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April 18th, 2018

Proposed Changes to the Federal Environmental Assessment Regime and Creation of the Canadian Energy Regulator

On February 8, 2018, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change tabled Bill C-69 (the “Bill”). The Bill has three main thrusts: (i) repeal of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (2012) and its replacement by the new Impact Assessment Act; (ii) creation of the Canadian Energy Regulator (the “CER”) to replace the National Energy […]

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April 13th, 2018

Imposing a Period of Refresher Training: Exercise of the Discretionary Power of the Executive Committee of a Professional Order

On December 21, 2017, in the matter of Neumann v. Collège des médecins du Québec1, the Quebec Superior Court rendered an interesting decision regarding the power of the executive committee of a professional order to require one of its members to take a period of refresher training. The facts underlying this instance of judicial review […]

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April 11th, 2018

The Obligation to Act in Good Faith in the Context of an Oppression Remedy Under the Quebec’s Business Corporations Act

In its decision in Quigley v. Placements Banque Nationale Inc. et al. rendered on January 15, 2018, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld a judgment by Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Gouin dismissing the action of the plaintiffs, former employees of Gestion de portefeuille Natcan Inc. (“Natcan”), brought pursuant to sections 450 to 453 of […]

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March 23rd, 2018

Cannabis Producers: Health Canada Specifies Certain Future Regulatory Obligations Following Public Consultations

On March 19, 2018 Health Canada published a document entitled “Proposed Approach to the Regulation of Cannabis: Summary of Comments Received During the Public Consultation”. The document briefly reviews the approaches proposed by Health Canada in November 2017, and summarizes the comments received by stakeholder communities most directly affected by the proposed regulations. More importantly, […]

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March 21st, 2018

Amendments to the Labour Standards Act: Overview of the Draft Bill

Since 2003, the Act respecting labour standards (the “Act”)1 has undergone very few amendments. On the whole, employers’ obligations and the rights of employees have hardly changed. Over the last several months however, the Liberal government has intimated that a reform of the Act was imminent. Finally, yesterday afternoon the government tabled Bill 176, entitled An […]

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March 20th, 2018

Can Publishing a Review on Social Media Be Defamatory?

Since the arrival of social media, publicly expressing an opinion has taken on a whole new dimension. The potential audience for online expressions of an opinion is vast, and companies are now paying close attention to comments published about them online. In some cases, the popular verdict can be devastating. Businesses sometimes have to go […]