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Government Responses and Standing Committee Reports
Government Response to the Fifteenth Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Government Response to the Fifteenth Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights
Corporate Liability
November 2002
Table of Contents
Introduction
Background
The Westray Disaster
Workplace Safety and the Criminal Law
The Criminal Law and Corporations
Common Law
Corporate Mens Rea
The Current Canadian Model
Previous Reform Proposals
The Hearings
Overview
The Vicarious Liability Model
Specific Corporate Offences
Corporate Culture Approach and C-284
Directors, Officers and Employees
Sentencing
Legislative Proposals
Engaging the Liability of the Corporation
Corporate Liability - Combining Fault and Misconduct
Negligence offences
Subjective intent offences
Ensuring Workplace Safety
Summary
Endnotes
Discussion Paper (March 2002)
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