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March 12, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court’s decision in Cross v. Cooling Tower Maintenance Inc., 2025 ONSC 7203 is a useful reminder that settlement agreements must be drafted with care, especially where salary continuance, mitigation obligations and repayment provisions are involved. If counsel intend a breach to trigger serious consequences, those consequences must be set out clearly. Courts will enforce the agreement the parties made, not the one that one side later wishes it had drafted.
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March 11, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court has certified a nationwide class action concerning allegations that Johnson & Johnson’s talc-based baby powder increased the risk of ovarian cancer and was marketed without adequate warnings.
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March 11, 2026
The federal government is extending temporary special measures under the employment insurance work-sharing program until March 31, 2027, from March 6, 2026, to help employers facing unexpected slowdowns avoid layoffs and maintain stability for their workers.
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March 11, 2026
In Pandher v. Dhanesar, 2026 BCCA 63, the British Columbia Court of Appeal allowed an appeal, finding that the trial judge incorrectly applied the legal principles governing contractual interpretation and the duty of good faith in assessing the exercise of contractual discretion.
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March 11, 2026
In Comeau v. Valcom Consulting Ltd., 2025 NBKB 253, the Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick held that an employer’s attempt to unilaterally introduce new, more restrictive terms of employment in relation to a long-term employee who had worked under a series of fixed-term employment agreements constituted a constructive dismissal.
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March 11, 2026
Early in my career, I noticed a pattern I could not ignore. I would build rapport with clients, earn their trust and then watch everything fall apart the moment the invoice was sent. They were not upset with me personally, even though sometimes it felt that way. They were blindsided by a system that charged them in a way they found unfair. Even worse, I would get penalized if I found strategies to be fast and efficient to make it more fair.
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March 10, 2026
Manitoba will soon be the first province in Canada requiring employers to provide free menstrual products to their employees.
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March 10, 2026
Foreign motor carriers delivering freight into Canada operate within a tightly regulated framework that governs both the use of their equipment and the activities of their drivers while in Canada. Canadian cabotage and immigration rules are designed to protect the domestic transportation market while allowing international trade to function efficiently.
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March 10, 2026
When an insurance company agrees to cover damages caused by a careless driver, it is natural for them to limit the driver’s accountability and reduce their overall exposure.
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March 09, 2026
This article was updated to accommodate new information.
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March 09, 2026
At the Paralegal TownHall, we have always believed that the legal profession is strengthened when people are given a platform to share their knowledge, experiences and perspectives openly. Our community was built around the idea that conversation, collaboration and shared insight move a profession forward.
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March 06, 2026
In a Charter s. 15(1) equality rights milestone, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Quebec’s exclusion of refugee claimants from eligibility for subsidized childcare in the province unconstitutionally discriminates against women based on their sex.
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March 06, 2026
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released the findings of an investigation into Loblaw Companies Ltd.’s PC Optimum loyalty program, finding that Loblaw had contravened Principle 4.5.3 and 4.10 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
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March 05, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld an order requiring a law firm to return more than $1.7 million from a damages award to its former client, ruling that the firm’s contingency fee agreement did not entitle it to share in a $3.52-million award secured on appeal after the client retained new counsel.
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March 05, 2026
A rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape marked by, as Mark Carney argues, the erosion of the international rules‑based order and intensifying technological competition has driven a fundamental reassessment of national security and defence policy in Canada. The federal government recently released Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS), a potentially transformative economic framework designed to strengthen national sovereignty and catalyze industrial growth.
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March 04, 2026
The Federal Court has ordered the disclosure of the identities of certain subcontractors recruited by a consulting firm to perform work under a federal contract, holding that the information was not exempt under the Access to Information Act (AITA) because their connection to the work was publicly discernible.
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March 04, 2026
On Nov. 4, 2025, the federal government released the 2025 federal budget and Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025, which proposes significant amendments to reform and modernize Canada’s transfer pricing rules (the amendments).
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March 04, 2026
The news is full of stories about foreign nationals running into problems with the agencies that are tasked with immigration enforcement, issuing immigration benefits and border concerns. While there have been some changes to the priorities and the policies utilized by these agencies, the recommendations about how to maintain status, avoid apprehension and demonstrate legal status if apprehended have largely not changed.
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March 03, 2026
On Nov. 19, 2025, the Organization for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD) released updates to the Model Tax Convention and its commentary, introducing an express analytical framework for assessing when a remote employee’s home office may constitute a “permanent establishment” (PE) of their employer in another jurisdiction. These changes are particularly relevant for organizations with cross-border remote or hybrid work arrangements.
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March 02, 2026
The Competition Bureau announced on March 2 that Canada’s pre-merger notification threshold will remain at $93 million in 2026, following the requisite annual review and decision by Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly.
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March 02, 2026
Canada’s population won’t grow this year under the federal government’s current immigration levels plan, but the number of temporary residents in Canada remains at historically high levels, according to the latest analysis by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), which provides independent economic and financial analysis to Parliament.
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March 02, 2026
As Jews around the world mark Purim this March, roughly 2,800 years after the events it commemorates, it is worth asking whether the political lesson many Jews draw from the story still holds. The uncomfortable answer is that it does not.
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March 02, 2026
Ottawa says more than 85,000 Canadians have registered their presence in the Middle East with the Department of Foreign Affairs, urging those still in Iran to “shelter in place.”
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March 02, 2026
In early 2026, as Iran experienced widespread unrest amid economic collapse and inflation (exacerbated by the recent bombings by the U.S. and Isreal), Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, outlined a comprehensive vision for a post-Islamic Republic “New Iran.”
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March 02, 2026
Property owners in Toronto and across Ontario face a number of important developments in 2026 that may impact their tax obligations. This bulletin outlines the City of Toronto’s proposed tax rate adjustments, notes important deadlines for tax relief applications and provides guidance on managing Ontario’s property tax obligations in the coming year.