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When 46 states agreed to a $246 billion out-of-court settlement to recover the costs of smoking-related illnesses, they joined the other four that had previously sued and won. In Canada, the ...
The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was entered on November 23, 1998, originally between the four largest United States tobacco companies (Philip Morris Inc., R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson and Lorillard – the "original participating manufacturers", referred to as the "Majors") and the attorneys general of 46 states.
Emergency Measures Act [6] 1989 Forest Fires Manitoba [7] 1999 Snow Storm: Quebec [8] 2003 SARS outbreak: Ontario Emergency Management Act [9] Wildfires British Columbia Emergency Program Act [10] Northeast blackout: Ontario Emergency Management Act [11] 2004 White Juan blizzard Nova Scotia Emergency Measures Act [12] Prince Edward Island ...
This settlement included payments to states, restrictions on advertisements, and free access to internal industry research, although some have criticized the settlement for shielding the industry from future lawsuits, granting a monopoly to the largest tobacco companies, creating "client states" dependent on settlement payments, and shifting ...
The Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act replaced the Emergency Management Act of 2002, which had replaced the Emergency Plans Act of 1983. [2] One of the primary changes from previous Acts was the inclusion of emergencies related to disease or health risks, resulting from the poor response of the Government of Canada and Government of Ontario to the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak in ...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has declared a province-wide state of emergency as anti-vaccine mandate protests continue to block streets in Ottawa and access to the busiest border crossing in North ...
The last edition of the RSO was dated 1990 pursuant to the Statutes Revision Act, 1989, consolidating the statutes in force prior to January 1, 1991. [ 3 ] More recently, acts have been consolidated on the e-Laws website, organized by reference to their existing citations in the Statutes of Ontario or Revised Statutes of Ontario.
Emergency Management Ontario (EMO) operates under an escalating approach to emergency management, ensuring responsibilities are progressively assigned based on the scale and complexity of an emergency. This tiered approach begins with individuals, and if necessary, can escalate to the federal levels when local capacities are overwhelmed.