Manitoba King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal nominated for Supreme Court western vacancy
Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal was nominated June 22 by Prime Minister Mark Carney to fill the Supreme Court of Canada’s western vacancy that opened up May 30 with the retirement of Justice Sheilah Martin.
Monday, June 22, 2026 @ 11:43 AM
Last Updated: Monday, June 22, 2026 @ 4:32 PM
Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, widely reputed in recent years to be a leading candidate for appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, has been nominated to fill the western vacancy that opened up with the May 30 retirement of Supreme Court of Canada Justice Sheilah Martin, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on June 22. ... [read more]
Admission of secret recordings OK in sexual assault case, Ontario court says
Thursday, June 25, 2026 @ 9:27 AM
Ontario’s top court has upheld the convictions of a man accused of sexual assault, saying he did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in recordings the complainant made that allegedly included conversations they had about the assaults. ... [read more]
B.C. court splits data-breach class action between B.C. and Ontario
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 @ 5:21 PM
The British Columbia Supreme Court has certified statutory privacy tort claims in a 2023 data breach affecting nearly 1.5 million Canadian investors, but held that overlapping negligence and breach-of-contract claims should proceed in an existing national class action in Ontario. ... [read more]
B.C. creates new compliance, enforcement agency for natural resource sector
Wednesday, June 24, 2026 @ 1:45 PM
British Columbia is establishing a “unified agency” to combine several compliance and enforcement functions from across the natural resource sector, “enhancing environmental protections and supporting a more fair and predictable business environment.” ... [read more]
Machine-readable securities regulation could embed interpretive choices, expert warns
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 @ 4:58 PM
The Ontario Securities Commission’s (OSC) proposal to make securities regulation machine-readable could require regulators to make interpretive choices that have traditionally been left to lawyers and market participants, according to Cassels Capital Markets Group partner Gregory Hogan. ... [read more]