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Assuming Liability

Assuming Liability

Attorney General Doug Downey introduced Bill 218, the Supporting Ontario’s Recovery Act, 2020. If the bill passes, it will provide liability protection for workers, that make a “good faith effort” to follow public health guidelines and laws relating to the exposure of COVID-19 retroactive to March 17, 2020. The measures proposed in Bill 218 will not prevent lawsuits against those individuals or organizations who willfully, or through “gross negligence” put individuals at risk


 October 23, 2020