Business
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May 30, 2025
Canada might not be for sale ... but is Ontario?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford campaigned on a tough response to Trump’s bullying, but now that he has his new mandate, it sure looks to me like he is adopting the president’s authoritarian playbook. That should be no surprise, since he frequently expressed admiration for the Donald before the latter declared a trade war.
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May 29, 2025
Carney says CIT ruling that certain Trump tariffs on Canada are illegal accords with Ottawa’s view
Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed yesterday’s now-paused U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) ruling that set aside the Trump administration’s recent imposition of certain hefty tariffs on goods from Canada and other countries.
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May 29, 2025
Ontario MPP base salary to increase to over $157K
The Ontario government is introducing new legislation that will adjust compensation for members of provincial parliament (MPPs), which includes a reintroduction of pension benefits. This change was said to come with the support of all parties in the legislature.
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May 29, 2025
Court dismisses action for no genuine issues related to joint venture
The British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit involving alleged breaches of a joint venture agreement, ruling that there were no genuine issues requiring a trial.
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May 29, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal decision offers clarity on assessing injunctions in nuisance cases
In a nuisance complaint over a village gas station in British Columbia’s West Kootenays, the B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that a trial judge erred by failing to properly consider a permanent injunction — but upheld her decision to grant only damages due to mitigating factors.
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May 29, 2025
Canada updates accessibility standards, mandates support systems in federally regulated workplaces
Accessibility Standards Canada has published a revised employment standard applicable to federally regulated organizations that includes a requirement that these organizations develop and maintain an accessibility support system.
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May 29, 2025
B.C. court: ITA no bar to refund of tax overpayments per court-ordered priorities
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has held that tax overpayments from a foreclosure sale remain subject to the priorities in the sale order, rejecting the CRA’s argument that such funds can only be refunded to the taxpayer.
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May 29, 2025
Is it a rabbit or a duck? Why lawyers must be storytellers
Every lawyer has been there. We have laid out the facts. We have cited the law. We have prepared what we believe is a clear and persuasive argument. And yet the court saw something else — something that seems, at first glance, unrecognizable.
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May 29, 2025
Ontario announces $500-million fund to expand domestic critical mineral processing
The Ontario government has announced it is spending $500 million to create a critical minerals processing fund.
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May 29, 2025
Appellate decision lays foundation for civil liability of regulators who trample privilege
The British Columbia Court of Appeal’s recent decision, Lamarche v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2025 BCCA 146 (Lamarche), confirms that a regulator may face civil liability if it does not appropriately protect privilege during an investigation. The decision focuses on the tort for intentional breach of privacy under the British Columbia Privacy Act, but it has wider implications given similar statutory privacy torts in other provinces and similarities to the common law privacy tort.