Labour & Employment
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October 10, 2025
When fired ‘at any time’ doesn’t mean game over: Li v. Wayfair Canada ULC
Termination clauses have long been the horror genre of employment law. Draft them too generously toward the employer, and the courts will strike them down faster than you can say contra proferentem. Draft them too cautiously, and you hand the employee common law notice on a silver platter.
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October 10, 2025
James Davis returns to Hicks Morley as Toronto associate
Hicks Morley has announced the return of James Davis to its Toronto office as an associate.
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October 10, 2025
Goldblatt adds Jen Quito as director of legal talent
Goldblatt Partners LLP has welcomed Jen Quito as its director of legal talent, a new position at the firm. She will be based at the Toronto office.
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October 09, 2025
New federal Bill C-12 features immigration reforms carved out from contentious ‘strong borders’ bill
The federal government has removed about half of its controversial 140-page omnibus “strong borders” bill (C-2) and inserted excised measures into a newly introduced 70-page “immigration and borders” bill (C-12), which proposes many of the same immigration changes that critics had called on Ottawa to scrap.
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October 09, 2025
Roper Greyell adds Kailey Hubele, promotes Jordan Michaux
Roper Greyell has announced the addition of Kailey Hubele to the firm, as well as Jordan Michaux’s appointment to associate counsel.
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October 09, 2025
The case for human-centred elder justice
On a good day, 83-year-old Beatrice can still make a cup of tea and find her way to the park. But when she tries to fill out a digital form, the steps feel endless and confusing. For many people with dementia, even small hurdles can make it hard to get the help they need.
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October 09, 2025
Employment law: Suing during a notice period
Imagine this scenario: a 30-year employee is told their employment will end and given 12 months of working notice. They consult a lawyer, who advises that they are entitled to substantially more. They raise the issue, but the employer tells them bluntly that no further notice will be given and that they should get back to work. The employee then instructs their lawyer to file a Statement of Claim, which is then served while they are still working.
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October 08, 2025
PM wraps Washington visit focused on trade, Arctic security
Prime Minister Mark Carney concluded a working visit to Washington, D.C. on Oct. 8 that included a White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump focused on “key priorities in trade and defence.”
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October 08, 2025
Fraser calls provinces’ demand to scrap Ottawa’s SCC arguments on notwithstanding clause ‘untenable’
Attorney General of Canada Sean Fraser has pushed back against the demands of five premiers that Ottawa should drop its novel arguments at the Supreme Court that there are substantive constraints on governments’ powers to invoke the Charter’s s. 33 “notwithstanding” clause — arguments that those five provinces contend “represent a complete disavowal of the constitutional bargain that brought the Charter into being” in 1982.
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October 07, 2025
New B.C. legislation to ensure prompt payment in construction industry
British Columbia has introduced new prompt-payment legislation that aims to ensure that contractors, subcontractors and workers in the construction industry are paid on time and fairly.