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La Cour divisionnaire confirme que l’exposition à un risque accru de préjudice ne donne pas un droit d’action

Le 22 juin 2023, dans l’affaire McGee v. Dr. Farazil (l’« affaire McGee »), la Cour divisionnaire de l’Ontario (la « Cour divisionnaire ») a invalidé l’autorisation d’une action collective fondée sur un risque accru de...more

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Divisional Court Affirms That Exposure to Increased Risk of Harm Is Not Actionable

On June 22, 2023, in McGee v. Dr. Farazli (McGee), the Ontario Divisional Court (Divisional Court) overturned the certification of an action for increased risk of harm in a proposed class proceeding. This appellate decision...more

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Canada Removes All COVID-19 Entry Restrictions for All Travelers Regardless of Citizenship Effective October 1, 2022

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On September 26, 2022, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) announced that effective October 1, 2022, Canada’s COVID-19 entry restrictions will be removed for all travellers regardless of citizenship, and Transport...more

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Canada Announces Removal of COVID-19 Border Entry Requirements

The Government of Canada announced, on Monday, September 26, 2022, that after Friday, September 30, 2022, all requirements related to COVID-19 for entering into Canada will expire. These include: As a result, as of September...more

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Alberta Court of Appeal Affirms Importance of Precise Language in Injunction Orders

On July 22, 2022, the Alberta Court of Appeal (the court) released its decision in Alberta Health Services v. Pawlowski. In the decision, the court affirmed the importance of precise and unambiguous language in injunction...more

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Health Canada Implements New Labelling Standards for NHPs

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Health Canada has implemented sweeping amendments to labelling requirements under the Natural Health Products Regulations (NHPR) as a result of challenges identified in recent years surrounding the widespread use of Natural...more

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Ontario, Canada: Three Paid COVID Sick Days Extended Until March 31, 2023

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On July 21, 2022, Ontario filed Regulation 464/22, which amends O. Reg. 228/20: Infectious Disease Emergency Leave Regulation to extend the availability of Paid Infectious Disease Leave (Paid IDEL) until March 31, 2023. ...more

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Canada Suspends Mandatory Vaccines for Most Travel, Federally Regulated Transportation Workers, and Federal Government Employees

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On June 14, 2002, Canada announced that, due to the country’s improved public health situation, certain vaccination requirements are suspended as of June 20. Federally Regulated Travel Sector...more

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Québec Ends COVID-19 State of Emergency and Mandatory Masking on Public Transportation

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On June 1, 2022, the Québec government officially ended the province’s state of emergency first declared in March 2020 to deal with the COVID-19 health crisis.  The government also lifted the COVID-19 mask mandate for...more

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Québec Ends COVID-19 State of Emergency and Mandatory Masking on Public Transportation to be Lifted on June 18, 2022

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On June 1, 2022, the Québec government officially ended the province’s state of emergency first declared in March 2020 to deal with the COVID-19 health crisis.  The government has also announced that it will lift the...more

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Health Canada Takes Steps to Secure Biocides in Canada

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Prompted in part by supply chain challenges emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Canada is proposing a new regulatory framework under the Food and Drugs Act (FDA) specific to biocides. Biocides are products that...more

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Ontario, Canada: Masking Requirement in Select Higher-Risk Settings and Certain Directives Extended to June 11

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On April 22, 2022, Ontario announced that its Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) is maintaining the existing provincial masking requirements in select higher-risk indoor settings, and the CMOH Directives currently in...more

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Québec to Delay Eliminating Mandatory Masking to End of April as COVID-19 Cases Rise

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With the recent rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the interim Québec National Director of Public Health announced on April 5, 2022 that the wearing of masks in public places indoors (scheduled to be eliminated...more

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Canada: Pre-entry COVID-19 Testing Will Soon Not Be Required for Fully Vaccinated Travellers

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Fully Vaccinated Travellers - On March 17, 2022, Canada announced that, effective April 1, 2022, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada....more

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Employers Adjust as COVID-19 Restrictions and Regulations Are Rolled Back Globally

On February 21, Britain’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced that all of England’s COVID-19 regulations and restrictions would be revoked in coming weeks. Shortly thereafter, countries across the globe began to follow...more

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Ontario to Lift Additional COVID-19 Safety Measures on March 21, 2022

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Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health announced on March 9, 2022 the Province's plan for lifting the majority of the remaining COVID-19 related public health and workplace safety measures. This announcements comes just a...more

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Québec to Eliminate Most Remaining COVID-19 Measures: Many Restrictions Lifted as of March 12; Most Mandatory Masking to End...

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Recap - As of February 28, 2022, bars, casinos and taverns were permitted to reopen with capacity limits. Capacity limits also remained for certain businesses, including restaurants, very large cinemas, performing arts...more

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Ontario Fast-tracks Reopening Plan: Public Health Measures to be Eased as of February 17, 2022

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On February 14, 2022, the Government of Ontario announced that continued improvement in public health indicators means that COVID-related restrictions can be relaxed ahead of schedule. The first major changes take effect on...more

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Alberta Government Announces a Phased Approach to Lifting All COVID-19 Health Restrictions, Immediately Ending the Restrictions...

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On February 8, 2022, the Government of Alberta announced that effective immediately, it would begin lifting COVID-19 restrictions, including the mandatory vaccination requirements under the Restrictions Exemption Program (the...more

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Ontario, Canada Moves Back to Amended Step Three of its Roadmap to Reopen

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With key public health indicators beginning to show signs of improvement and expected to continue, Ontario  announced on January 20, 2022, that commencing January 31, 2022, it would begin to take steps to cautiously and...more

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Ontario’s COVID-19 Response: As Omicron Peaks, the Government Announces a Timetable for Relaxing and Lifting Most Restrictions

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On January 20, 2022, the Government of Ontario announced that, beginning on January 31, 2022, restrictions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic will gradually be eased. While the province’s plan could change in response to...more

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Ontario’s Latest COVID-19 Restrictions: Employees Required to Work From Home Again

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At 12:01am on January 5, 2022, Ontario will implement additional COVID-19 public health measures. These restrictions include the closure of certain businesses, capacity limit reductions, and a requirement that employees work...more

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Government of Canada Advises Canadians—Regardless of Vaccination Status—to Avoid Non-essential International Travel

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On December 15, 2021, the Public Health Agency of Canada issued a Level 3 COVID-19 Global travel advisory, which advises Canadians, regardless of their vaccination status, to avoid non-essential travel internationally (Travel...more

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CANADA: Are Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policies Enforceable? Maybe, Maybe Not.

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Since the release of government-approved vaccines to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, employers have been wrestling with how to implement vaccination policies in the workplace. For those employers who have implemented a...more

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New Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Laws to Take Force December 1, 2021

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On December 1, 2021, sweeping changes to Alberta's current occupational health and safety legislation will come into force. The new laws rectify many of the previous challenges that arose from ambiguous and overly...more

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