Solicitor-client-privileged advice not a registerable ‘foreign influence activity’: commissioner
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the ‘strong leadership’ of Anton Boegman, the new foreign influence transparency commissioner, ‘will help Canadians to better understand how foreign influence works and strengthen public confidence in our democratic and electoral institutions and processes.’
Wednesday, August 05, 2026 @ 3:43 PM
Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner Anton Boegman has issued guidance about when “licensed legal professionals” are required to register their work for foreign principals as “influence activities” in the new public foreign influence registry. The new commissioner issued five interpretation bulletins — including one specifically for lawyers — to give guidance on how to comply with the obligations under the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (FITAA) and its regulations, which came into force Aug. 4. ... [read more]
Court certifies class action against McGill over alleged campus antisemitism
Thursday, August 06, 2026 @ 5:32 PM
The Quebec Superior Court authorized a class action on Tuesday against McGill University, brought on behalf of all registered Jewish students from Oct. 8, 2023. On Wednesday, the federal government released its report on antisemitism on university campuses. ... [read more]
Top court to hear appeal from Charter invalidation of Alberta law society oath of allegiance
Thursday, August 06, 2026 @ 5:29 PM
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from a judgment that the Alberta law society requirement to swear allegiance to the monarch violated a Sikh man’s Charter-protected religious freedom. ... [read more]
Court upholds dismissal of CUPW defamation action over comments that it supports Hamas
Thursday, August 06, 2026 @ 4:30 PM
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a defamation action brought by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) over comments suggesting it supported terrorism and Hamas, finding that the defence of fair comment applied even though the statements were defamatory and substantially untrue. ... [read more]
Federal Court declines to order transgender ‘dangerous offender’ moved to women’s prison
Thursday, August 06, 2026 @ 4:08 PM
Most transgender women in federal correctional institutions are incarcerated in prisons for men, the Federal Court heard in a recent review of the penitentiary system’s refusal to move a transgender inmate to a women’s prison. The inmate fears for her safety in the maximum-security men’s prison where she is incarcerated. ... [read more]