BC Government Extends Temporary Layoff Period from 13 to 16 Weeks during COVID-19
Note: On June 25, 2020, the BC Government extended the temporary layoff period to a maximum of 24 weeks. You can find our latest coverage ... Continued
Provincial Health Order Provides Guidance for Employers of Industrial Camps and Hotels
Note: BC has now entered phase 3 of its restart plan, and the provincial government has released new guidelines for employers running industrial camps and ... Continued
Ministerial Guidance on Virtual Corporate Meetings in COVID-19 Times
The Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General issued an order on April 21, 2020 (the “Order”) which provides further guidance on electronic attendance at ... Continued
Remote Working Tools – Where to From Here?
Zoom. Slack. Hangouts. If you hadn’t heard about these remote productivity tools and others on the market before, you most certainly have by now. Organizations ... Continued
Details of the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program Released
This article provides an update to our previous publications regarding the CECRA Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program (CECRA) for small businesses. Our previous articles ... Continued
Government Intervention in the Finance Sector in Response to COVID-19
COVID-19 is having a dramatic effect on the economy. The Government of Canada has taken a number of steps to help support the financing sector ... Continued
COVID-19: Government Supports for Commercial Properties
In light of COVID-19 impacting individuals and businesses across British Columbia, the BC provincial government and the federal government have recently announced new measures geared ... Continued
The Cy-Pres Application: A Potential Tool to Assist Non-Profits
Clark Wilson supports charities, in our firm culture and as a main practice area. With so many of our non-profit clients encountering disruptions due to ... Continued
No Force Majeure Clause? Where to Look Next in the Agreement
Force majeure clauses in commercial contracts may provide relief to a party who cannot perform their obligations due to the COVID-19 pandemic but what happens ... Continued
Extraordinary Times Call for Working Together, Without Forgetting Who We Are
I wrote a long article extolling the virtues of collaboration and how individual institutions can become individually stronger by coming together… But you know all ... Continued
Access Copyright v. York – The Next Chapter
On April 22, 2020, the Federal Court of Appeal released York University v. The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) (2020 FCA 77). The appeal ... Continued
Third Extension by CIPO to Trademark Deadlines Due to COVID-19: Until May 19, 2020
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has once again extended its earlier automatic extensions (previously covering deadlines falling between March 16, 2020 and April 30, 2020, ... Continued