The Complete Brief
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November 04, 2025
B.C. appoints two judges to provincial court
The British Columbia government has appointed Diba Majzub and Megan Olson to the provincial court, effective Nov. 24.
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November 04, 2025
Border infractions can haunt non-citizens: Why appeals matter for immigration status
The consequences of border infractions under the Customs Act and the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (respectively, the CA and PCMLTFA; collectively, the Acts) are minor in most instances — but for non-citizens in Canada, the circumstances can be very different, as border infractions may produce a significant headache from an immigration status standpoint.
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November 04, 2025
Brain fog and other long COVID problems in the workplace
The pandemic may not be on many people’s radars these days, but those with long COVID continue to struggle with a serious illness that is often misdiagnosed, frequently dismissed and not fully understood.
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November 04, 2025
SENTENCING - Possession for the purpose of selling, trafficking, distributing or exporting - Conditional sentence
Appeal by Crown from conditional sentence order. The respondent was found guilty of two counts of possessing illicit drugs for the purpose of trafficking. One of those counts involved fentanyl. The Crown sought a cumulative eight-year prison term.
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November 04, 2025
AI is no substitute for a determined soul
My wife likes to tell the story of the first file she worked on for me when she articled for my firm. (Those were in the days when she did what I told her to do, because I was the boss. Things have changed.)
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November 04, 2025
B.C. appeal decision reinforces court’s focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation
Although public safety is a shared goal, there remains debate over how best to achieve it. The courts generally stress punishment, denunciation and deterrence, imposing long sentences to keep offenders off the streets. In contrast, within the penitentiary system, a different philosophy has emerged: one centred on rehabilitation and reintegration.
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November 04, 2025
When the soul suffers: Why moral injury should be compensable in law
It is a curious paradox of modern professional life that physical injury is readily compensable and psychological injury is increasingly actionable, yet wounds of conscience remain invisible to the law.
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November 03, 2025
Privacy commissioners join global sweep on children’s data protection
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and its provincial counterparts have joined the 2025 Global Privacy Enforcement Network privacy sweep, in which more than 30 data protection and privacy authorities globally will examine websites and mobile applications commonly used by children.
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November 03, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds BMO class action over underpaid vacation, holiday pay
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld certification of a class action against the Bank of Montreal over allegations that it systematically underpaid statutory vacation and holiday pay to certain groups of employees.
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November 03, 2025
G7 creates roadmap for critical minerals standards-based markets
Canada has announced the Critical Minerals Action Plan, a roadmap to advance standards-based markets for critical minerals. The development of the plan was first discussed at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta.