Offices

Toronto
Calgary
Vancouver
Montréal
Québec City

Date

October 18, 2022

Time of event

Midday

Hear leading experts discuss emerging trends and latest developments to Canada’s environmental, occupational health and safety laws and policies. Topics to be discussed include:

• Recent developments in environmental legislation and case law, including upward pressure on penalties for environmental offences, ESG disclosure developments and proposed expansion of administrative monetary penalties in Ontario
• Recent amendments to the Occupational Health & Safety Act (Ontario), including increases in the maximum fines for Directors & Officers, extension of the limitation period and the potential for prescribed orders
• The court’s expansion of the OHSA definition of ‘employer’ in Ontario (Labour) v Sudbury (City), 2021 ONCA 252
• The revised Occupational Health and Safety Act (Alberta) – highlights and key changes

Speakers: Nicholas Hughes, Selina Lee-Andersen, Justine Lindner, Ben Ratelband, Joanna Rosengarten, Alexander Steele, Justin Turc

For questions about this seminar, please contact [email protected].

This program qualifies for up to 1.5 hours of CPD credit under the mandatory education regimes in British Columbia and Ontario.

Barreau du Québec Continuing Education: This program contains 1.5 hours of content. For more information regarding the declaration and recognition of educational activities, please contact the Barreau du Québec.

 

 

Time: 

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. (ET)
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (MT)
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (PT)