Assignment task: Monique and Carlos are opening a natural food store in the upcoming year. They are currently working through their business plan but now must decide what steps they need to take regarding their legal responsibilities in opening such a business in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. You have just been hired by Monique and Carlos and, because you have taken a business law course, they are looking to you to provide some information and research on what steps should be taken before seeking legal advice, hoping to save some money.
What does it mean to you when Monique and Carlos use the term legal responsibilities? What kind of research should you do to help them? How would you divide up the different areas of law that they should consider? Are there any specific statutes that they need to know about? In the training of their staff, are there any regulations that need to be addressed?