June 30, 2026
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld the certification of a class action against opioid manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers over health-care costs arising from the opioid crisis, rejecting arguments that the plaintiffs were required to produce more detailed evidence to support certification.
June 30, 2026
For those involved in commercial real estate in Quebec, and in particular in helping commercial landlords and tenants under long-term leases deal with Quebec’s land transfer tax regime, and deal with Quebec’s voluntary disclosure regime for missteps in land transfer tax compliance, there are some noteworthy developments in 2026, briefly referred to below.
June 30, 2026
In Rajic v. MacDonald, 2026 ONCA 288 (MacDonald), a Serbian Orthodox priest brought a defamation action against Rebecca MacDonald, a respondent in family law proceedings, based on a complaint that MacDonald had made to the Serbian Orthodox Church ecclesiastical authorities.
June 30, 2026
Appeal by appellants from an order dismissing Tacora Resources Inc.’s (Tacora) interpleader application concerning quarterly mining royalties payable under a lease to 1128349 B.C. Ltd (112). Tacora received competing directions about a royalty payment of about $5.5 million from two rival groups, each claiming authority to speak for 112 following a disputed annual general meeting of Scully Royalty Inc., 112’s parent, and related proceedings in the Cayman Islands.
June 29, 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Governor of Utah Spencer Cox have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to boost trade in key economic sectors.
June 29, 2026
Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne and his G7 Data Protection and Privacy Authorities Roundtable counterparts gathered last week for their sixth annual meeting, which focused on the protection of children’s privacy online.
June 29, 2026
Ontario’s civil courts continue to struggle with post-pandemic delays. The problem is not just administrative. In personal injury litigation — and especially in motor vehicle collision cases — delay changes the financial value of a claim. For plaintiffs, longer times to get to trial do not simply postpone compensation. They can reduce it.
June 29, 2026
Premiers from Canada’s territories are calling on the federal government to invest in infrastructure and workforce development to build a “strong and resilient North” in the face of global economic uncertainty.
June 29, 2026
The voluntary nature of King Charles’s tax payments has already attracted misuse by tax protesters, who argue by analogy that if taxation is voluntary for the monarch, it must be voluntary for all. This argument has no validity under Canadian law. It is, however, only the latest iteration of a broader family of pseudolegal commercial arguments that Canadian courts have been rejecting for decades.
June 29, 2026
The federal government has pre-published proposed regulations to combat consumer-targeted fraud for public consultation. The new regulations are intended to operationalize amendments to the Bank Act through Bill C-15.