Safety Category Archives

National Injury Prevention Day

In 2023, unintentional injuries claimed the lives of 20,597 people in Canada (Statistics Canada, 2025). This leading cause of death affects people of all ages, underscoring the urgent need for increased awareness and prevention efforts. The federal government has recognized National Injury Prevention Day as a calendar day for health promotion in the month of July every year (Government of Canada, 2025). The provincial government …

Product Liability and COVID-19

During the course of the pandemic, companies across the country started manufacturing PPE and other products that they would not normally be making, to meet the demand for such products and reduce shortages. For most of these products, proper manufacturing is essential to their safety, however if such products led to personal injury on the part of the consumer, can that consumer sue the manufacturer?