The Complete Brief
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December 03, 2025
Lawyers raise concerns about Manitoba’s new detainment law for meth intoxication
Legal minds in Manitoba are concerned that new legislation allowing for the 72-hour detention of people “intoxicated” by drugs will possibly do more harm than good.
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December 03, 2025
Mathews Dinsdale adds Kaelyn Burns as associate in Vancouver
Kaelyn Burns has joined the Vancouver office of Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP as an associate, the firm has announced.
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December 03, 2025
OPC launches consultation on federal private-sector privacy law
On Dec. 2, the privacy commissioner of Canada launched a consultation to “inform the development of future guidance for organizations subject to Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law to ensure that it is timely, effective and responsive to the needs of stakeholders.”
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December 03, 2025
Saskatchewan Appeal Court finds incarceration ‘demonstrably unfit’ sentence for cannabis offence
Canada passed the Cannabis Act on Oct. 17, 2018, becoming the second country in the world, after Uruguay, to formally legalize the cultivation and recreational use of cannabis. Prosecutions for possession of the substance are now a rarity. The Oct. 2, 2025, Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision of R. v. Liu, 2025 SKCA 98 stands out for that reason.
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December 03, 2025
Navigating continuing powers of attorney for property: Key dos and don’ts
In estate law, when a grantor becomes mentally incapable, a continuing power of attorney for property is the estate planning tool that enables a person (i.e., the attorney) to step into the shoes of the grantor and do everything the grantor could lawfully do, except make a will. An attorney for property owes a fiduciary duty to the grantor and must always act in his or her best interests.
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December 03, 2025
FEDERAL INCOME TAX - Charities - Revocation of registration
Appeal by Priority Foundation from a decision of Minister of National Revenue. The Minister issued a notice of intention to revoke Priority’s registration as a charity.
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December 02, 2025
Miller Thomson adds Gavin Millan as partner
Gavin A. Millan has joined Miller Thomson as a partner in the firm’s corporate, M&A and securities group in Edmonton.
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December 02, 2025
P.E.I. appoints Krista J. MacKay as new chief provincial court judge
Krista J. MacKay has been appointed chief judge of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island.
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December 02, 2025
Suicidal ideation not ‘a carte blanche or free pass’ to remain in Canada indefinitely without status
A Federal Court judge has granted a temporary stay of removal to a failed refugee claimant who is currently at “a very high risk” of committing suicide if imminently expelled to South Korea, finding that the balance of convenience favours the applicant as it would be “most inconvenient to be dead,” while also remarking that a “long-term mental health condition cannot be a ground for an indefinite stay of his removal.”
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December 02, 2025
Competition commissioner ends term early due to ‘personal reasons’
On Dec. 2, Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell announced he will end his term early for “personal reasons.” According to a release from the Competition Bureau, Boswell will end his term on Dec. 17.