Is a contractor required to comply with the statutory requirements of a contractor?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from South Yukon Forest Corporation v. Canada, 2010 FC 495 (CanLII):
The Defendant relies on the proposition that a contractor dealing with the Government is presumed to be aware of statutory requirements; see The Queen v. Woodburn (1898), 1898 CanLII 66 (SCC), 29 S.C.R. 112, at 123.
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