Business
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June 10, 2025
N.W.T. court stays legal proceedings in favour of arbitration, despite unsigned contract
A Northwest Territories Supreme Court judge has sent a construction dispute involving the Inuit land settlement authority to arbitration, even though the contract stipulating arbitration was never signed.
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June 10, 2025
Court dismisses leave to amend in case by Tim Hortons franchisees
The British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed a leave application in a case involving a Tim Hortons franchise because proposed amendments were poorly drafted.
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June 10, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal to decide worker liability for safety violations without direct fault
Ontario’s top court has agreed to hear an appeal over whether a worker can be held liable for safety violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) in relation to an accident, even where there is no evidence that their own actions caused the accident.
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June 10, 2025
N.L. construction companies getting help with employee health, safety, recruitment
Newfoundland and Labrador is launching a new digital project aimed at providing more effective health and safety training to small construction companies in the province.
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June 10, 2025
Miller Thomson names Enzo Di Iorio as new chair
Miller Thomson has announced that Enzo Di Iorio will assume the role of the firm’s new chair, effective July 1, 2025.
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June 10, 2025
Drew Lambert joins MLT Aikins as associate in Winnipeg
MLT Aikins has announced the addition of Drew Lambert as an associate lawyer in its Winnipeg office.
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June 10, 2025
Competition Bureau sues DoorDash for alleged drip pricing
The Competition Bureau is suing DoorDash Inc., and its subsidiary DoorDash Technologies Canada Inc., for “promoting their online delivery services at a lower price than what consumers actually have to pay.”
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June 10, 2025
Canada enforces fourth round of sanctions against individuals in West Bank
On June 10, the federal government announced new sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Extremist Settler Violence) Regulations against “facilitators of extremist settler violence against civilians in West Bank.”
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June 10, 2025
INTERPRETATION - Need for ambiguity - Ordinary meaning - Custom - Surrounding circumstances - Commercial reasonableness
Appeal by appellant RMC Construction Materials Ltd. (RMC) concerning the interpretation of an agreement between it and RBee Aggregate Consulting Ltd. (RBee).
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June 10, 2025
OPC’s annual report: Actions, frustrations with AI, digital data
On June 5, 2025, the federal privacy commissioner, Philippe Dufresne, delivered his office’s annual report to Parliament, titled “Prioritizing privacy in a data-driven world.” The report contains a comprehensive summary of the activities of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) over the year ending March 31, 2025, under its legislative jurisdictions of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and the Privacy Act.