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Recent Changes to Part II of the Canada Labour Code
As a Band Council subject to the Canada Labour Code – are you prepared for the new obligations to proactively address workplace harassment and violence that came into effect on January 1, 2021? The [...]
Federal Government Tables Legislation (Bill C-15) to Implement UNDRIP
Yesterday, December 3, 2020, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada introduced in Parliament Bill C-15, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The purpose of [...]
September 2020 Lawyer Spotlight – Kerry Young
Name? Judith Kerry Young, but I go by Kerry. Kerry Young Where did you grow up? I grew up in Hudson, a small town in Quebec on the Ottawa River, on the [...]
August 2020 Lawyer Spotlight – Virginia Lomax
Name? Virginia Lomax Where did you grow up? I spent my childhood moving around various towns in southern Saskatchewan (on Cree and Métis land). What is your favourite food? My favourite food is ice [...]
Case Summary – Restoule v Canada
Restoule v. Canada (Attorney General), 2020 ONSC 3932 The Inapplicability of Ontario Limitations and Crown Immunity Defenses to Claims for Compensation for Treaty Annuity Payment Shortfalls On June [...]
July 2020 Staff Spotlight – Dawn Misner
Name? Dawn Misner Where did you grow up? I grew up in a little town in Southern Ontario called Hagersville (on Anishinaabe, Huron-Wendat and Haudenosaunee land), which gained international notoriety for its unprecedented raging [...]