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
  1. Engaging the Liability of the Corporation
  2. Corporate Liability - Combining Fault and Misconduct
     
     • Negligence offences
       
     • Subjective intent offences
  3. Ensuring Workplace Safety
• Summary
• Endnotes
• Discussion Paper (March 2002)