Does the Ministry of Labour have the final say?

Disclaimer: This is not legal advice and you should consult an employment paralegal or lawyer. This is presented as legal education only. It is your responsibility what you do with this information. Let’s say you’ve worked as an Independent Contractor. Many employers have an incentive to treat their employees as if they were not employees. They can save money on taxes, they don’t have to give you any rights and they can withhold vacations, breaks, T4s, etc....

March 7, 2024 · 3 min

The Death of FactoryDirect.ca

This is a slight deviation from our typical posts but the topic does sort of fit. I’m going to talk about Factory Direct. It started off in 1995 as an electronics retailer and evolved into a merchant of everything refurbished. It turns out that they are going out of business. Once, they were a popular place to buy products cheap that were liquidated from other stores. Now they are liquidating themselves....

February 28, 2024 · 7 min

[Memes] Words and their definitions

One of my legal opponents, Roy Schestowitz, loves to use words in which he does not understand the meaning. Someone in his IRC channel asked him about my lawsuit, asking him if it was true. Roy claimed there was no lawsuit and that it was “inadmissible.” Let’s look at the dictionary Inadmissible: adjective Definition: not admissible Example: The evidence was inadmissible in court. My lawsuit against Roy is not admissible in court?...

February 10, 2024 · 2 min

Techrights Faces Legal Consequences for Roy Schestowitz's Transphobic Content

Mr. Roy Schestowitz is the ringleader in a hate campaign involving transgender and disability discrimination on his website Techrights and his wife’s Tux Machines site. This involved doxxing, defamation and group stalking that made me feel unsafe and discriminated against. The bald faced lies he published are designed to spread hate and transphobia towards me and other transgender individuals by defaming me and making fabrications to destroy my reputation online. He is engaging in pure DARVO, pretending to be a victim when he is the perpetrator....

February 6, 2024 · 5 min

Welcome

Welcome to The Legal Beaver! It’s a new blog designed to discuss legal news, media, lawsuits and my human rights cases. I have a few human rights cases that I’m going to talk about, and the people who I am litigating against. Topics of interest: Human Rights Labour Law Free, Libre and Open Source Software Legal Television Lawsuits

February 3, 2024 · 1 min