June 29, 2026
Premiers from Canada’s territories are calling on the federal government to invest in infrastructure and workforce development to build a “strong and resilient North” in the face of global economic uncertainty.
June 29, 2026
The voluntary nature of King Charles’s tax payments has already attracted misuse by tax protesters, who argue by analogy that if taxation is voluntary for the monarch, it must be voluntary for all. This argument has no validity under Canadian law. It is, however, only the latest iteration of a broader family of pseudolegal commercial arguments that Canadian courts have been rejecting for decades.
June 29, 2026
The federal government has pre-published proposed regulations to combat consumer-targeted fraud for public consultation. The new regulations are intended to operationalize amendments to the Bank Act through Bill C-15.
June 29, 2026
Canada is the only G7 country without a dedicated domestic launch capability — for now. The federal government’s proposed “space age” legislation, Bill C-28, the Canadian Space Launch Act, would, if passed, create Canada’s first dedicated legal framework for spacecraft launch and re-entry on Canadian soil and better position Canada to become a leader in the global commercial space economy.
June 29, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Heather Evans as commissioner of revenue, effective July 13, 2026.
June 29, 2026
Atlantic Canada’s McInnes Cooper is expanding into Ontario with the acquisition of Toronto-based corporate immigration firm Kranc Associates, the firm says.
June 29, 2026
Dickinson Wright has added Osie Ukwuoma to its Toronto office as a partner.
June 29, 2026
In July 1868, when the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment was adopted into the Constitution of the United States, it declared: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” While initially incorporated into the Constitution to overturn the Scott v. Sandford, 1856 U.S. LEXIS 472 decision and guarantee citizenship to formerly enslaved individuals, the Citizenship Clause has since become the foundation of birthright citizenship in the United States.
June 29, 2026
When Canadians celebrated their national team’s dramatic 1-0 victory over South Africa in the Round of 32 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, few were thinking about insurance law. They were celebrating a historic football achievement: a place in the Round of 16, secured by Stephen Eustáquio’s stoppage-time goal and a resilient performance from Jesse Marsch’s squad. Canada’s victory marked one of the country’s greatest sporting moments and set up a Round of 16 meeting with either Morocco or the Netherlands.
June 29, 2026
Many non-Indigenous Canadians are unaware that within the Indigenous community, many are dissatisfied with their leadership. Some are so jaded that they suspect their leaders are corrupt. This unacknowledged tension may be at the heart of a charge laid against Eddy Walter Cliffe, otherwise known as Hə' Yəł' Kən. He appealed a 21-month jail sentence imposed after he pleaded guilty to arson causing damage to property.