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October 29, 2026
Part one of this series (see below for link) set out how a third party creates a federal tax liability in a taxpayer’s name and why recovery proceeds administratively against the provisions described there.
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October 29, 2026
Appeal by appellant from convictions for assault, assault with a weapon and two counts of sexual assault. The offences involved his spouse, the complainant, and occurred after their marriage deteriorated.
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October 29, 2026
Appeal by Minister of National Revenue (Minister) from decision refusing an order compelling Zeifmans to comply with a requirement issued under the Income Tax Act.
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October 29, 2026
Five months ago, in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia, 2026 SCC 16, the Supreme Court of Canada recognized a new tort of intimate partner violence (IPV). Since then, family lawyers across Canada have been adding damages claims to their pleadings and learning to think like personal injury lawyers.
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October 29, 2026
Let’s face it folks. Our legal system caters to the rich and, on occasion, the middle class. Most of society cannot afford good lawyers and are on their own navigating our legal system. There is a simple reason for this. Lawyers like to earn good money. It is impossible to do that serving clients who cannot afford to pay hundreds — or thousands — of dollars an hour.
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October 28, 2026
Ontario has announced that it is providing an $8-billion provincial tax relief measure over the next five years to lower the cost of business investment and permanently allowing businesses to immediately write off 100 per cent of the value of various assets.
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October 28, 2026
The Competition Bureau has found that a proposed arrangement between Air Canada and United Airlines would likely harm competition on 10 routes between Canada and the U.S., resulting in millions of dollars of harm to travellers.
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October 28, 2026
As I entered the Law Society of Ontario’s Convocation Hall for the 12th Annual International Wrongful Conviction Day evening program, I was immediately struck by its grandeur. The polished wooden floors, towering bookshelves lined with legal texts and magnificent glass windows seemed to embody the prestige of the legal profession. I even caught myself wondering whether pushing on one of the books might reveal a secret passageway.
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October 28, 2026
Kerri Lui has joined Torys as a corporate partner in its Toronto office, where she will work closely with the firm’s infrastructure and energy group.
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October 28, 2026
Shalomi Abraham has joined Osler as a partner in its corporate group and investment funds practice in Toronto.
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October 28, 2026
Thomas Dussault has joined Bélanger Sauvé as a lawyer in Montreal after completing his bar school internship earlier this year.
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October 28, 2026
Starting Nov. 3, an Express Entry candidate can earn up to 100 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points for a qualifying job offer in a high-wage occupation, and the offer no longer needs a labour market impact assessment (LMIA).
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October 28, 2026
In a case involving bankruptcy proceedings, the Ontario Court of Appeal held that the law firm representing the insolvency trustee was in a “conflict of interest” because it had previously acted for the bankrupt and later took a position adverse to him in the same proceedings.
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October 28, 2026
Third-party contribution and indemnity claims against lawyers is a hot topic of contention among the professional liability bar because of the existence of two lines of authority that are used by courts to determine whether such a claim is allowed to proceed or is dismissed on the basis that it discloses no reasonable cause of action.
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October 28, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions of a man found guilty of sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching, ruling that the trial judge improperly discounted significant inconsistencies in a child complainant’s testimony by attributing them to her age.
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October 28, 2026
Appeal by Harvard Properties Inc. (Harvard) from the Tax Court judgment dismissing its appeal from an assessment under s. 160 of the Income Tax Act (Act), and cross-appeal by the Minister from the identification of the tax debtor.
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October 28, 2026
Appeal by Stewart from order varying a consent final order by ordering equal parenting time and giving Richardson final decision-making authority for the parties’ then seven-year-old child; preliminary application by Richardson to dismiss the appeal for Stewart’s non-compliance with court orders; and application by Stewart to adduce fresh and new evidence.
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October 27, 2026
The federal Liberal government has introduced promised Criminal Code amendments to legalize medical assistance in dying (in specified circumstances) for legally incompetent persons who validly make advance requests for MAID while they are still competent. On Oct. 27, federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser introduced Bill C-41, the proposed MAID Safeguards Act, that would decriminalize the actions of doctors and nurse practitioners who carry out advance requests for MAID, provided that these medical practitioners have complied with specific safeguards and conditions, including requirements put in place by the applicable province or territory.
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October 27, 2026
WeirFoulds LLP has announced that Philip Cho, a partner and chair of the firm’s insolvency and restructuring practice group, has been named a recipient of the Civil Merit Medal at the 20th World Korean Day Government Awards, recognizing his contributions to Korean communities outside South Korea.
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October 27, 2026
Oct. 27 marks Duty Counsel Day, a nationwide initiative led by the Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada. The day is observed to “recognize the essential role duty counsel lawyers play in helping people navigate the justice system and access legal support when they need it most.”
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October 27, 2026
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a boarding school to pay a teacher $114,322 in compensation, finding his dismissal partly over Facebook posts criticizing Israel, including an exchange invoking Nazi medical experiments, constituted discrimination based on political belief.
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October 27, 2026
The Federal Court has allowed a judicial review of an immigration application denial in a case where documents were sent to the wrong departmental email multiple times.
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October 27, 2026
The Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) says it is looking forward to working with the province’s newly elected Conservative government after years of conflict with the previous NDP administration.
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October 27, 2026
In minimum security, I lived for a few months with two men with life sentences for murder, another who had sold fentanyl and another convicted of drug smuggling. These are serious crimes. Yet I found these men to be easy to live with, reasonable to get along with, good housemates. I never felt a moment of fear or anxiety with any of them.
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October 27, 2026
Where a tax debt was created by somebody else, through identity theft, coercive control (such as sex trafficking or human trafficking) or an unauthorized filing, the CRA’s ordinary dispute architecture does not work. The assessment is valid, the objection period has usually run out, the client’s own account is the weakest evidence available, and the money is already leaving her account every month. It is worth noting that 70 per cent of human trafficking victims are women and girls.