Dans ce balado, Patrick Essiminy et Camille Foczeny poursuivent leur conversation sur les amendements déjà en vigueur et ceux à venir du projet de loi 59 tout en précisant les changements reliés à la Loi sur les accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles en matière de recours administratifs, la réadaptation, les aspects médicaux et l'imputation.

Dans le premier épisode du balado, Patrick Essiminy invite Camille Foczeny, conseillère en santé et sécurité du travail au sein du groupe Emploi et travail de Stikeman Elliott, à faire le point sur la signification des changements, et principalement en matière de prévention, à la Loi sur la santé et la sécurité du travail introduits par le projet de loi 59, la Loi modernisant le régime de santé et sécurité du travail.

Patrick et Camille discutent des impacts des amendements notamment la mise en place de programmes de prévention et de plans d’actions pour les employeurs et les entreprises du Québec, le cadre réglementaire s’appliquant au télétravail, ainsi que la mise en valeur des risques psychosociaux reliés au travail.

Mario Nigro is joined by Ben Gibbons, founder of Waterpoint Lane, an investment firm that contributes growth capital to a diverse group of businesses that each promote food system sustainability. Ben and his firm partner with investors who want their investments to achieve solid economic returns and positive social impacts. Ben and Mario discuss the promising future of this sector in an environmentally and health conscious age.

In this installment, Mario Nigro is joined by Daniel Howard of Aon in Toronto. Daniel leads Aon’s transaction solutions team, with a focus on representation and warranty insurance. RWI has become a fixture of the Canadian deal market and is now becoming commonplace even for deals in the $20-$50 million range. As Daniel notes, in many transactions RWI is entirely taking the place of seller indemnities other than for fraud. Canada is quickly catching up to the U.S., where the use of RWI is nearly universal.

In this edition of the podcast, Mario Nigro speaks with Vanessa Iarocci about her transition from the M&A group of a large bank to an entrepreneurial career as CEO and business owner. Vanessa discusses how her passion for education led her, through a search fund process, to Brainpower Enrichment Programs, a growing company that provides supplementary educational experiences for high-achieving students. Among many other things, the conversation touches on some of the obstacles and opportunities for women entrepreneurs in Canada.

Mario’s guests today are Asim Qureshi and Karim Kanji. Their company, OneWorld Foods Inc., has risen in just a few short years from an idea to a supermarket success story by meeting growing market demand for high-quality prepared South Asian and halal foods (under the “Tandoori Oven” and “One World” brands). In the podcast, Karim and Asim discuss the challenges they have overcome, the decision to seek outside financing, and their plans for the post-pandemic future.

In this episode, Mario Nigro is joined by Mike Fenton, President and CEO of the Toronto chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022, ACG Toronto, along with the organization’s other Canadian chapters, plays both a thought leadership role and a practical role as a preeminent forum for midmarket deal networking in this country. Mike speaks with Mario about the ACG’s history, its evolution during the pandemic and its plans for the future.

In this podcast, Mario Nigro speaks to the co-founders of Media One Group, Corey Peck and Derek Rider. While still a relatively young creative agency, Media One boasts an impressive roster of major corporate clients. Over the past few years, Corey and Derek have built on their success by turning to acquisitions, including cross-border M&A, to expand Media One’s capabilities and global reach. This bold strategy is playing a critical role in the transformation of their Toronto-based business into a worldwide brand.

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Mario’s guest in this episode is Federica Nazzani, Managing Partner of Capital Assist (Valuation) Inc. Federica, who is both a CPA and a chartered business valuator, advises businesses on valuation issues arising in potential sale and acquisition scenarios as well as at other points in the business cycle. She and Mario discuss the importance of professional advisors as sounding boards for business owners, particularly in times of uncertainty.

Michael Teplitsky of Chicago-based Wynnchurch Capital joins Mario Nigro to discuss the private equity firm’s long history of investments in Canada, which extends into its current (fifth) fund. According to Michael, Wynnchurch focuses mainly on industrial and consumer products sectors and has the ability to make both smaller and more substantial investments. He is optimistic that the strong M&A market will continue in 2022 on both sides of the border.