The Criminal Code and Industrial Accidents: R v Metron Construction and the Ghosts of Westray
etucker 9.2720 Normal 0 Deaths due to occupational causes outnumber homicides in Canada by about two to one. Many of these deaths stem from negligence, and critics charge that enforcement measures are lax. In a major departure, a record fine for corporate criminal negligence was imposed in R v Metron Construction Corporation, 2013 ONCA 541, after four Toronto […]