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The Supreme Court of Canada recently overturned a controversial decision of the Federal Court of Appeal (Koskie Minsky LLP Employment Blog February 9, 2015). Specifically, the Federal Court of Appeal held that “Unjust Dismissal” provisions pursuant to sections 240 to 246 of the Canada Labour Code, R.S.C. 1985, c.L-2 (the “Code“) only provided non-unionized federally

The Supreme Court of Canada very rarely weighs in on the construction lien regime. However, on appeal from the Manitoba Court of Appeal in Stuart Olson Dominion Construction Co v Structal Heavy Steel (2015 SCC 43), a unanimous Supreme Court confirmed the power of two important statutory protections afforded to subcontractors in the construction industry,