The federal and provincial governments recently announced the Canadian Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) initiative which is intended to provide some relief to small business […]
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The Protecting Small Business Act, 2020 (the “Act”) received royal assent and took effect on June 18, 2020. The legislation prevents landlords who have not
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Ontario’s premier Doug Ford confirmed on Tuesday that the provincial government is considering granting some degree of immunity from civil law suits related to the
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When the province asked us all to stay home as much as possible and physical distance, we started to get a lot of questions from
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On June 1, 2020, the provincial government announced the enactment of an amendment to the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave. Under this amendment, all non-union employees
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On May 12, 2020, Ontario passed Bill 190, the COVID-19 Response and Reforms to Modernize Ontario Act, 2020 (“Bill 190”). Bill 190 was established to
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As the rate of recovery from COVID-19 exceeds the rate of new infection, the Province of Ontario has begun to implement preliminary measures to gradually
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In an effort to continue resolving conflicts while the courts have been suspended, Barriston Law has been conducting many mediations and arbitrations via video conferencing.
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“We are all in this together” – meaning the COVID-19 pandemic. But are we really? Spouses with young children who are in the very early
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