Law360 Canada

SCC’s packed winter session features momentous appeal on Charter s. 33 override provision

The Supreme Court of Canada’s winter docket presents a landmark appeal for determination by the justices, seen here in their new (2025) ceremonial robes: l to r, 1st row,: Malcolm Rowe, Andromache Karakatsanis, Richard Wagner (chief justice), Suzanne Côté, and Sheilah Martin; l to r, 2nd row: Michelle O’Bonsawin, Nicholas Kasirer, Mahmud Jamal, and Mary Moreau.

Friday, January 16, 2026 @ 5:54 PM

Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2026 @ 9:14 AM

The Supreme Court of Canada began hearings in its very busy winter session this week, which features a potentially watershed constitutional appeal and the surprise announcement that Justice Sheilah Martin, the court’s senior western judge, will retire next spring. ... [read more]

B.C. Appeal Court upholds tax on foreign real estate buyers

Monday, January 19, 2026 @ 9:57 AM

B.C.’s top court has ruled the province’s so-called “foreign buyer’s tax” for certain real estate sales is payable on the whole transaction when any transferee is a foreign entity or taxable trustee. ... [read more]

Court allows appeal in case of $3M penalty for undisclosed fee relating to mortgage

Friday, January 16, 2026 @ 5:48 PM

The Federal Court has allowed an appeal in a case where a financial institution was fined millions for two violations relating to fee disclosure in a mortgage agreement. ... [read more]

N.B. opening anti-racism office, launching website

Friday, January 16, 2026 @ 4:19 PM

New Brunswick’s Liberal government is opening an anti-racism office to promote “equity and inclusion” in the province — and is now stating it has completed a little more than half the recommendations made in a commissioner’s report on the prevalence of systemic racism. ... [read more]

Privacy commissioner investigates social media company due to reports of sexualized deepfake images

Friday, January 16, 2026 @ 3:35 PM

Canada’s privacy commissioner is expanding a current investigation into X Corp., the company that operates social media platform X, after reports that the platform’s chatbot is “being used to create explicit images of individuals without their consent.” ... [read more]