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In the recent decision of Merrifield v. Canada (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 205, the Ontario Court of Appeal (“ONCA”) overturned a lower court decision which had recognized a freestanding “tort of harassment.”…
The Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, the Hon. Lisa MacLeod announced revisions to the government’s program for autism services this morning. Today’s changes are based on feedback from families and…
On March 19, 2019, Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled his fourth federal budget (the “Budget”), ahead of the next election in October. The Budget, entitled Investing in the Middle Class, claims to…
BACKGROUND On March 6, 2019, the Government of Ontario’s Bill 66, Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, passed Second Reading in the House and was sent for further study to the Standing Committee on…
Employers frequently experience mental “frustration” when managing absenteeism in the workplace. This frustration should not, however, be confused with the legal concept of “frustration of contract”. Frustration in the legal sense, arises…
On February 7, 2019, a judicial review hearing of a critical pay equity decision commenced in Toronto. In this case, the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA) is challenging the 2016 findings of the…
The Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, the Hon. Lisa MacLeod, announced reforms to the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) today to attempt to address the approximate 75% of children with autism…
Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has recently issued a policy on medical cannabis: Operational Policy Manual #17-01-10, Cannabis for Medical Purposes.[1] The purpose of the policy is to establish guidelines…
In Canadian Elevator Industry Welfare Trust Fund v Skinner, 2018 NSCA 31,[1] the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled that the non-coverage of medical cannabis in a private benefit plan was not…
Organizations in the health, children’s and developmental services sectors have reacted with dismay to the recent arbitration decision involving a nurse who stole drugs from patients and then falsified patient records to…
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