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July 6th, 2017

Who Can Sign a Notice of Claim Under the Environment Quality Act?

Jean-Benoît Pouliot, a lawyer at Langlois, recently raised this question before the Administrative Tribunal of Québec (the “ATQ”). In the matter in question1, the ATQ had to decide on the validity of a notice of claim for the direct and indirect costs associated with the issuance of an order to restore premises to their former […]

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July 4th, 2017

Bill 142* and standard construction contracts: are contractors entitled to an adjustment of their stipulated price contracts concluded before May 30, 2017?

On May 30th, Quebec’s National Assembly adopted Bill 142, putting an end to a construction workers’ strike that had been ongoing for seven days and decreeing a wage increase of 1.8% for the workers concerned. This wage increase has a direct impact on employers in the industry, who must now increase the hourly pay rates […]

Publications

June 21st, 2017

Right of Participating and Non-Participating Physicians to Associate

In a unanimous decision rendered on June 1, 2017, the Quebec Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec (the “FMSQ”) of a decision of the Quebec Superior Court rendered on June 16, 2015 denying the FMSQ’s motion for a declaratory judgment to the effect that section 333.3 of […]

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June 19th, 2017

Notice to Federal Not-for-Profit Corporations

Are you a director or officer of a corporation created pursuant to Part II of the Canada Corporations Act? Did you know that you must have completed your transition to the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act and received your Certificate of Continuance by July 31, 2017? If the transition has not been completed by that date, […]

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June 9th, 2017

St. John the Baptist Day – a Primer on Employers’ Obligations

Summer is at hand (almost) and summer vacations as well. Every year at this time, employers become concerned about their obligations in connection with the St. John the Baptist Day National Holiday. The Quebec legislator considers this statutory holiday to be very important and it is governed by a specific statute, namely the National Holiday Act, with stricter […]

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June 8th, 2017

Mining Royalties: Is Quebec so Different?

This article was first published on The Lawyer's Daily website on June 8, 2017. Recently, in Third Eye Capital Corp. v. Dianor Resources Inc., 2016 ONSC 6086, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice rendered a decision that illustrates the importance of carefully drafting and arranging royalty agreements if the intended result is to have the royalty […]