September 17, 2026
The federal government has announced that the first arrangements involving foreign principals were made available earlier this week through the public registry of foreign influence activities.
September 17, 2026
Those in New Brunswick’s residential tenancies sector are concerned about a lack of clarity in the rules around rent increases, evictions, repairs and dispute resolution, according to a new survey.
September 17, 2026
Pollyanna Lord has joined Cox & Palmer’s Halifax office as counsel.
September 17, 2026
Mathews Dinsdale has added Angela Shi and Rand Al-Rawi in Toronto and Pooja McArthur in Victoria.
September 17, 2026
Justice Audrey Boctor has been appointed a puisne judge of the Court of Appeal of Quebec in Montreal.
September 17, 2026
Informed by her experience fleeing civil war in Somalia as a child, Mariam Moktar, the new president of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA), says she wants to help lawyers find certainty, clarity and comfort as they navigate rapid change in the profession.
September 17, 2026
The hardest employment mediations I run are rarely hard because the law is complicated. They are hard because one side, sometimes both, arrives committed to a position the law no longer supports. Once a client has been told its case is strong, it is difficult to accept a different assessment later, even after an appellate court has shifted the ground.
September 17, 2026
There was a time when a family law client needed a parenting schedule, support or the sale of the home, so you typed out a notice of motion and an affidavit. Your client swore it was true. You filed it. A judge read it, heard argument, and it all was sorted out before lunch.
September 17, 2026
It currently takes Ottawa up to 33 months to print a single piece of paper confirming what Canadian law already dictates: that nearly 140,000 “Lost Canadians” are rightful citizens. Yet, as the federal government prepares its 2027 immigration levels, voices are already urging a return to high discretionary quotas. Ottawa must ignore them. Before reopening the economic immigration taps, the government must freeze new intake and redirect its bureaucracy to clear a staggering, self-inflicted crisis under Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025).
September 17, 2026
For justice to exist alongside AI governance, we must adopt a sociotechnical approach instead of a purely technical approach to safeguard rights. This requires maintaining the justice system, including courts and other legal institutions, at the core of the sociotechnical system, revealing how language shapes law and governance, and how power, authority and control over AI remain subject to human responsibility.