Temporary foreign worker applications drop 74% since new reforms Applications for temporary foreign workers have dropped by three-quarters following the new rules introduced by the federal government in June, says Employment Minister Jason Kenney. “We announced a fundamental sweep of reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program earlier this year to ensure that it is…
BNP Paribas hires ex-U.S.Treasury official for compliance job BNP Paribas has hired a former top official at the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions office, people familiar with the matter said, part of the French bank’s effort to build up its compliance department after its record settlement over sanctions violations. Sean Thornton, a former chief counsel…
City of Montreal files complaint against police After taking on firefighters at the labour relations board, the city of Montreal has now filed a complaint against police. The city says that since the dispute over pension reforms began, police officers are issuing fewer tickets. “We believe that it has a direct relation with the…
The Multiplier Effect: 3 Adaptations To Help Women Scale Big There is no doubt: women entrepreneurs are a powerful economic force. In the US, they start businesses at twice the rate of men and are at least half owners of 46% of privately held firms in the country. Even more impressive, the post-recession increase in…
New Regulations Drive Financial Firms, Global Vendors to Partner on Risk Issues Financial services firms are asking global service partners to work with them more closely to comply with new US banking regulations, and providers have been receptive, according to findings by the Duke University Offshoring Research Network (ORN). The Office of the Comptroller…
Canadians expose foreign worker ‘mess’ in oilsands Canadian tradesmen from a huge oilsands construction project are waving a red flag about safety hazards and near misses, which they blame on the use of foreign workers who aren’t qualified and can’t speak English. “When you bring in a bunch of workers who are unqualified to…
Douglas Meal Partner Roper & Gray LLP, Boston Biography Seasoned trial lawyer Doug Meal represents companies in complex transaction-related disputes arising from all varieties of business agreements. Most recently, he has played a leading role in the firm’s privacy and data security practice, specializing particularly in representing clients targeted by litigation and government…
Harper government asks public servants to delete emails The Conservative government is telling public servants to delete emails with no “business value,” possibly opening the door to the destruction of potentially valuable records, say critics. Employees must still preserve information as required by law, a government spokeswoman says, but instructions obtained by the Star show…
Actyl Group sues McDonald’s over halting of foreign worker program An international recruiting service has filed a lawsuit in Manitoba court against McDonald’s Canada. Actyl Group is suing McDonald’s for breach of contract. [Read more…] Immigration law needs overhaul to deal with minor violations: R. Reis Pagtakhan Last week, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris…
Strategies shift as regulators renew scrutiny of bank compliance In an episode of hit television series Homeland, US intelligence agents track the finances of Iranian terrorists to a fictional western lender called “HLBC Bank”. This barely disguised reference to one of the world’s biggest banks underlines how the historically dull world of guarding against money…
Lawyers gradually getting their heads in the cloud The Jazz on the Mountain at Blue festival near Collingwood, Ont. brought together nearly 100 musicians in July. More impressive is that it came together in the spare time of a commercial litigator who regularly handles million dollar cases. “I did that in combination with a full time…
Federal opposition demands evidence for ‘obfuscation’ of law enforcement The federal Liberals are demanding the Conservatives provide “historic evidence” to back up thier move to impose an indefinite gag order on anybody working for a new commission intended to reinforce accountability and transparency in the RCMP. “The concern is not with the need for those…
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