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Ford kills Greenbelt development plans as integrity commissioner declines ethics investigation
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has backtracked on a plan to open development on the protected Greenbelt lands, the same day the provincial integrity commissioner declined to launch a full ethics investigation against him over the attendance of developers at events surrounding his daughter’s wedding.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has backtracked on a plan to open development on the protected Greenbelt lands, the same day the provincial integrity commissioner declined to launch a full ethics investigation against him over the attendance of developers at events surrounding his daughter’s wedding.

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 4:39 PM

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has reversed a controversial decision to allow development on the protected Greenbelt, the same day a report from the province’s integrity commissioner ruled there are “insufficient grounds” for him to enter into a full investigation as to whether Ford had breached provincial ethics rules over events surrounding his daughter’s wedding. ... [read more]

Feds to scrap ‘efficiency’ defence to anti-competitive mergers, expand Competition Bureau power Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 5:04 PM

The Trudeau government has moved to scrap the controversial “efficiencies” defence to anti-competitive mergers as part of a new package of proposed legislative measures that would remove the GST from new purpose-built rental housing, while expanding the Competition Bureau’s powers to investigate and compel information and enabling the government to direct that the anti-monopoly watchdog inquire into the state of competition in particular industries. ... [read more]

Tax changes prevented creation of over 12K new businesses since 2015: report

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 3:42 PM

A recent report released by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), an organization focusing on public policy reforms based on market economic principles, claims that income tax increases since 2015 have prevented the creation of thousands of potential businesses. ... [read more]

Federal Court overturns decision expunging product from trademark registration citing new evidence

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 3:22 PM

The Federal Court has allowed an appeal of a decision expunging a product from a trademark registration, finding that new evidence showed the trademark was in use for the product in the period relevant to a request for evidence by the registrar of trademarks. ... [read more]

Alberta court allows appeal of class action concerning sexual assault in youth detention centre

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 2:36 PM

The Alberta Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal for a class action certification that was denied by the case management judge in an alleged sexual assault case, finding that common issues could be resolved despite individualized concerns. ... [read more]

Federal law ‘prohibits the most exploitive aspects of the sex trade’: Ontario judge

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 1:53 PM

An Ontario judge has rejected a constitutional challenge of Canada’s criminal prohibitions on sex work, but an alliance representing sex workers is pledging to take the issue all the way to the Supreme Court. ... [read more]

Court: Amazon justified in denying user access to personal information over verification concerns

Thursday, September 21, 2023 @ 12:18 PM

The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that Amazon did not violate the privacy rights of a user by denying her access to her personal information as it was not able to verify her identity. ... [read more]