The Legalmybiz.ca Podcast

This month I had the pleasure of attending and being part of WordPress Accessibility Day 2024 as a moderator, and I was able to attend various learning sessions as well. Accessibility is something that I wanted to learn more about as a small business owner, and through this experience I was able to learn many things about the standards and principles, which is what I share in today’s episode. In t...

Continuing with this season’s theme, today I’m bringing you another guest to share their tips and best practices around accessibility and inclusion, specifically looking at why plain language matters. Erin Casey is a professional communicator, writer, and editor based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia, whose areas of expertise and interest is in inclusion and belonging, higher education, disabilit...

Did you know that 98% of websites currently online are not fully accessible? This means that many websites are missing crucial elements that ensure they are usable by everyone. In this episode, I’m joined by website accessibility expert Dominique Dunlop, who will walk us through the essential aspects of making websites accessible. Dominique dives into what you need to know about website accessibil...

In today's episode, we conclude our insightful conversation with mental health advocate and expert, Sarah Parker. Continuing our deep dive into mental health in the workplace, we explore the critical role employers and outside agencies like Worker’s Compensation play in supporting employees who face mental health challenges. Sarah is a passionate mental health advocate and public speaker who combi...

As I shared in last week’s episode, in this new season of the podcast we’re diving deep into topics of accessibility and inclusion—essential yet sometimes overwhelming areas for small business owners. That’s why I’m bringing in expert guests to break down these important subjects and offer actionable strategies. Today, we kick off the season with our first guest, Sarah Parker. Sarah is a passionat...

Welcome to Season 5 of The Legalmybiz.ca Podcast! I’m thrilled to bring you new episodes this Fall. Our mission is to offer practical legal tips to Canadian business owners, and this season, we’re focusing on accessibility. Accessibility has been a major focus for me recently, and I've been working on it for the past few years. As we approach the end of 2024 and look ahead to the new year, I’m exc...

As with many previous episodes, much of the content for the topics I talk about on this podcast come from questions that I receive from you. In this episode, I discuss legal expense insurance, which is something I haven’t covered yet, but I have been asked about and will be useful to know about as a small business owner.  Today you’ll hear about: What legal expense insurance is, what it’s specific...

Today I have a special episode for you, where I’m bringing you a customer success story of someone who has purchased my signature online program, The Canadian Online Legal Template Library , or “COLT” for short. I’ll be talking with them about why they purchased the program, how they use it in their businesses and the benefits they’ve seen for them by using it.  I’ve launched this program many tim...

A small business owner, brand is everything. Today’s special guest is here to share his expert insights on all things branding, specifically the key things that you must be focusing on as you’re building your brand in order to gain clarity and maximize your impact.  Rich Kozak is The Voice of Impact Driven Branding. After 40 years of languaging and launching brands, he founded RichBrands specifica...

Have you ever considered running an online contest in Canada, and wanted to know the legal rules around this? Whether it’s to get new subscribers to your email list or followers on social media, there can be many good reasons to run an online contest, however most times the focus can be on the marketing end of things, and not the legal rules. In this episode, I share the Competition Act of Canada...

Today’s special expert guest is Robyn McTague, someone who helps small business owners and entrepreneurs understand why they do what they do and how to have better relationships and engagement. In this episode, she reveals the way to identify the difference between a personality conflict and a motivational conflict, and how to resolve or avoid the situation all together. Robyn is the Creator of A...

I’ve been getting a lot of questions the last number of months about buying and selling a business, sometimes from current owners with successful businesses who are looking ahead to sell, and also from people wanting a business who are wondering if they should start from scratch or buy an existing one.  That’s why in this episode, I want to explore these topics and share what you should know about...

Balancing your business and your life can feel impossible if you’re not focused on the right things, so I’m excited to share with you a recent conversation I had with an expert on this subject, Michelle Ricketts of Cohesion Services, whose proven process integrates people with systems and operations to build a self-sustaining business that can handle everyday challenges.  Overall health and fitnes...

