Insurance
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December 12, 2024
PBO releases overview of Ottawa's national housing strategy, cites challenges with certain information
The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has released a report on federal government's spending this year on its national housing strategy, noting that the government is projecting how much housing it will provide but not how many people will be in need.
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December 12, 2024
Drivers beware: Upcoming changes to car insurance in Ontario
On Oct. 16, 2024, the Ontario Government confirmed an amendment to the Insurance Act, and, more specifically, to Ontario Regulation 34/10: Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (the SABS).
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December 11, 2024
Deemed trust amendment shields fresh produce sellers, helps exporters, says industry
Canada's $13 billion fresh produce industry is welcoming an amendment to federal insolvency laws establishing a deemed trust financial protection mechanism for fresh produce sellers.
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December 10, 2024
Feds doubling loan limit to build secondary suites in homes, increasing 30-year amortizations
The federal government has announced that it will double the loan limit under the Canada Secondary Suite Loan Program to $80,000, launching the program in early 2025. This was said to “make it easier for homeowners to convert an unused basement into a rental apartment or a garage into a laneway home” to increase density in communities.
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December 06, 2024
No Charter breach when police warrantlessly searched text messages in ‘exigent circumstances’: SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed 6-3 an Ontario man’s appeal of his drug trafficking convictions, holding that his Charter rights were not breached because “exigent circumstances” justified police, without a warrant, using a cellphone they seized from a drug dealer to impersonate that dealer and continue his texting with the accused to arrange what police suspected to be a purchase of fentanyl-laced heroin.
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December 04, 2024
Household debt, cyber vulnerabilities main threats to financial stability, say market participants
Over half of investment dealers and portfolio managers are concerned about the stability of the Canadian financial system, according to a survey by Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) with household debt, cyber vulnerabilities, the geopolitical environment and the housing crisis being top concerns.
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December 04, 2024
Ottawa splits off controversial anti-hate provisions from online harms bill
The federal government is hiving off controversial anti-hate provisions from its proposed online harms legislation, in the hopes of being able to enact more speedily other provisions in Bill C-63 that aim to protect children online.
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December 04, 2024
Ontario private member's bill aimed at regulating captive wildlife and zoos
An Ottawa-area MPP has introduced a new private member's bill aimed at addressing the lack of provincial oversight for captive wildlife. The Captive Wildlife Protection Act, 2024 was said to be brought for the purpose of improving animal welfare and public safety, citing dangers posed by “roadside zoos.”
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December 04, 2024
Alberta court rejects three injunctions, grants one in restrictive covenants dispute
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has denied injunction applications brought by a group benefits provider against a former executive, finding that there was no serious issue to be tried with the employee’s alleged breach of certain restrictive covenants.
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December 03, 2024
Removal of right to sue in Ontario bike lane legislation leads to ‘slippery slope’ concerns: lawyers
Municipal politicians and cyclists have expressed strong opposition to Ontario’s recently passed law permitting the removal of bike lanes in Toronto and other cities, but members of the personal injury bar are raising concerns about limitations in the legislation on the ability to sue for people who may become injured or die as a result of the lanes being taken out — which they say could lead to a “slippery slope” of such provisions being included in other legislation.