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BCE: The Supreme Court of Canada decision

On December 19, 2008, the Supreme Court of Canada released the highly anticipated reasons for its June 20, 2008 decision approving the proposed $51.7 billion privatization of BCE Inc.

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Duty to accommodate with regards to employment injuries

On February 19, 2009, the Québec Court of Appeal handed down a major decision
overturning the decision by the Superior Court on April 18, 2007, in Société des établissements de plein air du Québec v. Syndicat de la Fonction publique du Québec, which had granted grief adjudicators the power to verify fulfillment of an employer’s duty to accommodate an employee who has suffered an employment injury.

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Time granted to employees to vote
There will be a provincial election on Monday, March 26, 2007. What obligations do you have to your employees to allow them to exercise their right to vote? Do you have to let them leave work early?

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Obligation d'accommodement : La Cour suprême fait le point
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Par Éric Latulippe

Le 7 juillet 2008, la Cour suprême du Canada a rendu une décision infirmant le jugement rendu par la Cour d’appel en 2006 dans l’affaire Hydro-Québec c. Syndicat des employé-e-s de techniques professionnelles et de bureau d’Hydro-Québec, section locale 2000 (SCFP-FTQ), qui avait eu pour effet d’imposer un fardeau très lourd aux employeurs qui voulaient démontrer qu’ils avaient satisfait à leur obligation d’accommodement envers leurs travailleurs handicapés.
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Decision by the Court of Appeal in the RhoxalPharma case
By Chantal Chatelain

On May 23, 2008, the Court of Appeal upheld the decision by the Superior Court of January 2006 to dismiss a motion for authorization to institute a class action brought by Option Consommateurs against generic drug manufacturers. This was one of the largest class actions for which such a motion had been sought in Quebec. Langlois Kronström Desjardins brilliantly represented RhoxalPharma, one of the manufacturers concerned, in both the original action and on appeal.

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La décision de la Cour supérieure dans l'affaire Alstom Canada
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Par William D. Hart

Le gouvernement du Québec ne portera pas en appel la récente décision de la Cour supérieure qui donnait raison à Alstom Canada inc. et confirmait que la Société de transport de Montréal aurait dû procéder par la voie d’un appel d’offres dans le cadre de l’octroi d’un contrat visant le renouvellement de voitures de métro.
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