Real Estate
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March 05, 2025
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES - Tenant’s obligations - Payment of rent - Termination by landlord - Eviction order
Appeal by Tenant from the Landlord and Tenant Board's (LTB) refusal of his request for an extension of time to file a review request of a consent order. The dispute arose when the Landlord sought to terminate the tenancy and evict the Tenant for non-payment of rent.
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March 04, 2025
Canada hits U.S. with counter-tariffs, vows support for workers, businesses hurt by Trump trade war
Canadians must unite to fight back against the “very dumb” tariffs U.S. president Donald Trump has imposed under the “bogus” pretext of stopping fentanyl from entering the U.S. through Canada’s southern border, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in announcing retaliatory tariffs and pledging to provide federal support for hard-hit workers and businesses, as well as to legally pursue trade remedies, if “unwarranted and unreasonable” U.S. tariffs last longer than “a few hours or a few days.”
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March 03, 2025
NWT law society rolls out professional conduct ‘guidelines’ for lawyers' use of generative AI
The Law Society of the Northwest Territories has issued, for the first time, “Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI in the Practice of Law,” following a similar move by several Canadian legal regulators that have provided AI-specific guidance for lawyers’ professional conduct and practice over the past year.
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March 03, 2025
CONTRACTS - Building contracts - Breach - By contractor
Appeal by appellant from trial judgement in favour of respondent for amount owing under July 2017 Release. The appellants argued that the trial judge erred by improperly drawing an adverse inference against them to find they were liable in the amount of $100,000 on account of breach of their payment obligations.
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February 28, 2025
FINTRAC publishes new guidance and report form for terrorist-affiliated and sanctioned property
The Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) has published new guidance and a new report form for businesses that are subject to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to report terrorist and sanctioned property-related information.
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February 28, 2025
SCC rules Métis Nation’s pursuit of overlapping lawsuits against Saskatchewan not abuse of process
The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed 9-0 that a legal challenge by the Métis Nation–Saskatchewan to provincial permits that allow a company to explore for uranium on land to which the Métis claim Aboriginal title in Saskatchewan is not an abuse of process and may go ahead, notwithstanding that the Métis have also launched other lawsuits involving similar issues against the province.
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February 27, 2025
Adverse possession of parkland may be practically impossible
On Jan. 15, 2025 the Supreme Court of Canada heard the appeal in Pawel Kosicki et al v. City of Toronto, formerly the Corporation of the Borough of York, 2023 ONCA 450 respecting the matter of an adverse possession claim by an adjoining landowner against certain lands owned by the city and used as a park.
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February 27, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal: Vendor liable for pre-sale taxes despite post-sale quantification
The Ontario Court of Appeal has held that outstanding municipal tax liabilities that arose before the sale of a property under an approval and vesting order — but were only quantified after the sale — were the responsibility of the vendor.
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February 27, 2025
IRCC unveils Express Entry category draws for economic immigration, plans more in-Canada draws
Immigration Minister Marc Miller has announced the 2025 Express Entry categories, which include a new education category, with the aim of better aligning the selection of federal economic immigrants with Canada’s long-term labour shortages.
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February 27, 2025
Alberta tables ninth red tape reduction bill for housing, trades and charities
The Alberta government has tabled its ninth red tape reduction bill, the Red Tape Reduction Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 to further reduce certain regulations for individuals and businesses.