Labour & Employment
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February 21, 2025
Seven criminal organizations listed as ‘terrorist entities’ subject to dealings, immigration bans
Canada has listed seven “transnational criminal organizations,” including street gangs and several major Mexican cartels that traffic in fentanyl, as “terrorist entities” under the Criminal Code — triggering immigration and dealings bans in Canada as well as expanding the tools law enforcement authorities have to trace and seize proceeds of crime, the federal government says.
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February 21, 2025
When regulated persons are suspected of committing crimes
From a public policy perspective, there is little consensus on how regulators of professions and law enforcement agencies should co-ordinate their efforts when a registrant is suspected of committing a crime. Despite some media articles in the past (e.g., related to lawyers and physicians), few regulators even have a published policy on the topic. The policies that do exist tend to be brief and do not address the co-ordination of efforts.
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February 20, 2025
PBO report finds guaranteed basic income program could reduce poverty by 40 per cent
The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has released a report on a guaranteed basic income (GBI) for Canadians, concluding that the measure could reduce the country's household poverty rate by 40 per cent if implemented.
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February 20, 2025
Nova Scotia increases paid domestic violence leave days
Nova Scotia is increasing the number of paid leave days employers are to give employees who need time off due to being victims of domestic violence. According to a Feb. 19 government news release, the province “is increasing paid domestic violence leave from three to five days, effective April 1.”
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February 20, 2025
A new chapter in business succession: The emergence of employee ownership trusts
In a 2023 survey titled Succession Tsunami — Preparing for a decade of small business transitions in Canada, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business found that 76 per cent of Canada’s small and medium-sized business owners plan to exit their business within the next decade, with retirement being the most common reason cited. The top priorities of the owners surveyed were:
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February 19, 2025
Newfoundland and Labrador adopts expression of interest model for immigration programs
Newfoundland and Labrador has become the last province in Canada to adopt the so-called expression of interest (EOI) model for its priority processing program for high skilled immigrants.
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February 19, 2025
Important immigration issues impacting legal status in the U.S.
With all the recent press about illegal immigrants being deported from the United States, it seems timely to write a reminder of what kinds of issues can impact one’s legal status in the United States.
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February 19, 2025
Anti-profit views unhelpful to Charter case against long-term care law | Heather Campbell Pope
When I was a young girl in the early ’90s, I would help my father deliver bottled water throughout southern Ontario. Some days we would go to downtown Toronto, where we brought spring water to the backstages of the city’s storied theatres, hydrating the performers and crews. Other times we delivered to airlines and the homes of famous athletes.
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February 18, 2025
Nova Scotia unveils new legislation to spur resource development, repeal prohibitions
Nova Scotia has introduced new omnibus legislation aimed at boosting the province's natural resources sector by amending five related laws.
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February 18, 2025
StatCan releases report on CEBA borrowing, repayments and bankruptcy data
Statistics Canada has released a new report on the federal government's COVID-related Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) that it says could provide insight “into how the use of emergency funding programs may have influenced short and medium-term business survival rates.”