Labour & Employment
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March 19, 2025
How Trump’s immigration changes are impacting businesses, individuals
Much has happened since President Donald Trump took office in the U.S. for the second time, in January 2025. With such a whirlwind of change, it’s easy to feel a bit topsy-turvy over both where immigration currently stands, and where it is headed.
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March 18, 2025
Federal Court dismisses $2.5B class action alleging anti-Black discrimination in public service
The Federal Court has dismissed a proposed $2.5 billion class action commenced by Black public servants who alleged systemic discrimination in hiring and promotions in the public service.
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March 18, 2025
Nova Scotia takes ‘milestone’ step to becoming accessible
Nova Scotia has adopted the first of six accessibility standards in its goal of province-wide accessibility.
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March 18, 2025
New associate at McKenzie Lake Lawyers
Cristina Tomaino has joined McKenzie Lake as an associate lawyer. According to a statement from the firm, Tomaino will be working out of the Guelph, ON., office.
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March 17, 2025
Federal Court allows judicial review, finds temporary foreign worker’s wage reduction was justified
In a case involving a company that reduced a temporary foreign worker’s hourly wage from $30 to $24, the Federal Court has found that a final determination by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) was unreasonable as failure to obtain consent for the reduction was the fault of the department.
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March 14, 2025
SCC extends Charter-guaranteed presumption of innocence to inmate discipline proceedings
Overruling its own 35-year-old precedent while expanding the Charter’s protections for the presumption of innocence into new legal territory, the Supreme Court of Canada split 6-3 to strike down a Saskatchewan regulation that authorized inmate segregation or loss of earned remission to be imposed on those found to have committed a prison disciplinary offence, based only on proof on a “balance of probabilities” standard rather than on the heightened standard of proof “beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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March 14, 2025
Carney Sworn as PM, unveils leaner cabinet including Gary Anandasangaree as Justice Minister
Liberal leader Mark Carney has been sworn in as Prime Minister and unveiled a streamlined 24-member cabinet, which includes many of the ministers on the “front line” of the ongoing trade war with the United States.
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March 14, 2025
Oil and gas emissions cap to cut jobs, GDP by 2032: Parliamentary Budget Officer
The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has released a new report, Impact Assessment of the Oil and Gas Emissions Cap, finding that by 2032, real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada will be reduced by 0.4 per cent and nominal GDP will be reduced by $20.5 billion due to the required reduction in upstream oil and gas sector production levels.
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March 14, 2025
The cost-cutting dilemma: Risks of reducing labour costs
Who predicted a trade war with the United States in 2025? Likely as many as foresaw a global pandemic in 2020. Once again, businesses are caught off guard by unexpected events that threaten the economy. Many are now considering cost-cutting measures, with labour costs often the first target.
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March 14, 2025
Trade war meets health care, long-term disability | Courtney Mulqueen
A trade war between the United States and Canada could well have a trickle-down effect on long-term disability (LTD) claimants.