Sentences with phrase «franchise legislation»

«The enactment of franchise legislation in B.C. along the lines set out in this report would give appropriate and needed protection to B.C. franchise owners.

In general, how do international franchising legislations differ from local regulations and what struggles do businesses often face when deciding to make a step into becoming a global franchise?

The report analyzes franchise legislation in force in Canada, the U.S., and elsewhere, and contains a detailed legislative proposal for the province that is unregulated.

Recently, the British Columbia government codified the Tutor Time Exception in its newly enacted franchise legislation, the Franchises Act, which came into force earlier this year, in February 2017.

Dolman notes that Osler, which represents franchisors rather than franchisees, has developed a disclosure document that can be used in all provinces, including those without specific franchise legislation.

Most provinces do not yet have franchise legislation in place, and given the importance of this business model to modern real estate, a consistent national approach to protecting consumers and franchisees would save resources and benefit all concerned.

Franchise legislation is in place in five provinces: Alberta, Prince Edward Island, Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba.

In 405341 Ontario Limited v. Midas Canada Inc., the court considered, inter alia, whether an Ontario choice of law clause in a franchise agreement resulted in the application of Ontario's franchise legislation, the Arthur Wishart Act (the «Act»), to the franchise relationship.

(Sometimes it may be hard to tell just where the limits are for people crossing the provincial border, so some statutory guidance is useful, as in the franchise legislation at issue here.)

«Given the prevalence of franchised businesses in B.C. and their importance to the provincial economy, it is surprising that B.C. has no franchising legislation,» said Jim Emmerton, executive director of BCLI in a statement Monday.

Frith says it's becoming increasingly challenging to comply with the franchise legislation in Ontario and have confidence a franchise disclosure document is compliant.

The Ontario government recently introduced Bill 154, the Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017 (Bill 154), which includes amendments to the Ontario franchise legislation — the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000 (the AWA).

As general counsel, we are often asked to deal with a broad range of commercial issues ranging from tax, competition, labour and employment to franchise legislation.

Trillium claimed that because of these «wind down» agreements, GM breached the rights of the class under the common law and Ontario's franchise legislation, the Arthur Wishart (Franchise Disclosure) Act, 2000.

Still, the case reveals the potential for Ontario's franchise legislation, the Arthur Wishart Act («AWA»), to prevent creditors and assignees of debt to obtain a defaulting franchisee's collateral.