Business
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October 14, 2025
Privacy regulators discuss AI, cybersecurity and data risks in annual meeting
Federal, provincial and territorial information and privacy commissioners, along with ombudspersons responsible for access and privacy laws, concluded their two-day meeting in Banff focusing on emerging issues including cybersecurity risks, protection of children online and the use of AI in tribunals, the legal practice and health care.
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October 14, 2025
B.C. forest sector urges Ottawa to act as U.S. tariffs take effect
The British Columbia forest sector is calling on Ottawa to act urgently to ease the strain on the industry as an additional 10 per cent U.S. tariff on softwood lumber takes effect.
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October 14, 2025
Federal Court: Litigation use of ex-employee’s social media post not barred by PIPEDA
The Federal Court has largely dismissed a privacy application about an employer’s counsel retaining a former employee’s social-media posts for a defamation suit, finding that such retention is permitted under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
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October 14, 2025
Four associates join Lerners London office
With offices in Toronto, London, Strathroy and Waterloo, Ont, region, Lerners has signed on four new associates, all of whom will be working in London
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October 14, 2025
Accessibility Standards Canada publishes ‘milestone’ first Plain Language Standard
Accessibility Standards Canada (ASC) has published the CAN-ASC-3.1:2025 Plain Language standard, an equity-based standard which is the first National Standard of Canada on plain language.
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October 10, 2025
SCC clarifies when Quebec 10-year ‘extinctive prescription’ period reboots for collecting on judgments
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 9-0 in a Quebec appeal that filing and serving a notice to seize property counts as a judicial application interrupting the 10-year deadline to collect payment on a judgment — thereby restarting for a further 10 years the “extinctive prescription” period (comparable to a limitation period in the common law provinces) that applies to rights resulting from most money judgments under art. 2924 of the Civil Code of Québec.
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October 10, 2025
Budget 2025 to automate tax benefits, expand school food program
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced measures from the upcoming federal budget to lower costs for Canadians, including automating federal benefits, making the school food program permanent and renewing the Canada Strong Pass.
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October 10, 2025
Court affirms dismissal of employer’s breach of fiduciary duty claim against former employee
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling rejecting an employer’s claim of breach of fiduciary duty by a former executive who launched a competing business, affirming findings of only a minor breach and no evidence of resulting financial harm.
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October 10, 2025
Court denies stay in case where gaming commission ordered game’s removal
The Ontario Court of Appeal has denied a stay pending appeal in a case where a game offered at establishments serving alcohol was found to involve a mix of skill and chance and was ordered removed.
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October 10, 2025
Court directs CTA to consider commercial factors in setting interswitching rates
The Federal Court of Appeal has set aside the Canadian Transportation Agency’s 2024 interswitching rate decision, ruling that the agency erred by failing to consider commercial market factors when setting the rates.