Business
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December 03, 2025
Sales and excise tax measures in Canada’s 2025 federal budget
The Government of Canada’s long-awaited budget (Budget 2025) includes important sales and excise tax measures — and confirms the government’s intention to proceed with several other measures that had been announced previously.
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December 03, 2025
OPC launches consultation on federal private-sector privacy law
On Dec. 2, the privacy commissioner of Canada launched a consultation to “inform the development of future guidance for organizations subject to Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law to ensure that it is timely, effective and responsive to the needs of stakeholders.”
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December 03, 2025
Navigating continuing powers of attorney for property: Key dos and don’ts
In estate law, when a grantor becomes mentally incapable, a continuing power of attorney for property is the estate planning tool that enables a person (i.e., the attorney) to step into the shoes of the grantor and do everything the grantor could lawfully do, except make a will. An attorney for property owes a fiduciary duty to the grantor and must always act in his or her best interests.
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December 03, 2025
FEDERAL INCOME TAX - Charities - Revocation of registration
Appeal by Priority Foundation from a decision of Minister of National Revenue. The Minister issued a notice of intention to revoke Priority’s registration as a charity.
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December 03, 2025
Success rate for injured applicants at Licence Appeal Tribunal continues to plummet
As a new associate chair with significant political connections is poised to take over, the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) is facing criticism over the plummeting success rate for people injured in auto accidents who are appealing decisions by insurance companies — a success rate that has dropped precipitously to only eight per cent.
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December 02, 2025
Miller Thomson adds Gavin Millan as partner
Gavin A. Millan has joined Miller Thomson as a partner in the firm’s corporate, M&A and securities group in Edmonton.
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December 02, 2025
Competition commissioner ends term early due to ‘personal reasons’
On Dec. 2, Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell announced he will end his term early for “personal reasons.” According to a release from the Competition Bureau, Boswell will end his term on Dec. 17.
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December 02, 2025
OPC Contributions Program focuses on protecting privacy in online video gaming
On Dec. 1, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) launched its 2026-2027 Contributions Program funding cycle with a “call for proposals under the theme ‘Achievement unlocked: protecting privacy while online gaming.’”
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December 02, 2025
With court coverage shrinking, is the general deterrence effect of sentencing relevant?
Our criminal courts consistently refer to general deterrence when imposing sentences. Section 718(a) and (b) instruct our criminal courts that to protect society and maintain a just, peaceful and safe society, a sentence should denounce unlawful conduct and deter the offender and other persons from committing offences.
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December 02, 2025
Ontario court reinforces limits on appeals from ‘final and binding’ arbitration awards
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice underscores that strong judicial deference will be given to arbitration agreements that expressly limit appeal rights. The ruling confirms that when parties agree an arbitral award will be “final and binding,” courts will likely enforce that bargain even when questions of law are raised.