Companies subject to Ontario labour laws could face an additional risk of fines, penalties and orders to pay severance to terminated contractors if labour enforcement staff conclude that independent contractors are actually employees, a lawyer warned Wednesday. With Bill 148,…
Trimont Financial Ltd., a subsidiary of The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, announced on Thursday that it will acquire Western Financial Group and Western Life Assurance (together as Western) from Desjardins Financial Corporation, a Desjardins Group subsidiary, for a total transaction…
David Peterson, chairman of business law firm Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, and U.S. Governor Tom Ridge, the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Pennsylvania, announced on Thursday the launch of Ridge Canada Cyber Solutions, Inc.,…