Other Areas of Practice
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October 15, 2025
Canadian victims of $15M U.S.-based fraud encouraged to seek compensation
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) is encouraging B.C. victims of a U.S.-based $15 million pyramid and Ponzi scheme to file their claims with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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October 14, 2025
Privacy regulators discuss AI, cybersecurity and data risks in annual meeting
Federal, provincial and territorial information and privacy commissioners, along with ombudspersons responsible for access and privacy laws, concluded their two-day meeting in Banff focusing on emerging issues including cybersecurity risks, protection of children online and the use of AI in tribunals, the legal practice and health care.
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October 14, 2025
Accessibility Standards Canada publishes ‘milestone’ first Plain Language Standard
Accessibility Standards Canada (ASC) has published the CAN-ASC-3.1:2025 Plain Language standard, an equity-based standard which is the first National Standard of Canada on plain language.
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October 14, 2025
Car trouble in cottage country
I’ve been a fan of the Chrysler 300 for years. It’s one of those luxo-barges that glides like it’s on rails and thrives at 130 km/h on the King’s highways. Not that I would ever break the law by speeding of course, but that seems to be its happy zone. I’ve had three of these cars — a 2007, a 2014 and, since this summer, a 2022. My 2014 was on its last legs in the spring and I started exploring dealers’ used vehicle inventory.
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October 10, 2025
Budget 2025 to automate tax benefits, expand school food program
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced measures from the upcoming federal budget to lower costs for Canadians, including automating federal benefits, making the school food program permanent and renewing the Canada Strong Pass.
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October 10, 2025
Court denies stay in case where gaming commission ordered game’s removal
The Ontario Court of Appeal has denied a stay pending appeal in a case where a game offered at establishments serving alcohol was found to involve a mix of skill and chance and was ordered removed.
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October 09, 2025
B.C. to modernize consumer protection laws on credit fraud
British Columbia is introducing amendments to improve consumer protection laws, allowing consumers to benefit from stronger tools for protection against credit-related fraud and to “support confident financial decision-making.”
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October 09, 2025
Court finds credit union transactions enforceable despite unregistered operations in Alberta
The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal and cross-appeal relating to the question of validity and enforcement of transactions in a case where the appellants claimed a Saskatchewan credit union could not carry on business in Alberta.
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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 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.