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Sonia Regenbogen debates Bill 115: Putting Students First Act

The challenge raised by the Ontario teachers’ unions over the Ontario Government’s Bill 115, the “Putting Students First Act”, is headed to the Courts. On The Agenda with Steve Paikin, Steve Paikin sat down with me and Fay Faraday to debate the key issues on legal arguments to be advanced and considered by the Court.  Fay…

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Video: Drafting a Workplace Safety Incident Response Plan

Heenan Blaikie’s Jeremy Warning recently spoke at the Construction Labour Relations Conference in Toronto, hosted by Insight Information. During the session “Preparing for the Worst: How to Respond to a High Risk Incident” Jeremy gave advice to construction managers on how to effectively draft an incident response plan. This is the second video from a…

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Video: What To Do if Ministry of Labour Inspectors Show Up?

Heenan Blaikie’s Jeremy Warning recently spoke at the Construction Labour Relations Conference in Toronto, hosted by Insight Information. During the session “Preparing for the Worst: How to Respond to a High Risk Incident” Jeremy provided advice to managers on how to respond if government inspectors show up. This is the first of a four-part video series from…

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