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August 10, 2026
Parts one and two of this series established the analytical framework governing prediction-market taxation in Canada. Part three addresses the CRA’s existing enforcement infrastructure as applied to prediction-market participants, the civil and criminal divide under R. v. Jarvis, 2002 SCC 73, gross negligence penalty exposure, voluntary disclosures strategy under IC00-1R7, and practical guidance on how practitioners should advise clients in the current absence of specific CRA direction.
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August 10, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2025 ONSC 952 and Li v. Wayfair Canada ULC., 2025 ONSC 2959, released together as Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc., 2026 ONCA 568, is a significant development in Ontario employment law. For executive employment lawyers, Baker v. Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc. is the most significant decision since Waksdale v. Swegon North America Inc., 2020 ONCA 391.
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August 10, 2026
There is a small but significant trend developing in the professional services marketplace. Although more prevalent in the private investigation field, I am seeing it in law as well. It begins with a familiar word — one that lawyers use constantly and clients fear instinctively: risk.
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August 07, 2026
A proposed national class action settlement has been reached with defendant Chocmod Canada Inc. relating to the marketing and sale of Truffettes de France cocoa and chocolate products in Canada.
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August 07, 2026
The federal government has established an expert task force to recommend ways to attract private investment in nature-positive projects and better account for nature in public and private decision-making.
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August 07, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside a trademark infringement judgment after concluding that the Federal Court’s decision was almost identical to the plaintiffs’ draft order, including its errors, and did not adequately explain its conclusions.
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August 07, 2026
Amelia Briggs-Morris has returned to Robins Appleby, joining its affordable and social housing and commercial real estate and development groups.
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August 07, 2026
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has provided his submission on the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) consultation on Privacy Act modernization, expressing his support for the government’s “efforts to prioritize the modernization of Canada’s federal public sector privacy law.”
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August 07, 2026
A constitutional challenge to Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions standards will carry on despite a decision by the province’s top court not to reopen the appeal that initially gave the case the go-ahead. The Ontario Court of Appeal’s Aug. 5 ruling in Mathur v. Ontario, 2026 ONCA 561 is the latest step in a long running legal dispute that dates back to 2019, when seven young Ontarians launched a challenge arguing the province’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, and the plan to reach those targets, violated their rights under sections 7 and 15 of the Charter.
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August 06, 2026
The Alberta government has announced a new Surface Rights Advisory Panel to recommend improvements to the province’s system for resolving disputes when private land is used for resource development, following a record number of surface rights applications in 2025-26.
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August 06, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a defamation action brought by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) over comments suggesting it supported terrorism and Hamas, finding that the defence of fair comment applied even though the statements were defamatory and substantially untrue.
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August 06, 2026
Changes to B.C.’s Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act are now in effect, modernizing consumer protection laws that “regulate consumer contracts to better reflect the marketplace, promote fairness and transparency, strengthen consumer rights and help people make informed financial decisions.”
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August 06, 2026
The Ontario government is proposing changes to “modernize and streamline 13 natural resource permits,” which would allow mining and infrastructure projects to “move forward faster and with greater certainty.”
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August 06, 2026
Part one of this series established that the source-of-income analysis under Stewart v. Canada, 2002 SCC 46 is the threshold inquiry for prediction-market participants, and that Leblanc v. The Queen, 2006 TCC 680 — which held that systematic sports lottery wagering did not constitute a business — is the most directly applicable Canadian authority, albeit one whose reasoning does not map cleanly onto the structural features of prediction-market trading. Part two addresses the next analytical layer: assuming a source of income exists, how should the underlying prediction-market contracts be characterized, and what additional tax consequences arise from the cryptocurrency infrastructure through which most major platforms operate?
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August 06, 2026
The Ontario land titles registry was designed to promote certainty and reliability in real estate transactions. A potential buyer is generally entitled to rely on what is reflected in the registered title (known as the “mirror principle”) and, unless they have notice of competing claims, they should be able to acquire title without investigating past dealings or private disputes that may exist behind the registered ownership (known as the “curtain principle”).
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August 06, 2026
After spending several days considering how the United States’ men’s national team would adapt to missing their top scorer following a controversial red card, the footballing world learned that Folarin Balogun’s one-match suspension had been suspended by FIFA’s disciplinary committee, and that he would be eligible to play in the Round of 16 match against Belgium on July 6.
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August 06, 2026
On Nov. 27, 2024, J.C. pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse and exploitation material (CSAEM) and was sentenced to a one-year custodial term, followed by three years’ probation.
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August 06, 2026
In an action for trademark infringement, an associate judge of the Federal Court allowed the defendant’s request to protect certain confidential information by means of a “solicitor’s eyes only” (SEO) designation. The designation would prevent the plaintiff from accessing specified confidential information produced in the litigation (Northern Reflections Ltd. v Aritzia Inc.).
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August 05, 2026
Marks & Clerk has promoted Wilfred So to partner, effective Aug. 1, 2026.
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August 05, 2026
On Aug. 5, the Ontario government announced that it would be “strengthening oversight of key provincial agencies by launching a series of reviews to ensure they are sustainable and that the vital frontline services that families and businesses rely on are protected and continuously improved.”
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August 05, 2026
Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner Anton Boegman has issued guidance about when “licensed legal professionals” are required to register their work for foreign principals as “influence activities” in the new public foreign influence registry. The new commissioner issued five interpretation bulletins — including one specifically for lawyers — to give guidance on how to comply with the obligations under the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (FITAA) and its regulations, which came into force Aug. 4.
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August 05, 2026
Shimon Sherrington has joined BD&P as an associate in its commercial litigation and dispute resolution group in Calgary.
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August 05, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in a collection action, finding that the trial judge relied on two unpleaded defences to dismiss the case without giving the plaintiffs a meaningful opportunity to respond.
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August 05, 2026
Corporations Canada released its 2025 annual report on Aug. 5, which showed some progress on advancing diversity on boards of directors and in senior management of federal distributing corporations.
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August 05, 2026
This past quarter featured several Ontario decisions refusing stays of parallel and individual actions. Courts also considered competing approaches to the predominance test, allowed failure-to-warn and recall-notice claims involving allegedly flawed product designs to proceed and varied an unpaid costs award to make plaintiff’s counsel personally liable.