Business
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July 02, 2025
Telus ordered to pay $150K in class action motion costs
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has awarded $150,000 in costs where Telus’s motion to amend a class action certification against it was dismissed. It questioned whether a purported class member’s use of its phone met the definition of “consumer.”
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July 02, 2025
Court allows lease graduation amid dispute over notice period in aquaculture case
The British Columbia Supreme Court has found that a lease that provided graduation stages on certain conditions was in effect for two companies entering leasing agreements for algae growing and aquaculture purposes.
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July 02, 2025
Saskatchewan supports Alberta in Impact Assessment Act challenge before Court of Appeal
Saskatchewan will be intervening in “support of Alberta’s legal action to challenge the federal Impact Assessment Act before the Alberta Court of Appeal,” the provincial government has announced.
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July 02, 2025
New N.S. real estate rule has sellers disclose erosion, flooding issues with coastal properties
Nova Scotia has new real estate rules enabling potential buyers of coastal homes to find out from sellers if a property has been impacted by erosion or flooding.
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July 02, 2025
Federal government makes carbon rebate for small businesses tax-free
Ottawa wants to make its small business carbon tax rebate tax-free.
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July 02, 2025
The future of coerced debt relief in Ontario
Ontario is preparing to launch consultations on a new law aimed at severing the financial ties between human trafficking survivors and their abusers (The Protect Ontario Through Safer Streets and Stronger Communities Act).
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July 02, 2025
Ottawa announces removal of federal exceptions in Canadian Free Trade Agreement
In its bid to promote domestic trade, Canada is removing all 53 remaining federal exceptions in the Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), Transport and Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced.
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June 30, 2025
Canada imposes tariff rate quotas on steel imports from non-FTA countries
Canada has announced new tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for steel mill products imported from non-free trade agreement (FTA) partner countries, as part of an effort to curb the impact of steel being diverted to Canada as a result of U.S. tariffs.
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June 30, 2025
G7 countries reach accord for ‘side-by-side’ system on global minimum tax
Two weeks after their summit in Kananaskis, Alta., G7 countries have issued a statement endorsing an international “side-by-side” system that would exempt U.S. multinational corporations from two global minimum tax rules, helping to de-escalate growing tax tensions with the world’s largest economy.
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June 30, 2025
Quebec regulation for complaint processing coming into effect July 1
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has announced that the regulation respecting complaint processing and dispute resolution in the financial sector, first published on Feb. 15, 2024, will be coming into effect on July 1.