Real Estate
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November 07, 2025
To bid or not to bid: CNSOER launches offshore wind call for information, prequalification process
On Oct. 16, 2025, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator (CNSOER) launched the offshore wind call for information and offshore wind prequalification process, which will be open from Oct. 16, 2025, to Jan. 13, 2026, and marks a significant step toward Canada’s first commercial offshore wind leasing round.
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November 07, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Disposition without trial - Dismissal of action
Appeal by Pine Glen Thorold Inc. from decision of a motion judge dismissing its claim. Pine Glen commenced an action asserting several causes of action against Rolling Meadows Land Development Corporation and Glen Gordon.
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November 06, 2025
Ontario releases 2025 fall economic statement, aims to invest over $200 billion
In what the province is calling its most ambitious capital plan to date, Ontario has announced more than $201 billion in investments over 10 years through its 2025 fall economic statement, focusing on infrastructure, trade diversification and tax reforms to shield the province from economic challenges such as U.S. tariffs. More than $33 billion is allocated for 2025-26.
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November 05, 2025
Industries, organizations weigh in on increased deficit, federal cuts in Budget 2025
Budget 2025, tabled by the federal government on Nov. 4, has been met with mixed reactions from organizations and industry groups — with criticism focused on the deficit, health care, employment insurance and climate, and positive views on infrastructure funding and certain tax incentives.
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November 06, 2025
Avoiding contract limbo: Lessons from Caivan v. Logoteta on termination and repudiation
In commercial practice, broken deals are not always formally terminated. Under Canadian contract law, a contract in abeyance does not die on its own. Unless termination is clearly carried out, the agreement may remain in force, carrying all attendant obligations and risks.
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November 05, 2025
New federal immigration levels plan cuts targets for permanent & new temporary resident admissions
Ottawa’s three-year plan to reduce immigration to “sustainable” levels includes new “one-time” initiatives to “recognize eligible Protected Persons in Canada as permanent residents over the next two years” and to “accelerate the transition of up to 33,000 work permit holders to permanent residency in 2026 and 2027.”
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October 30, 2025
Ontario housing, construction bill impacts municipal powers, climate initiatives: lawyer
The Ontario government has introduced new legislation aimed at accelerating housing and infrastructure projects by granting the province greater control over zoning and planning, which is sparking debate over its implications for municipal authority and environmental standards.
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October 30, 2025
Black magic and black letter: Legal tales of witchcraft, ghosts and haunted houses
It was not a dark and stormy night. It was actually a pleasant fall morning, and I probably should have been entering my dockets. But the Halloween spirit was in the air, and it moved me to see what Canadian law has to say about the occult. Read on if you dare. I promise there won’t be anything as frightening as the Income Tax Act.
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October 29, 2025
The 99th anniversary of the Great Stork Derby
What if we told you having the most babies in a decade could make you a millionaire? In 1926, this wasn’t a hypothetical, it was the premise of one of the most bizarre contests in legal history.
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October 28, 2025
CJ Crampton says Federal Court ‘won’t hesitate’ to impose costs on lawyers for undisclosed GenAI use
Counsel who “thumb their noses” at the Federal Court’s requirement to disclose any and all generative AI they used to create court filings will find that the national trial court “won’t hesitate” to ding them with personal costs or initiate contempt proceedings, warns Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton.