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November 13, 2026
Immigration applications require more than proof of eligibility. They also depend on accurate forms, complete supporting documents, correct payments and timely responses. In the United States, an administrative mistake can lead to a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) rejection or create additional work before an officer can make a decision on it. USCIS specifically warns that incorrect fees, missing signatures and unacceptable form editions can lead to rejection. Accuracy is, therefore, an essential part of protecting an immigration case — not simply a matter of tidy paperwork.
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November 13, 2026
The Court of Appeal for Ontario’s recent decision in KingSett Mortgage Corp. v. Mapleview Developments Ltd., 2026 ONCA 512 provides important guidance on the calculation of holdback deficiencies under s. 78(2) of the Construction Act. The decision resolves a long-standing uncertainty regarding the extent to which lien claimants are entitled to priority over a construction mortgage where an owner has failed to retain the statutory holdback.
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November 13, 2026
If Canada’s tax system were a house, business leaders would want more than new kitchen countertops. A KPMG pre-budget survey found that 87 per cent of business leaders support a comprehensive review of the tax system. Budget 2026 did not deliver a new house. However, it did deliver targeted renovations on some work that was long overdue.
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November 12, 2026
We hear a lot about growing the game of golf. From Rory McIlroy to Bryson DeChambeau and all the way back to Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, the notion has been on every player’s lips: “We need to grow the game, bring youth to golf.” Those comments are inevitably followed by full-throated support for some youth-focused program — Drive, Chip & Putt; First Tee Canada; Youth on Course and others. These programs are designed to connect young people with golf professionals and coaches for lessons so they learn the game properly from the ground up.
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November 12, 2026
The Ontario government has announced it will be introducing legislation that, if passed, would “strengthen oversight and enforcement for private post-secondary institutions in the OSAP system and provide new tools to protect students and taxpayers.”
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November 12, 2026
Foreign ministers from Canada and other G7 countries have issued a joint statement after their meeting in Paris on topics relating to Ukraine, the Middle East, Sudan and other global affairs, as well as economic and food security, organized crime and frontier models.
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November 12, 2026
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has provided more details on a time-limited measure introduced in Budget 2026 that the department says will help provinces and territories address their labour market needs.
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November 12, 2026
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) has welcomed Lance Fraser as a partner in its tax group in Toronto.
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November 12, 2026
Allie Larson has joined MLT Aikins in Edmonton.
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November 12, 2026
Langlois has welcomed eight legal professionals to its Montreal office, expanding its tax practice and introducing notarial services for business clients.
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November 12, 2026
Canada’s new immigration plan is a necessary correction. Yet without stronger integrity controls, transparent targets and accountable enforcement, it risks confusing lower intake with effective management.
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November 11, 2026
An October 2026 call and a 2025 graduate of the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, Luke Lynett-Howes has joined the boutique NIKA LAW.
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November 11, 2026
The Federal Court has ruled that a party successful on a motion to strike for lack of jurisdiction may recover justified costs for the entire proceeding, including preparation for motions that were never heard.
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November 11, 2026
Lauren Dinwoodie has joined Crawford Munroe Thomson LLP’s Vancouver office as an associate.
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November 11, 2026
The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in a case where a noting in default was set aside, then restored, finding that a court may consider the test for setting aside a default judgment when deciding whether to lift a noting in default.
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November 11, 2026
Canada is continuing two earlier immigration initiatives announced under Budget 2025. These measures are separate from the new 200,000-person initiative.
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November 11, 2026
In the third quarter of 2026, class action decisions from the courts in Ontario, British Columbia and the Federal Court demonstrated that courts continue to act as active gatekeepers of class proceedings, both when policing the threshold for certification and at the settlement stage of a proceeding.
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November 11, 2026
A trial judge must instruct a jury on a defence that has an air of reality, even when defence counsel has not clearly advanced it as part of the accused’s case. The British Columbia Court of Appeal reinforced that principle by overturning Duite Simms’s assault conviction and ordering a new trial (R. v. Simms, 2026 BCCA 363).
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November 10, 2026
An owner cannot rely on payments made to subcontractors who do not have a lien to reduce the security posted to vacate a general contractor’s lien, Ontario’s top court has ruled.
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November 10, 2026
Canada and five other countries have signed a declaration to reaffirm interest and common responsibility in building advanced artificial intelligence that is safe, secure and widely available to all.
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November 10, 2026
Samuel Keen has joined Hicks Morley as an associate in its Toronto office.
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November 10, 2026
Scott Bomhof has joined Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP as a partner in its financial restructuring and insolvency practice in Toronto.
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November 10, 2026
Payment-redirection fraud remains a persistent risk for Ontario lawyers who handle trust funds. A fraudster learns that a transaction is under way, often by monitoring a compromised mailbox on one side of the file. Shortly before funds are to move, a message arrives that appears to come from the lawyer, a law clerk, the client or opposing counsel. The tone is routine, but the banking details have changed. If the new details are not independently verified, the funds go to the fraudster, and recovery depends on how quickly the receiving institution can freeze them.
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November 10, 2026
In dismissing an appeal brought by two tow truck drivers, the Ontario Court of Appeal has clarified that a lifetime weapons-prohibition order tied to a drug conviction cannot independently disqualify a tow truck operator from certification after the regulation’s 10-year exclusion period has elapsed.
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November 10, 2026
The federal government is reimposing sanctions against 11 Iranian entities under the Special Economic Measures (Iran) Regulations for “contributing to the Iranian regime’s proliferation-sensitive nuclear activities and ballistic missile program” or to financing of its “malign activities.”