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By Christopher Lytle MA CDS | 2 Minutes Read May 31, 2016

Toronto v. Cannabis

Dispensaries are currently undergoing a series of raids as TPF personnel are cracking down on store fronts and businesses that are working outside the law. The surge in organizations selling cannabis and cannabis products might well be egged on by the looming eventuality that cannabis will either become decriminalized or legalized in the near future.

Article by Christopher Lytle MA CDS / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / Dispensaries, duty to accommodate, employment law, marijuana policy, medical marihuana, use pot as medication

By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read February 12, 2016

Changes in the Criminal Code: Employee rights in a time of legal chaos

In 2016, employees may be faced with requests from employers or from others whom the employees serve to participate in activities that are prohibited by the Criminal Code. There are two areas, in particular, of potential legal conflict in the workplace:

Article by Occasional Contributors / Accessibility Standards, Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / assistance in suicide, conflict of interest, criminal activity, criminal code, Criminal law, duty to accommodate, employment law, ethical or religious objections, Healthcare providers, medical marihuana, physician-assisted suicide, reasonable accommodation, religious belief

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 2 Minutes Read September 3, 2015

Medical marijuana acceptable medical expense

The Canadian Medical Cannabis Industry Association (CMCIA) announced that the Canada Revenue Agency, in a letter dated August 24, 2015, officially confirmed that medical cannabis purchased by an individual from a licensed producer under Health Canada's Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations (MMPR) would be an allowable medical expense under the Income Tax Act.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Employee Relations, Health and Safety, Human Rights, Payroll, Union Relations / Canadian Medical Cannabis Industry Association, Health Canada, Income Tax Act, medical cannabis, medical expense, medical expense tax credit, medical marihuana, non-refundable tax credit, prescription medicines, tax liability

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