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Ontario court confirms that employee dismissal over vaccine non-compliance can be reasonable

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Litigation and labour law specialist Christopher Pigott, a Toronto-based partner with Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP who served as counsel for Humber River Health, said he welcomed the court’s finding that the arbitrator incorrectly concluded that an employer could never discipline an employee for non-compliance with a mandatory vaccination policy.

Thursday, May 08, 2025 @ 5:03 PM

An Ontario Superior Court panel has quashed an arbitrator’s decision that an employer should never discipline employees who fail to comply with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. However, in a May 6 decision in Humber River Health v. Teamsters Local Union No. 419, 2025 ONSC 2270, Justices Nancy Backhouse, Richard Lococo and Graeme Mew upheld the arbitrator’s decision ordering Toronto’s Humber River Hospital to reinstate two employees who were fired for failing to comply with the vaccination policy. ... [read more]

Alberta government contravened access to information law, information commissioner’s report finds

Monday, May 12, 2025 @ 5:48 PM

An investigation by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta has found that the province’s government bodies have refused information access requests in contravention of provincial access-to-information legislation. ... [read more]

Federal Court of Appeal: Copyright Board exceeded jurisdiction in tariff redetermination

Monday, May 12, 2025 @ 5:36 PM

The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that the Copyright Board of Canada exceeded its authority by making additional changes to retransmission royalties beyond what the court had ordered it to reconsider. ... [read more]

Federal Court finds Finance Department ‘pre-ordained’ exclusion of Indigenous groups

Monday, May 12, 2025 @ 5:24 PM

The Federal Court has allowed applications for judicial review finding that the finance minister’s decision rendering two Indigenous groups in Alberta ineligible for economic participation in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project was “reverse-engineered.” ... [read more]

Court dismisses proposed class action targeting ICBC over premiums during COVID-19 travel ban

Friday, May 09, 2025 @ 5:30 PM

The British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed an application in a proposed class action against the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) for insurance products it sold to motorists in the province during the COVID-19 pandemic while there were travel restrictions. ... [read more]