June 16, 2026
On Aug. 1, 2026, the remaining provision of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4-2025) will come into force, following an announcement on Feb. 9, 2026, by the B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General.
June 16, 2026
Appeal and application for judicial review by the Attorney General of Canada (Attorney General). This was from a decision of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal) classifying imported surgical gloves as articles for use in surgical instruments, thereby qualifying them for duty-free importation. Medline Canada Corporation imported various models of sterile surgical gloves and initially classified them as surgical gloves of vulcanized rubber.
June 15, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a township’s short-term rental licensing bylaw, rejecting arguments from a property owners’ association that the regime unlawfully regulates non-commercial activity and effectively bans vacation rentals.
June 15, 2026
The Federal Court has ruled that misuse of copyright remains a novel but arguable defence to copyright infringement claims, rejecting arguments that the Supreme Court of Canada has already ruled out the doctrine in Canada.
June 15, 2026
The Federal Court has explained why two years ago it secretly issued the first cyber “threat reduction measures warrant” to enable the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to protect domestic critical infrastructure and reduce the threat from two unnamed “foreign adversaries” that had infected with malware certain Canadian servers, small office or home office routers and “Internet of Things” devices (such as Ring video doorbells, security cameras, televisions and other Wi-Fi-enabled appliances).
June 15, 2026
The Government of British Columbia has appointed Matthew Stacey and Jason LeBlond to provincial courts in Port Coquitlam and Prince George, respectively. The appointments will be effective as of July 13, 2026.
June 15, 2026
Law360 Canada is seeking participants for an anonymous survey on career and life satisfaction in the legal profession.
June 15, 2026
B.C.’s top court has revived a free speech lawsuit against the University of British Columbia (UBC), saying the plaintiffs do not need to bring an action against the provincial government because the university may be liable for Charter damages.
June 15, 2026
From Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office comes the announcement that Daniel Boone has been appointed the new chief justice for Newfoundland and Labrador. Justice Boone, who is a judge of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal, will replace former justice Deborah E. Fry, who retired on Feb. 12, 2026.
June 15, 2026
A sticky situation has arisen in Quebec as two communities have tapped themselves as the maple capital of the world. Plessisville, recognized as the Capitale mondiale de l’Érable (World Maple Capital), is a town located in the L’Érable (Maple) Regional County Municipality and claims to have used its maple moniker for more than 50 years, including registering it as an official mark in 1993. That worked sweetly until Mirabel, a suburb in the North Shore of Montréal, also obtained an official mark designating itself as the Capitale internationale de l’Érable (International Maple Capital) at the turn of 2026.