August 18, 2026
Climate policy organizations are warning that Ottawa’s proposal to repeal a standard requiring electric vehicles to account for an increasing share of new light-duty vehicle sales puts the government’s goal of reaching 75 per cent EV sales by 2035 at risk.
August 18, 2026
Quebec’s top court has ordered a self-represented family law appellant to pay $1,000 to his ex-wife plus her legal costs on the appeal, following his “deliberate” citation in court of ChatGPT-generated fake case law, including fictitious quotations.
August 18, 2026
Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette has appointed Jean-François Lambert as a judge of the Court of Quebec. He will primarily sit in the Criminal and Penal Division in Longueuil.
August 18, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has refused an attempt by debtors to redeem a property after a receiver had already completed a court-approved sale process, warning that allowing the bid would undermine the integrity of receivership proceedings.
August 18, 2026
Rafal Szymanski has joined Alexander Holburn as a partner in its Toronto office, practising with the firm’s insurance, professional liability and police law groups.
August 18, 2026
Uday Bahal has joined Deeth Williams Wall LLP (DWW) as an articling student in its Toronto office for the 2026-2027 term.
August 18, 2026
There is a moment in COVID-benefit judicial review that recurs so often it has become diagnostic. Counsel for the Attorney General is asked, from the bench, to point to the place in the decision where the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) officer engaged with the applicant’s central submission. And counsel cannot point to it because it is not there — so counsel explains instead why the officer did not need to.
August 18, 2026
In the case of Northcut v. The King, 2026 TCC 136 (Northcut), an appeal under the Tax Court of Canada’s informal procedure, the amount in dispute was less than $25,000 for each taxation year. Nonetheless, it is a complicated and interesting decision analyzing the intersection of Canadian and United States law, the Canada-U.S. tax treaty including Article XVIII:1 and Article XXV the non-discrimination clause, the Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) and the Canadian and U.S. taxation of pension income.
August 18, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a three-month compensation award for an unjustly dismissed Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer trainee who spent nearly eight years out of the job, ruling that the labour board failed to explain why it limited her compensation.
August 18, 2026
On July 3, 2026, the Nova Scotia Supreme Court released a significant decision in Halifax (Regional Municipality) v. Rank Inc., 2026 NSSC 217 that clarified certain limits of municipal taxing authority over real estate transactions in the province. The ruling addresses a sometimes-asked question: whether transferring corporate control or partnership interests in entities that hold real property triggers municipal deed transfer tax payable pursuant to the Municipal Government Act (MGA) and, by extension, the Halifax Regional Municipality Charter.