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November 03, 2026
The B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) has rejected social media platform X’s bid to recover about $119,000 in costs from a woman whose intimate image remains accessible to X users outside Canada after X chose to geofence it rather than delete it as ordered.
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November 03, 2026
Part one of this series set out the current baseline of the Canada Revenue Agency’s information-gathering powers under ss. 231.1 and 231.2 of the Income Tax Act, and the two judicial limits that frame them: Canada (National Revenue) v. Cameco Corporation, 2019 FCA 67 on oral questioning, and Canada (Attorney General) v. Chambre des notaires du Québec, 2016 SCC 20 on solicitor-client privilege.
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November 03, 2026
A group of more than 100 impact assessment experts is calling on the federal government to withdraw its proposed Building Canada Strong Act, warning it would have “devastating impacts for nature, climate and the well-being of Canadians” if enacted.
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November 03, 2026
In estate litigation, clients often come with a sense of urgency seeking to collect relevant information, documentation and assets. They might need to see a copy of a will that is being withheld unjustifiably. They may suspect that a once joint investment account is being drained by a nefarious sibling. Ultimately, they want to know about and have access to absolutely everything to understand the scale of the estate and to ensure that it does not slip away. There are court orders that can assist with that.
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November 03, 2026
Ottawa’s new administrative monetary penalty regime gives Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) powerful tools against fraudulent and unauthorized immigration representatives. Its express recognition of solicitor-client privilege and Quebec professional secrecy is welcome, but the regime’s legality will ultimately depend on how those protections operate in practice.
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November 03, 2026
Cyber breaches at major Canadian law firms including McCarthy Tétrault, Davies, Bennett Jones and BLG could have legal consequences for their clients, a cybersecurity lawyer says, including potential liability if personal information held by the firms was compromised.
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November 02, 2026
The Canada Revenue Agency’s ability to gather information during a tax audit rests on two deceptively short provisions of the Income Tax Act: s. 231.1, the general power to inspect, audit or examine, and s. 231.2, the power to issue a requirement for information or documents.
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November 02, 2026
Imagine an employee discovering that a colleague with the same job title, similar responsibilities and comparable experience earns $10,000 more a year.
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November 02, 2026
Just when employers thought they could put the antacids back in the medicine cabinet, the Ontario Court of Appeal has delivered another reminder that the wording of an employment contract matters. And, as the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) has now discovered, a promise to comply with the law is not necessarily enough to save a termination provision that says something quite different.
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November 02, 2026
In AtkinsRéalis Construction (Pacific) Inc. v. Barton Malow Canada Ltd., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed a motion seeking an order directing the arbitrator to provide an explanation of certain aspects of his merits award.
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October 30, 2026
A Canadian pay statement can be genuine and still prove the wrong point in a permanent resident (PR) residency case. The legal question is not simply who paid the worker abroad, but whether a qualifying Canadian business actually assigned that person to full-time work outside Canada on terms that meet the residency rules. Where the foreign role has no defined end or realistic Canadian position to return to, an employer’s letter may not resolve the problem.
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October 30, 2026
An abandoned trademark application may leave more than a gap in a brand’s history — it may undermine the owner’s ability to claim priority. The Federal Court of Appeal’s decision clarifies how abandonment affects trademark adoption and confirms that the same test for distinctiveness applies in opposition and expungement proceedings. (Sea Tow Services International, Inc. v. C-Tow Marine Assistance Ltd., 2025 FC 27 and costs at 2025 FC 355 appeal dismissed 2026 FCA 177.)
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October 29, 2026
Canada must “prepare for all contingencies up to and including war and other worst-case scenarios,” Prime Minister Mark Carney announced as he unveiled his government’s plan to roll out a new national security strategy over the coming year to ensure that the country can “control its own destiny and is resilient in the face of daunting challenges.”
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October 29, 2026
In an open letter to provincial and territorial ministers, the interim commissioner of competition is encouraging the limitation of non-compete agreements to create a more competitive labour market.
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October 28, 2026
Starting Nov. 3, an Express Entry candidate can earn up to 100 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points for a qualifying job offer in a high-wage occupation, and the offer no longer needs a labour market impact assessment (LMIA).
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October 28, 2026
Third-party contribution and indemnity claims against lawyers is a hot topic of contention among the professional liability bar because of the existence of two lines of authority that are used by courts to determine whether such a claim is allowed to proceed or is dismissed on the basis that it discloses no reasonable cause of action.
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October 27, 2026
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a boarding school to pay a teacher $114,322 in compensation, finding his dismissal partly over Facebook posts criticizing Israel, including an exchange invoking Nazi medical experiments, constituted discrimination based on political belief.
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October 27, 2026
Recently, Toronto welcomed business leaders, investors and policymakers from around the world for the inaugural Canada Investment Summit. At a time when organizations are evaluating where and how they grow, the summit has focused attention on Canada’s long-term economic strengths and its ability to attract investment across a range of sectors.
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October 26, 2026
The B.C. Supreme Court has approved a $35-million settlement of a class action over a 2019 Capital One data breach, citing potential difficulties establishing compensable damages given evidence that the hacker did not use or disseminate class members’ personal information.
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October 26, 2026
On Oct. 9, 2026, President Donald Trump wrote: “I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter.”
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October 23, 2026
Splintering over the results in a multi-defendant personal injury case, the Supreme Court of Canada has elaborated on the elements of “factual causation” and “remoteness” of damages and on the roles they play in analyzing negligence claims. On Oct. 23, a majority of the seven-judge bench dismissed the appeals of plaintiffs Sophia Hemmings, her litigation guardian and her family from a 2024 Ontario Court of Appeal medical negligence decision: Hemmings v. Padmore, 2026 SCC 34.
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October 23, 2026
Olivier Fecteau has joined Lavery as a lawyer in its litigation group in Montreal, with a practice focused on health law.
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October 23, 2026
Quebec runs its own immigration system, separate from the federal government, with distinct rules that reflect the province’s focus on French-language integration and low overall immigration levels. For corporations, this means that options to hire and retain foreign workers are more limited than in the rest of Canada, and processes often involve additional provincial steps.
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October 23, 2026
For the first time in more than 50 years, the Court of Appeal for Ontario has updated its test for leave to appeal from a decision of the Divisional Court. In Knauff v. Ontario (Human Rights Tribunal), 2026 ONCA 653, a five-judge panel confirmed that the test for leave is whether the proposed appeal raises an arguable question of law or mixed law and fact that is of sufficient public importance to warrant consideration by the Court of Appeal.
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October 22, 2026
Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) will decrease its average workplace injury insurance premium rate from $1.23 to $1.18 per $100 of insurable payroll in 2027, with more than 80 per cent of premium-paying businesses receiving a rate reduction, according to an Oct. 22 release.