In-House Counsel
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December 03, 2024
Ontario to regulate immigration consulting: Case for stronger oversight | Colin R. Singer
Ontario has announced plans to introduce legislation to regulate immigration consulting, aiming to protect newcomers from fraud and exploitation. As the province with 43 per cent of Canada’s newcomers — projected to reach 173,000 in 2025 across all permanent immigration programs — Ontario will become the third province, alongside Quebec and Saskatchewan, to regulate immigration consulting. This comes amid a growing number of reported cases of alleged fraud under federal programs being committed by immigration consultants.
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December 02, 2024
Transport Canada faces possible class action over alleged water contamination in Newfoundland town
A proposed class action against Transport Canada has been filed in the Federal Court concerning microplastic forever chemicals found in the drinking water of a Newfoundland and Labrador community.
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December 02, 2024
Federal Court dismisses beekeepers’ class action over U.S. bee package import prohibition
The Federal Court has dismissed a class action brought by commercial beekeepers over Canada’s alleged negligence in prohibiting imports of live honeybee packages from the continental United States after 2006.
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December 02, 2024
Ottawa lists Houthis as terrorist entity under Criminal Code
The federal government has listed “Ansarallah,” commonly known as the Houthis, as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code.
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November 29, 2024
SCC rules B.C. law allowing multi-Crown class action to recover opioid-related costs is valid
In a groundbreaking judgment that confirms that multi-governmental class actions that reach across provincial and territorial boundaries are possible under Canada’s constitutional structure, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled provinces have the constitutional competence to enact multi-Crown class action legislation.
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November 29, 2024
Canadian news publishers sue OpenAI over alleged copyright infringement
A group of Canadian news publishers that includes Torstar, Postmedia, the Globe and Mail, The Canadian Press and CBC/Radio-Canada has filed a lawsuit against tech firm OpenAI, alleging that the company illegally used their news content to train its AI-based generative model, ChatGPT.
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November 29, 2024
Grupo Bimbo targets Maple Leaf Foods in $2B action over Canada Bread acquisition
Grupo Bimbo, the Mexico-based owner of Canada Bread Co. Ltd., has filed a $2 billion claim against Maple Leaf Foods for alleged fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation during the process of selling Canada Bread to the plaintiff, or restitution for unjust enrichment, in connection with a long-running controversy over alleged bread price-fixing.
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November 29, 2024
Federal Court certifies class action over alleged illegal interceptions of prisoner communications
The Federal Court has certified a class action against the government over allegations that the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) illegally intercepted private communications of incarcerated people, including those protected by solicitor-client privilege.
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November 29, 2024
LSO addresses new working groups, information on confidentiality of investigations
Ontario’s law society used its November Convocation to unveil a new working group focusing on the “long-term future” of the province’s paralegals and to codify rules around the confidentiality of information gathered in tribunal investigations.
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November 28, 2024
B.C., other defendants agree to pay $4.5M to settle 2013 Lemon Creek fuel spill class actions
Class actions related to a 2013 fuel spill in the Slocan Valley in British Columbia's West Kootenays region are nearing resolution with an agreement by the B.C. government and other defendants to pay $4.5 million to settle all related claims.