For this week’s episode, I decided to try something a little bit different and take you with me, in real time, an actual filing process for a Canadian copyright registration for my online program, The Canadian Online Legal Template Library.  Today you’ll hear about: The reasons why you would want to register a copyright What the actual process looks like to file a copyright online and how to find...

In this episode, we're talking about litigation and how to break the whole process down into small, manageable steps, as this is a process that can often be overwhelming and all-consuming. Today’s expert guest is Matt Canzer, and throughout his journey he has been able to simplify the litigation process by creating resources that help people deal with the process one step at a time. As founder of...

Privacy is something myself and past guests have spoken about on the podcast before, and today I want to focus on the most important thing to have nailed down when it comes to privacy in your business. I’m talking about having a privacy officer for your business, because to follow federal and provincial legislation, identifying and appointing this person is mandatory to comply with those legislati...

Are you working a 9 to 5 job and maybe looking for a change in careers, or a way to make extra money? Today you’ll meet Vivian Garcell, aka “Virtual Vivian”, who is a freelance entrepreneur, virtual assistant, consultant and course developer. As someone who quit her job in 2016 and became a 6-figure virtual assistant, Vivian now teaches others how she did it.  Today you’ll hear about: How the virt...

I’ve been drafting and reviewing shareholder agreements for more than 20 years now, and I recently revisited this topic when teaching a class of female tech founders. This group had a lot of specific questions about shareholder agreements, and I thought listeners of the podcast might as well, which is why I’m bringing you an episode dedicated to this subject. Today, I share what a shareholder agre...

Today we are looking at the things that business owners should know about tax and when to work with a tax lawyer and a tax accountant, and to help go deeper on this topic I’ve invited Primrose Watson to share her expertise. Primrose founded Primrose Tax Law and designed the law firm to be a place where she can be the tax enthusiast she is and build an inclusive workspace so that every firm member...

Privacy legislation and privacy practices are moving more and more all the time towards more transparency, and I get a lot of questions about cookies and what we need to do about them as business owners with websites. In this episode, I highlight what cookies are for, why we need them, plus the policies and processes you need to ensure are in place as a business owner. Today you’ll hear about: Wha...

A couple of weeks ago, I did a webinar series on the “Five Legal Issues You Haven't Thought About as a Canadian Content Creator”and today I wanted to pick one of the topics from that webinar and go into it in a bit more in-depth here on the podcast. Defamation is something that as a business owner you need to be aware of and knowledgeable about, and in this episode I share what exactly defamation...

Today I have another “From the Vault” episode, and this is a timely one. If your business is incorporated with a December 31st year-end, you are likely getting things together for your accountant to prepare for tax preparation and filing. In this episode, I reveal what you need to be thinking about in regards to your corporate minute book, and I hope it serves as a good reminder of the annual “mai...

Sometimes I like to go back and pull some of my favourite past episodes from the podcast to bring back for listeners, so in today’s “From the Vault” episode we’ll be catching up with Jacqueline Steudler, who I first had on the podcast about a year ago. Jacqueline is a participant in my Canadian Online Legal Template Library which is open for enrollment right now until February 9th, and I wanted to...

As a business owner, have you stopped to consider what might happen if you don’t do estate planning with consideration of your business? In this episode, your legal guide Corinne Boudreau shares the ins and outs of estate planning for business owners in Canada, and she reveals what you need to know so that you don’t leave a mess for your loved ones or business partners! Today you’ll hear about: Sp...

Welcome to Season 4, and Corinne Boudreau is not only back with a brand-new episode, but the podcast has gotten a bit of a makeover with a new name, The Legalmybiz.ca Podcast! In this episode, she reveals the online tools she uses in her business and how to incorporate legal requirements in them. There are lots of great ways that using these online tools can help you get your legal house in order...