The Complete Brief
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March 16, 2026
Expert panel discusses AI’s impact on legal industry, access to justice
In honour of International Women’s Day, tech incubator the Legal Innovation Zone brought together industry experts to discuss the impact of AI in reshaping the legal landscape, improving access to justice and allowing startups to streamline their services.
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March 16, 2026
Employers ignore mental health issues at their peril
Employers who think they are being clever by rushing to dismiss an employee, or quickly accepting a resignation before the employee explicitly raises mental health accommodation, often create liability for themselves.
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March 16, 2026
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bot
Over the past several decades, law became intertwined with numerous technologies that we simply incorporated into our workflow. We anticipate more creative destruction with generative AI, but with AI, we look into the mirror and sense the mirror looks back. Something more seems to exist than just the simple context window interface, and we tend to anthropomorphize. If all Roomba owners put googly eyes on their machine, most would believe the little guy was truly alive.
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March 16, 2026
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Appeals - Cross-appeals - Fresh evidence
Appeals by the Owners, Strata Plan KAS 1886 (Strata) from an order dismissing two petitions seeking recovery of unpaid strata fees from Odin Zavier and Gordon Lemon (respondents). Cross-appeals by respondents seeking costs if the appeals were dismissed.
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March 13, 2026
Human Rights Tribunal orders sweeping deaf inmate accommodation reforms in federal prisons
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has ordered sweeping reforms to how federal prisons accommodate deaf inmates, ruling that Correctional Service Canada (CSC) must provide ASL interpretation for key meetings and meaningful daily communication.
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March 13, 2026
Feds reboot new police powers, obligations to give police & CSIS ‘lawful access’ to digital data
Following public outcry and stiff political opposition to its sweeping “strong borders” omnibus bill (Bill C-2), the minority Liberal government has migrated the expanded “lawful access” powers and new obligations for electronic service providers to assist police and CSIS investigators from C-2 into standalone legislation (Bill C-22).
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March 13, 2026
RSS welcomes Emily Dikranian to insurance law team
Emily Dikranian has joined Robinson Sheppard Shapiro LLP’s (RSS) insurance law group in Montreal.
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March 13, 2026
Saskatchewan eyeing way to have owners keep banned guns until compensated by feds
Saskatchewan is ramping up its push against the federal government’s gun buyback program — this time by proposing legislative changes that would allow owners of banned firearms to keep them on behalf of the province.
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March 13, 2026
Feds announce new immigration measure in Quebec under International Mobility Program
The federal government has announced a new “temporary measure” to assist the Government of Quebec retain skilled workers on “their pathway to permanent residence.”
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March 13, 2026
New regulations will cap NSF fees at $10
New regulations have come into force, capping the non-sufficient fund (NSF) fees that federally regulated banks can charge Canadians. According to a government release, this new measure will “help all consumers, especially those who are financially vulnerable.”