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September 25, 2026
In Punjwani v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2026 FC 1033, the Federal Court addressed a recurring analytical error in Start-Up Visa cases: treating the qualifying-business requirements in s. 98.06 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, SOR/2002-227 (IRPR), as though they answered an artificial-transaction finding under paragraph 89(b). They do not. The provisions impose different requirements, and an argument directed to one may fail to address a refusal under the other.
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September 25, 2026
Langlois has announced that Samuel Lavoie has joined the firm’s litigation group.
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September 25, 2026
David Postel has joined WEL Partners as a partner, where he acts for clients on the estates, civil, and commercial lists throughout Ontario in trusts, estates and related matters. According to a statement from the firm, Postel’s practice also deals with family wealth disputes over control of closely held businesses.
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September 25, 2026
Appeals by appellants (Loader and Sortepax Holdings Limited (Sortepax)) from dismissal of motions to stay claims brought against them in two related actions.
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September 24, 2026
A proposal to introduce three new federal income tax brackets for high earners would generate an additional $4.5 billion in net federal revenue over the 2026-27 to 2030-31 period, according to an estimate released by the Parliamentary Budget Office on Sept. 22.
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September 24, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is not required to provide terminal operators challenging an infrastructure fee with documents used to develop it because they were not before the board that approved the fee.
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September 24, 2026
The Competition Bureau has reached an agreement with Sobeys’ parent company, Empire, to address concerns around its use of property controls in the Canadian grocery industry.
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September 24, 2026
The federal government has announced that it is exploring a policy framework for internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs), which may allow Canadian companies to participate in international carbon markets for investment in climate mitigation activities. This includes deployment of carbon removal technologies and nature‑based solutions.
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September 24, 2026
Toronto-based lawyer Matt McLeod has joined Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP as a partner in the firm’s defence group.
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September 24, 2026
As estate planning lawyers, we constantly orbit the estate litigation galaxy, navigating to keep our clients’ estates from being pulled into the black hole of court. This article is a guide for both estate planning lawyers and their clients to stay in “safe orbit” and navigate smartly around some of the most common estate litigation in the galaxy, with a nod to the late 1970s comedy science-fiction series A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
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September 24, 2026
I used to advise clients who were involved in shareholder disputes. I would always ask whether the shareholders had been less than angelic in their dealings with each other and the tax department. Although businesspeople tend not to judge people who only steal from the tax department to be all that bad, for the sake of simplicity I will refer to both shareholders who steal from each other, and shareholders who steal from the tax department, as crooks.
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September 24, 2026
A recent decision granting bail pending appeal in a serious firearms case reminds us that Canadian bail law focuses on risk, compliance and public confidence, not an accused person’s ability to post bail.
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September 23, 2026
The British Columbia Maritime Employers Association (BCMEA) is welcoming the Building Canada Strong Act’s inclusion of key recommendations from the Industrial Inquiry Commission’s report on West Coast ports.
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September 23, 2026
Michelle F. Yung has joined McCarthy Tétrault as a partner in its real estate group in Calgary, advising clients across Western Canada.
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September 23, 2026
Michelle Kropp and Will Russell have joined Sport Law as partners in Toronto.
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September 23, 2026
Cain Lamarre has welcomed Marie-Claude Forest as senior director of business strategy in Montreal.
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September 23, 2026
This is part one of a two-part series examining Siam v. Canada, 2026 FCA 91, in which the Federal Court of Appeal addressed a recurring evidentiary problem in tax reassessment litigation: what a taxpayer must actually prove when arguing that the Canada Revenue Agency never sent an original Notice of Assessment.
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September 23, 2026
Ontario’s Arbitration Act represents one of many efforts by the state to delegate the adjudicative function to non-judicial decision-makers.
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September 23, 2026
A Canadian court will once again be at the centre of a lawsuit challenging alleged governmental inaction on climate change, with a judge turning back attempts by Ottawa to quash a lawsuit challenging its record on greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).
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September 23, 2026
Since March 26, 2026, every reporting entity under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act must under the new s. 9.6(1.1) “ensure that the program is reasonably designed, risk-based and effective.” Its schedule entry is a very serious violation with a $20 million per violation ceiling for an entity ($4 million for a person). Little has been written about what s. 9.6(1.1) actually adds: an express program-level performance standard.
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September 23, 2026
In 1171757 Ontario Limited et al. v. 1171758 Ontario Limited et al., 2026 ONSC 4414, the Superior Court of Justice applied the rules of contractual interpretation to hold that a shareholder of a corporate partner qualified as a “party” to a partnership agreement, even if he is not a principal under that corporation, or has ceded controlling power to his partner by way of a power of attorney (POA).
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September 23, 2026
Canada has released an update on the progress made under the National Action Plan on Combatting Auto Theft, stating that national auto thefts fell by 10 per cent in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025.
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September 23, 2026
Privacy Commissioner of Canada Philippe Dufresne has opened an investigation into a data breach at IDScan.net, after reports that an unauthorized third party accessed the company database and stole personal information, including digital scans of driver’s licences and other types of identification.
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September 22, 2026
The Business Council of Canada (BCC) has welcomed the federal government’s introduction of the Building Canada Strong Act, which proposes measures aimed at ensuring federal reviews and decisions on major-project proposals are completed within one year of proponents submitting comprehensive applications.
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September 22, 2026
Prince Edward Island will move to dismantle a 35-year-old quasi-judicial tribunal and replace it with two new decision-making bodies that will continue to deal with various appeals and disputes.