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- Most people know what it means to be defamed. The common meaning of defamation is a negative statement made about a person that hurts their reputation. Just as with most terms, the legal definition of defamation is more detailed and complex than its regular meaning....
We are hearing that during this pandemic more than one buyer has put an offer in on a house, conditional on financing and/or home inspection, and when it came time to waive it they failed to do so. This is even though there was no legitimate reason not to waive the clause(s)....
- More than one of us may feel like the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air at the moment - like our life got flipped-turned upside down - since the declaration by the WHO on March 11, 2020 that COVID-19 was a pandemic. Since then, all levels of governments, and all governing bodies have been attempting to make sense of, and find a way to continue, with aspects of life that cannot be put on hold....
- Last week in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford ordered the closure of a number of businesses and the shut down of industrial construction sites that were previously considered “Essential” under Ontario Regulation 82/20: Closure of Places of Non-Essential Business (“O.Reg 82/20”). ...
On March 25, 2020, the Canadian government established the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to help protect Canadian workers whose incomes may have been disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
- A number of GTHA municipalities have now passed social or physical distancing by-laws, with more on the way. Some have been passed by municipal heads of council (mayors) acting unilaterally – without a council vote, in reliance on section 4 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (“EMCPA”)....
- A burning question being debated in municipalities across the province right now is can a head of council order the closure of premises either to support the Province’s closure of nonessential workplaces or to enhance it?...
- On March 19, 2020 the provincial government enacted Bill 187, Municipal Emergency Act, 2020 in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic....
- On March 20th , the Province issued an order under ss 7.1(2) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.9 (“EMCPA”) suspending provincial limitation periods retroactive to Match 16 th , 2020. ...
- On March 23rd , Ontario’s Provincial government ordered the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces to slow the spread of COVID-19 pursuant to the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.9. (“EMCPA”). A 74 item list of “essential workplaces” was released later that evening and includes a number of workplaces relevant to the municipal response to the pandemic...
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