Business
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November 06, 2025
Biometric identities and the invisible person: The fight for ‘facial privacy’ in Canada
When you walk down a city street today, cameras are quietly watching, capturing and, in some cases, analyzing the smallest details of your face. This, in essence, is the new frontier of identity: the age of biometric recognition.
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November 06, 2025
Avoiding contract limbo: Lessons from Caivan v. Logoteta on termination and repudiation
In commercial practice, broken deals are not always formally terminated. Under Canadian contract law, a contract in abeyance does not die on its own. Unless termination is clearly carried out, the agreement may remain in force, carrying all attendant obligations and risks.
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November 05, 2025
Manitoba introduces legislation to provide ‘business-friendly’ tax exemptions
The Government of Manitoba has introduced legislation that will “enhance the province’s tax exemptions for investment, making them more competitive and business-friendly.”
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November 05, 2025
New federal immigration levels plan cuts targets for permanent & new temporary resident admissions
Ottawa’s three-year plan to reduce immigration to “sustainable” levels includes new “one-time” initiatives to “recognize eligible Protected Persons in Canada as permanent residents over the next two years” and to “accelerate the transition of up to 33,000 work permit holders to permanent residency in 2026 and 2027.”
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November 05, 2025
Miller Thomson adds Graham King as partner in corporate group
Graham King has joined Miller Thomson’s Toronto office as a partner in its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities group, effective Nov. 3.
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November 05, 2025
Proposed settlement of $4M reached in data breach class action
A proposed settlement of over $4 million has been reached in a class action alleging that class members, who were customers of the password management site LastPass, were affected in a data security breach reported by the company in August 2022.
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November 05, 2025
Alberta’s digital awakening: Reclaiming trust in the age of data, part two
When Alberta ushered in its Access to Information Act (ATIA) and Protection of Privacy Act (POPA) on June 11, it wasn’t just swapping one set of bureaucratic tools for another. It was embarking on a quiet revolution; a statement that the province intends to govern not only with efficiency, but with empathy in an age where information is power.
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November 05, 2025
Arbitration appeals: Why ‘final’ might be the last word
The principle of finality in arbitration is not merely aspirational. The Ontario Superior Court’s decision in 2501373 Ontario Inc. v. Selfe, 2025 ONSC 5216 confirms that, in Ontario, using the phrase “final and binding” in an arbitration clause may foreclose appellate review, even on questions of law. Where appeals are available on legal questions but leave is required, the would-be appellant must identify an extricable question of law — and courts do not readily extract legal issues from arbitral findings.
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November 05, 2025
Canada’s 2026-2028 Immigration Levels Plan: Sharp temporary cuts, permanent stability
This article has been updated by removing irrelevant information.
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November 04, 2025
Budget 2025 features tax measures on critical minerals, automatic tax filing and anti-avoidance
The federal budget introduced in the Commons on Nov. 4, 2025, by Finance and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne contains a host of measures that will impact lawyers’ practices, Canadian businesses and individual taxpayers.