In Payette v. Guay inc. the Supreme Court of Canada determined that whether a restrictive covenant will be enforced depends on the reasonableness of the terms and the type of relationship that existed between the contracting parties.
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Ambiguous terms in a restrictive covenant will not be remedied through notional severance and only narrowly through blue-pencil severance.
There is no general duty prohibiting employees from competing with a former employer after their employment ends.