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August 22, 2025
Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Sean Fraser has tabled the fourth annual progress report on Canada’s implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDRIP), discussing various advancements and areas for improvement.
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August 22, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced today that the Canadian government is removing all of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods specifically covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). The decision will become effective Sept. 1 and matches what the United States has implemented. “In short, Canada and the U.S. have now re-established free trade for the vast majority of our goods,” the prime minister said in a press conference.
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August 21, 2025
Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty and Manitoba Métis Federation president David Chartrand have announced that the federal government has officially recognized the Red River Métis Business Directory as a source for verified Red River Métis businesses.
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August 20, 2025
A proposed settlement of $59 million has been reached in Ontario class actions relating to lockdowns in correctional facilities due to alleged lack of staff, providing each eligible claimant with between $2,000 and $68,000 in compensation if approved.
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August 19, 2025
As Air Canada flight attendants have reached a tentative deal to end their strike, the federal government has announced it is launching consultations regarding unpaid work in the airline sector. Meanwhile, labour unions are calling for an end to the “unconstitutional” section 107 of the Canada Labour Code.
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August 19, 2025
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has denied a stay of proceedings sought by an appellant challenging the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC)’s jurisdiction over privileged communications in a case that it brought against him.
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August 18, 2025
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published its annual “Year in Review” report for 2024-2025, which discusses progress made on the six strategic goals outlined in its 2022-2025 business plan. It noted that a majority of issued alerts related to crypto assets.
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August 15, 2025
Here are my picks for the top stories we’ve published over the last two weeks.
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August 13, 2025
In an Indigenous land claim case that spanned 513 trial dates, the B.C. Supreme Court has found that descendants of the historic Cowichan Nation have a claim to land and right to fish in an area of Richmond, B.C., and on the southern arm of the Fraser River. The province has noted it plans to appeal the decision.
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August 12, 2025
Upon reflection, I realized there is a wonderful opportunity here for the law society to demonstrate its commitment to transparency by simply advising the profession how much this has all cost us. If I had to guess, I would put the global price tag in the seven-figure range. But I shouldn’t have to guess. The fees of the external human resources specialists, private law firms, Mr. O’Connor, the image consultants and the governance reviewer, among others, are paid by us — the licensees. We are entitled to see what we got for that money. And we are entitled to know what we spent.
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August 11, 2025
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by pharmaceutical manufacturer Bayer regarding a subsequent entry version of the drug aflibercept by a competitor that did not cite the appellant’s patent despite being filed first.
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August 11, 2025
As I wrote here in March, Ontario’s Law Society has recently been rocked by the biggest scandal in its existence. The genesis of the controversy was the approval of a massive compensation increase (ultimately worth substantially more than $1 million) to their former CEO by a single signature — that of former treasurer Jacqueline Horvat. I personally find it fascinating that anyone could possibly imagine that was how that worked, when the law society’s bylaws require 10 signatures on any motion a licensee may wish to bring at their AGM.
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August 08, 2025
The British Columbia Supreme Court has certified a class action on behalf of thousands of off-reserve Indigenous children and families affected by what plaintiffs call the “Millennium Scoop,” alleging the ongoing, widespread removal of Indigenous children from their families by the child welfare system.
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August 08, 2025
The federal government ammouced it has begun consultations with Canadian industry, businesses and labour representatives to develop regulations under the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act.
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August 08, 2025
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has quashed a council resolution regarding a strip of road that the appellant sought to get back from the City of Delta. It found the city’s decision to keep the strip was unreasonable due to a lack of reasons.
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August 08, 2025
Nova Scotia’s law society is using a new guidebook to warn members against becoming over-reliant on artificial intelligence in their practices — and urging them to heed instances where lawyers ended up in hot water over its misuse.
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August 08, 2025
The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) has issued a public expression of concern regarding Federal Court Justice Negar Azmudeh for failing to disclose an ongoing workplace harassment investigation during her judicial application process.
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August 08, 2025
In response to the seismic shift in how news is consumed and distributed in Canada and elsewhere in the world, Canadian policymakers embarked on a journey to try to rebalance the power dynamics between tech giants and domestic news outlets. With ubiquitous use of smartphones, audiences began accessing news online rather than through traditional print and broadcast channels.
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August 05, 2025
A review panel of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) has issued a public reprimand to Justice Andrew J. Goodman of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for his failure to promptly correct a significant sentencing error, concluding that his 14-month delay in addressing the mistake constituted “injudicious conduct” that undermined public confidence in the administration of justice.
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August 07, 2025
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has decreased children’s aid societies’ costs request by 40 per cent due to public interest concerns relating to a proposed class action against them for the discriminatory act of birth alerts.
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August 07, 2025
In a private employment dispute, the Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed leave to intervene to only one of two proposed interveners as a friend of the court. The court found there would be unfairness if both were granted leave, despite both being well-placed to address public policy issues.
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August 05, 2025
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed appeals in a case related to a provincial regulation banning mink farming, finding the order in council was not ultra vires even if it was influenced by interest groups.
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August 05, 2025
A report from a group of academics in British Columbia is recommending the province take steps to strengthen public legal education. The “Flourishing” report, which was prepared as part of the public legal education and information (PLEI) sectoral planning project at the University of British Columbia (UBC) school of law, says there is a wide array of high-quality, easily accessible, clearly written legal information available in B.C., which the authors call the “public legal education and information ecosystem.”
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August 05, 2025
In an era where artificial intelligence is reshaping every field and industry, transformative advancements are sweeping through the realms of law and music, challenging long-held traditions and unlocking new possibilities.
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August 01, 2025
Here are my picks for the top stories we’ve published over the last two weeks.