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November 04, 2026
November is Financial Literacy Month in Canada. A time to build knowledge, skills and confidence so people can make smart, responsible choices with their money. But for the thousands of Canadians navigating separation and divorce each year, that may not be the case.
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November 04, 2026
In part one of this three-part series, I wrote about young lawyers who think it makes sense to do residential real estate to generate cash flow when they launch a new legal practice, with a view to ultimately developing a practice in a different area of law.
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November 04, 2026
Appeal by Rashid from his conviction for second-degree murder. At trial, there was little doubt Rashid stabbed Gabriel. There was also little doubt he was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the offence.
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November 04, 2026
We tend to assume people are sent to solitary confinement because of what they did — defying guards, exhibiting violent behaviour or posing a serious threat. In B.C.’s provincial jails, the reality is far more bureaucratic: staff hold broad discretion to isolate an individual for 22 or more hours a day with no meaningful human contact. By law, the limit is 15 consecutive days. In practice, staff regularly reset the clock, turning a measure meant as a last resort into the first and only option.
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November 03, 2026
The B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) has rejected social media platform X’s bid to recover about $119,000 in costs from a woman whose intimate image remains accessible to X users outside Canada after X chose to geofence it rather than delete it as ordered.
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November 03, 2026
Gabrielle Baracat has returned to McCarthy Tétrault as CMPA (Canadian Medical Protective Association) counsel in its litigation and dispute resolution group in Montreal.
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November 03, 2026
Andrew Elbaz has joined DLA Piper as a partner in its corporate practice in Toronto.
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November 03, 2026
Part one of this series set out the current baseline of the Canada Revenue Agency’s information-gathering powers under ss. 231.1 and 231.2 of the Income Tax Act, and the two judicial limits that frame them: Canada (National Revenue) v. Cameco Corporation, 2019 FCA 67 on oral questioning, and Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec, 2016 SCC 20 on solicitor-client privilege.
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November 03, 2026
The recent Canada Investment Summit generated significant discussion about Canada’s ability to attract new investment and support long-term economic growth. For foreign companies and investors evaluating opportunities in Canada, tax planning is not merely a compliance matter. It can affect deal economics, financing flexibility, cash repatriation, treaty access and exit value.
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November 03, 2026
Saskatchewan has tabled legislation to strengthen safety measures for police and other first responders exposed to someone’s “bodily substances.” On Oct. 29, the province announced proposed amendments to its Mandatory Testing and Disclosure (Bodily Substances) Act, which would “provide quicker access to testing orders and results, and promote compliance with testing orders” brought against the “source” of the bodily substance.
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November 03, 2026
A group of more than 100 impact assessment experts is calling on the federal government to withdraw its proposed Building Canada Strong Act, warning it would have “devastating impacts for nature, climate and the well-being of Canadians” if enacted.
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November 03, 2026
Secretary of State for International Development Randeep Sarai has announced the appointment of Bob Rae as chair of the board of governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
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November 03, 2026
The revelations in Toronto Star courts and justice reporter Jacques Gallant’s investigation into prolonged psychiatric seclusion at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care in Penetanguishene raise questions Ontario legislators can no longer afford to ignore.
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November 03, 2026
In estate litigation, clients often come with a sense of urgency seeking to collect relevant information, documentation and assets. They might need to see a copy of a will that is being withheld unjustifiably. They may suspect that a once joint investment account is being drained by a nefarious sibling. Ultimately, they want to know about and have access to absolutely everything to understand the scale of the estate and to ensure that it does not slip away. There are court orders that can assist with that.
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November 03, 2026
On Nov. 2, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada told the Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs that targeted amendments to Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act, 2026, would help balance law enforcement and national security needs with Canadians’ fundamental right to privacy.
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November 03, 2026
New regulations under the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act came into force on Nov. 3, introducing changes that “streamline the asylum process by introducing a single online application process for all claims, whether made inland or at a port of entry.”
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November 03, 2026
Our firm, Strategic Criminal Defence, has filed an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC). As lead counsel, I am asking the court to decide whether police can still demand a breath sample to support a provincial administrative penalty after they have already arrested a driver or formed reasonable grounds to believe an offence occurred.
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November 03, 2026
Ottawa’s new administrative monetary penalty regime gives Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) powerful tools against fraudulent and unauthorized immigration representatives. Its express recognition of solicitor-client privilege and Quebec professional secrecy is welcome, but the regime’s legality will ultimately depend on how those protections operate in practice.
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November 03, 2026
Cyber breaches at major Canadian law firms including McCarthy Tétrault, Davies, Bennett Jones and BLG could have legal consequences for their clients, a cybersecurity lawyer says, including potential liability if personal information held by the firms was compromised.
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November 03, 2026
Appeal by Appellants from order dismissing their application to dismiss Respondent’s action for want of prosecution. The respondent’s 2019 action over a family property development alleged agreements, corporate misconduct, fraudulent conveyances, conspiracy and false imprisonment, were all substantially denied.
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November 02, 2026
Information regulators across Canada are calling on their respective governments to better equip small public bodies such as boards and municipalities so they can meet their access-to-information obligations.
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November 02, 2026
Limited licence legal practitioners can “lighten the load” for lawyers — and in doing so allow for more people to access assistance, participants heard during a recent Law Society of Saskatchewan (LSS) webinar.
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November 02, 2026
There’s no doubt that the justice system has and continues to work, tirelessly, to assist litigants in moving their cases forward. Judges, registrars, clerks, court staff and organizations that assist the public in court have been and continue to be solely committed to ensuring that every litigant is treated fairly and with respect. Our justice system ought to be recognized for its significant contribution to our society. I am proud to have been witness to an institution that is genuinely concerned with people’s plights.
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November 02, 2026
Hartley Lefton has joined Stikeman Elliott as a partner in Toronto, practising in the firm’s national insurance and reinsurance, financial products and services, and mergers and acquisitions groups.
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November 02, 2026
Miller Thomson has added Jason Wang as a partner in its corporate, M&A and securities group in Calgary.