Pulse

  • August 29, 2025

    ‘Right to be forgotten’ privacy issues under PIPEDA and Charter heading to Federal Court

    Does Parliament’s private-sector privacy law protect the “right to be forgotten”? That question, at least in part, is now headed to Federal Court, following a groundbreaking determination this week by Canada’s privacy commissioner that Canadians have a right under the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) — in some circumstances and when certain criteria are met — to have online material about them delinked from their names (“de-listed”) so that published material is not listed in search engine results when their name is searched.

  • August 29, 2025

    The significance of assistants in parole hearings

    Individuals who are serving federal sentences of over two years have the right to apply for day parole and will be scheduled for full parole consideration at the appropriate time.

  • August 29, 2025

    Karyn Jemmott joins McCague Borlack

    McCague Borlack LLP has announced that Karyn Jemmott has joined its Toronto office as a law clerk.

  • August 29, 2025

    A wake-up call for Canadian justice

    In a moment of remarkable candour before the French senate on June 10, 2025, Microsoft’s director of public and legal affairs, Anton Carniaux, delivered an admission that should send a shock wave through Canada’s justice system.

  • August 28, 2025

    Ontario court rejects off-reserve Indigenous child welfare class action as non‑justiciable

    The Ontario Superior Court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Ontario and Canada systematically underfunded social services and operated a child welfare regime that separated off-reserve Indigenous children from their families causing them widespread harm.

  • August 28, 2025

    Christopher Cooter named Canada’s high commissioner to India

    Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand has announced that Christopher Cooter will become high commissioner for Canada in India.

  • August 28, 2025

    Whelton Hiutin welcomes Nicole Davidson and Tahir Khalid as associates

    Whelton Hiutin LLP has announced that Nicole Davidson and Tahir Khalid have joined the firm as associates.

  • August 28, 2025

    How film producers can avoid a Baldoni-Lively type fight in court

    By now, we’ve all read the salacious headlines: Hollywood actress Blake Lively and actor-director Justin Baldoni are in a seemingly never-ending legal battle over Baldoni’s alleged behaviour on the set of the 2024 domestic violence drama It Ends With Us.

  • August 27, 2025

    Law Foundation of Ontario celebrates 50 years in 2024 annual report

    The Law Foundation of Ontario is marking its golden anniversary as part of its annual report for 2024. Last year marked the Law Foundation of Ontario’s 50th anniversary — making that year’s report a milestone paper in the life of the organization. In their joint introductory message, chair Linda Rothstein and CEO Lisa Cirillo stated that 2024 represented the organization’s “largest single granting year.”

  • August 27, 2025

    New judges appointed to the Court of Quebec

    Quebec Minister of Justice Simon Jolin-Barrette has announced the appointment of Karine Bussière and Sophie Lamarre as judges to the Court of Quebec.