Thursday, April 10, 2025 @ 4:54 PM
Bar organizations are warning Ottawa that a new administrative monetary penalty regime to be applied to legal professionals — featuring penalties of up to $1.5 million for immigration and refugee lawyers determined by federal officials to have participated in clients’ misrepresentations — will be constitutionally challenged if lawyers are not exempted from the proposed regulations, which are expected to come into force later this year. ... [read more]
Friday, April 11, 2025 @ 5:17 PM
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has clarified that its jurisdiction over labour arbitration decisions is strictly limited to matters of general law entirely unrelated to labour relations, collective agreements or fact-based determinations tied to workplace disputes. ... [read more]
Friday, April 11, 2025 @ 5:04 PM
McGill University is facing a proposed class action over allegations that it failed to protect its Jewish students from discrimination and harassment during campus protests related to the conflict in Gaza. ... [read more]
Friday, April 11, 2025 @ 4:01 PM
Barely two months after the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear a challenge to Quebec’s controversial secularism law, widely known as Bill 21, the Quebec government tabled a contentious bill that will tighten secularism rules, extending the province’s ban on the wearing of religious symbols to support staff, including volunteers, in schools. ... [read more]
Friday, April 11, 2025 @ 3:01 PM
Nova Scotia has partnered with a legal resource provider to develop a free app aimed at making it easier to name a power of attorney. ... [read more]
