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Canada’s WHMIS System Is Changing

Posted by Kristen Brewer on Mon, Mar 02, 2015

By  Kristen Brewer & Fergus McDonnell, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Canada’s workplace hazardous chemicals communication system is changing in 2015. The existing scheme, involving the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System which has been in place since 1988 (“WHMIS 1988”), is being modified to conform to the Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).

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Tags: Corporate Governance, Business & Legal, Health & Safety, Environmental risks, Environmental, Hazcom, Canadian

BC Supreme Court Affirms “Polluter Pays” for Site Remediation

Posted by Kristen Brewer on Mon, Jan 12, 2015

By Graham Hardy & Kristen Brewer
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

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Tags: Corporate Governance, Business & Legal, Environmental risks, Environmental, Canadian