Business
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March 28, 2025
Lavery welcomes two new lawyers
Maxime Duval-Charland and Frédéric Bolduc have joined Quebec-based firm Lavery.
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March 27, 2025
Supreme Court denies leave to appeal dismissal of canned tuna class action over alleged price fixing
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal challenging the dismissal of a proposed class action concerning an alleged price-fixing conspiracy in Canada’s canned tuna market.
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March 27, 2025
Ontario court overturns arbitrator’s costs award citing consumer protection legislation
The Ontario Superior Court has set aside an arbitrator’s decision requiring a purchaser to pay substantial indemnity legal costs to a vendor in a dispute concerning a cancelled condominium project.
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March 27, 2025
Alberta Court of Appeal upholds order that former energy minister be questioned in mining dispute
The Alberta Court of Appeal has denied the province’s stay application in a legal battle involving several coal mining companies, upholding a previous decision compelling former provincial energy minister Sonya Savage to be questioned in the case.
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March 27, 2025
‘A bit of a mystery’ as to what Alberta hopes to accomplish with infrastructure law: legal expert
Alberta’s government has introduced legislation to amend several laws already on the books — but one aspect of the province’s move is being noted as much more controversial than the other.
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March 27, 2025
IMK adds former law clerk Anthony Breton
IMK has welcomed Anthony Breton to its team.
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March 27, 2025
Nicholas Backman named partner at LRMM
Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon (LRMM) has promoted Nicholas Backman to partner.
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March 27, 2025
A business owner’s guide to the 2024 GST/HST tax break
The Canadian government’s Tax Break for All Canadians Act was introduced to offer economic relief during the holiday season, by providing a one-time break from GST/HST from Dec. 14, 2024, to Feb. 15, 2025.
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March 27, 2025
Coping with the implied undertaking rule
Recent decisions in the Federal Court deal with the scope of the implied undertaking rule.
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March 26, 2025
Saskatchewan introduces additional six per cent sales tax on vaping products
Vapour products in Saksatchewan will face an additional six per cent provincial sales tax (PST) as the provincial government is set to remove an exemption on vapour products as part of an effort to discourage their use.