June 02, 2026
Ontario legislators are currently debating an omnibus justice bill that the province says will strengthen community safety and victims of crime, but members of the provincial legal community are raising concerns with some of its provisions. If passed, Bill 119, the Protecting Ontario’s Streets and Communities Act, 2026, would — among other things — authorize the OPP commissioner to publish information on a provincial public website about high-risk offenders when a chief of police issues a community notification.
June 02, 2026
Saskatchewan now has legislation that allows residents to sue those guilty of dealing in illicit drugs — and for the province to void government appointments and grants given to those found to be offenders.
June 02, 2026
The inadvertent disclosure of a privilege document by one side to another during litigation has been likened by one motion judge to the transmission of an infection: “[T]he more quickly it is contained, the easier it may be to eradicate its harmful effect” (White v. 123627 Canada Inc. (c.o.b. Algonquin Petro Canada), 2014 ONSC 2682).
June 02, 2026
Parliament is considering Bill C-22. The legislation would require electronic service providers to retain certain user metadata for up to a year and to adapt their systems to facilitate easier access to data.
June 02, 2026
Women in British Columbia earned 85 cents for every dollar earned by men in the province in 2025, according to the province’s third annual Pay Transparency Report. The gender pay gap in the province shrank from 18.4 per cent in 2022 to 14.5 per cent in 2025.
June 02, 2026
In Ontario, a beneficiary under a will or an intestacy cannot be compelled to accept an inheritance or a gift. A beneficiary has the option of choosing whether to accept an inheritance, or alternatively, whether to not accept, or in legalese, to “disclaim” an inheritance.
June 02, 2026
The authority of a court is commonly associated with its majority decision. It is the majority judgment that resolves disputes, establishes binding precedent and shapes the law of the day. Yet history repeatedly demonstrates that some of the most influential judicial opinions were not written by those who prevailed, but by those who stood alone. The dissenting judgment occupies a unique place within the common law tradition. It is the conscience of the court, the safeguard against intellectual complacency and often the blueprint for future legal reform.
June 02, 2026
Appeal by Sandhu from a decision declaring him a vexatious litigant and dismissing his remaining action against the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (College). Sandhu and his brother, former licensed immigration consultants, had their licences revoked following disciplinary findings of professional misconduct.
June 01, 2026
The Federal Court has dismissed a motion by JTI-Macdonald Corp. to compel the disclosure of additional records in its challenge to the federal tobacco cost-recovery regime, reaffirming that Rule 317 of the Federal Courts Rules is not a discovery mechanism.
June 01, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a nuclear labs company challenging the quashing of a permit issued by the environment minister for the construction of a radioactive waste disposal facility.