Labour & Employment
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October 27, 2025
Canada to amend Labour Code, launch new tax credit and expand union training
Canada has announced new measures included in Budget 2025, including expanding the Union Training and Innovation Program, introducing a temporary five-year Personal Support Workers Tax Credit, amending the Canada Labour Code to restrict the use of non-compete agreements and investing $97 million over five years to create a Foreign Credential Recognition Action Fund.
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October 27, 2025
When non-competition clauses fail: Guidance for employers on drafting
Employers have a legitimate right to expect that departing employees will act in good faith and not share or use confidential information.
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October 27, 2025
What is ‘legal advice’ and why is it different than other advice?
How do we determine whether legal advice is good or bad? Outside of basic competence issues (missing statutory deadlines, for example), is there a difference between good advice, good legal advice, bad advice or bad legal advice?
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October 24, 2025
Ottawa slashes GM and Stellantis tariff-free import quotas after production cuts
Ottawa has announced a significant reduction in tariff-free import quotas from General Motors and Stellantis, citing the companies’ decisions to scale back manufacturing in Canada.
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October 24, 2025
Lavery expands with 7 new lawyers across Quebec offices
Lavery has added seven new lawyers to its Montreal, Quebec City and Trois-Rivières offices: Stephanie Cech, Laurence Isabelle, Philippe Juhos, Myriam Lachance, Arianne Leduc, Jessy Menard and Arielle Supino.
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October 24, 2025
Rachel Schechter joins Roper Greyell’s privacy practice
Roper Greyell has added Rachel Schechter as an associate in its privacy practice.
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October 23, 2025
Canada, Ontario invest $3B into clean energy facility
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that the federal government is investing $2 billion into the construction and operation of four small modular reactors (SMRs) at the Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP) in Bowmanville, Ont., while Ontario is investing $1 billion into the project.
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October 23, 2025
Ty Bradford joins Clark Wilson as employment, family law associate
Ty Bradford has joined Clark Wilson LLP as an associate after completing his articles with the firm. He practises in both the employment and labour law and family law groups.
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October 23, 2025
Mathews Dinsdale adds two new associates in Toronto
Megan Jenkinson and Lijing Black have joined Mathews Dinsdale as associates in the firm’s Toronto office. Both previously summered and articled with the firm, according to the announcement.
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October 23, 2025
The case for in-person appearances
I am no fan of in-person discoveries or mediation, purely from a selfish perspective of my time. Virtual discovery and mediation allow us to be more efficient with our time and our clients’ money. While I am not advocating for a return to all discoveries and mediations being in person, there is no doubt that something is missing.