May 28, 2020 | Advocacy, COCA News, Construction Act, Prompt Payment
Prompt Payment Ontario’s Ontario Construction Act Trade Contractors Guide authored by Geza R Banfai, Counsel, McMillan LLP, with the assistance of Imran Sheikh (McMillan LLP) and Sandra Skivsky (Ontario Masonry Contractors’ Association on behalf of Prompt...
Jul 27, 2019 | Advocacy, COCA News, Construction Act, Prompt Payment
The Attorney General of Ontario, Doug Downey, recently designated ADR Chambers as the Authorized Nominating Authority (ANA) as prescribed in the Construction Act to administer the new dispute resolution system in the construction industry. ADR Chambers is a highly...
Jun 28, 2019 | Advocacy, COCA News, WSIB
As a result of amendments made to the Workplace and Insurance Act (WSIA), the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board now has the ability to establish policies that address executive officers in construction in its new classification system similar to the way they are...
May 28, 2019 | Advocacy, COCA News, WSIB
Bill 108 is titled the “More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019”. In total it amends 15 statutes. Buried in the Bill is Schedule 13 which if passed will amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act. It proposes to give the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board the...
Apr 28, 2019 | Advocacy, COCA News, Health and Safety
The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) and the construction industry have made significant strides since the IHSA first brought the Certificate of Recognition (CoR) program to Ontario about 8 years ago. Today there are 350 companies that have...
Apr 28, 2019 | Advocacy, COCA News, Skilled Trades
Schedule 40 of Bill 100, the government’s budget bill, proposes a new statute, the Modernizing the Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2019 (MSTAA). If passed, MTSAA will replace the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009. The MTSAA is framework...
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