Page 427 CASE IN POINT Cognos, a software company, interviewed an accountant, Queen, telling him that a job opening involved a two-year project, but not that the funding for the project was subject to budgetary approval. The eventual written employment contract included a one-month notice provision for dismissal. After the first year, Queen was dismissed when funding for the project was reduced. Queen claimed negligent misrepresentation in hiring. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of Queen, that a \"special relationship\" existed between the parties, and Cognos owed a duty of care to exercise reasonable care and diligence in making representations as to the employment opportunity offered. The misrepresentations made during the interview were negligent, and therefore the duty of care was breached, quite independent of the terms of the employment contract. See: Queen v. Cognos Inc, 1993 CanLIl 146 (SCC)