to launch a wide-ranging workshop aimed at the modernization of the entirety of the province’s occupational health and safety regime. Beginning this fall, numerous aspects of Quebec’s laws on prevention and indemnification of workers will be overhauled. This is promising news, as several processes, […]

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June 20th, 2019

New Court of Appeal Construction Law Judgment: Is Learning of the Conclusions of the Plaintiff’s Expert’s Report the New Starting Point of the Prescription Period?

In its June 2019 decision in Lacour v. Construction D.M. Turcotte T.R.O. Inc.1, the Quebec Court of Appeal appears to have revised the state of the law on prescription (limitation of actions) by deciding that in the case of a latent defect that manifests itself gradually over time, the property owner can wait several years […]