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September 17, 2026
The hardest employment mediations I run are rarely hard because the law is complicated. They are hard because one side, sometimes both, arrives committed to a position the law no longer supports. Once a client has been told its case is strong, it is difficult to accept a different assessment later, even after an appellate court has shifted the ground.
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September 17, 2026
It currently takes Ottawa up to 33 months to print a single piece of paper confirming what Canadian law already dictates: that nearly 140,000 “Lost Canadians” are rightful citizens. Yet, as the federal government prepares its 2027 immigration levels, voices are already urging a return to high discretionary quotas. Ottawa must ignore them. Before reopening the economic immigration taps, the government must freeze new intake and redirect its bureaucracy to clear a staggering, self-inflicted crisis under Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025).
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September 17, 2026
Corinne Pereira appealed three B.C. Supreme Court orders arising from her proceedings against the B.C. Labour Relations Board: an order striking her petition for judicial review, an order declaring her proceedings vexatious, and an order dismissing her application to disqualify the chambers judge for alleged bias.
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September 17, 2026
Appeal by Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) from orders granting injunctions obtained by Purolator Inc. (Purolator). The appeal arose from injunctions obtained by Purolator restraining picketing at its Ontario premises by members of CUPW, who were at the time on strike against their employer, Canada Post Corporation (Canada Post).
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September 16, 2026
After first summering and then articling with Roper Greyell, Larissa DeWolff has recently been called to the B.C. bar and welcomed to the firm as an associate, where she will be practising in all areas of workplace law.
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September 16, 2026
As employers begin planning for 2027, they should take the opportunity to review the immigration status of their foreign national workforce. In addition to operational disruptions, employers may also face regulatory and compliance risks if foreign nationals work without legal work authorization.
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September 16, 2026
A behind-the-scenes bid by federal chief justices to make future recommendations from the federal independent judicial pay commission process binding on Ottawa is on hold as representatives of Canada’s 1,200 federal judges and Federal Court associate judges sue the Carney government for allegedly not giving “meaningful effect” to the work and non-binding advice of the latest quadrennial Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission (Giardini Commission.)
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September 15, 2026
Today, Prime Minister Mark Carney introduced the new Productivity Mega Deduction at the first Canada Investment Summit in Toronto. The tax incentive will increase the share of assets covered from 15 per cent to more than 65 per cent. He also announced that Canada will seek private investment through long-term concessions to operate the country’s four largest airports.
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September 15, 2026
Keira Ostrosser has joined Mathews Dinsdale as an associate in its Calgary office.
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September 15, 2026
The employment insurance (EI) premium rate for employees will remain at $1.64 per $100 of insurable earnings in 2027, but the maximum annual insurable earnings threshold will rise to $70,800 from $68,900 in 2026, the Canada Employment Insurance Commission has announced.
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September 15, 2026
In Avalin Group FZE c. Lauzon -- Planchers de bois exclusifs inc., 2026 QCCA 651, the Quebec Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the Quebec Superior Court, which considered that the wording of the arbitration prevented any referral of the case at hand to arbitration.
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September 15, 2026
On Nov. 26, 2025, British MP and then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves stood up in the House of Commons and cut Britain’s employee ownership trust relief in half. “I will reduce that relief to 50 per cent,” the chancellor said, “retaining a strong incentive for employee-owned companies.”
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September 15, 2026
All employees in Alberta have rights under the Employment Standards Code, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workers Compensation Act and Human Rights Act, right?
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September 14, 2026
Justice Mary Lou Benotto’s recent review of Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) contains disturbing accounts of antisemitism. Jewish students, faculty and staff describe harassment, concealing their identity and feeling unsafe. Those accounts should be taken seriously, and TMU has an obligation to address them.
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September 14, 2026
Appeal by appellant from order dismissing her petition for judicial review of decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (Tribunal) dismissing her human rights complaint against Telus Employer Solutions (TES).
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September 11, 2026
The federal government is set to introduce legislation to speed up major-project reviews and modernize trade, transportation and labour rules in the next sitting of Parliament, according to a Sept. 9 release.
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September 11, 2026
The Business Council of Canada (BCC) has concluded a series of consultations on strengthening Canada’s economy, with economic sovereignty, competition, labour-force resilience and government capacity emerging as common themes, according to a Sept. 10 release.
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September 11, 2026
Mathews Dinsdale has welcomed Jessica Wuergler as counsel in its Toronto office.
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September 11, 2026
RBC’s new report, “A Smarter Immigration Strategy: Five Questions That Could Help Shape Canada’s Future,” arrives at an opportune moment. Published Sept. 1, it draws on consultations with more than 60 economists, demographers, policymakers and other experts.
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September 11, 2026
Appeal by appellant from decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal (Tribunal) dismissing his appeal from decisions of the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission (Commission). The appellant injured his right wrist in a workplace accident in January 2023 and received benefits until October 2023, when the Commission determined that his injury was resolved and that he was able to work.
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September 10, 2026
An Alberta court has awarded 15 months’ notice and 22 months’ notice to two automotive dealership employees after finding they were constructively dismissed when their employer abruptly increased their scheduled hours and changed their commission structure.
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September 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence is now part of almost every conversation about court efficiency. Those conversations are worthwhile and should continue, and I have no doubt that there is an appropriate place for AI in court operations nationwide. But while that work goes on, it is worth asking what else could make our courts run better using what we already have.
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September 09, 2026
Nova Scotia has introduced legislative changes in a bid to fight tip theft, recover unpaid earnings owed to workers and ensure they are paid for overtime.
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September 08, 2026
Ottawa has agreed that the federal judiciary reasonably incurred more than $1 million in legal fees and disbursements to participate in the independent quadrennial process that is meant to depoliticize determinations of federal judicial remuneration and avoid pay disputes.
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September 08, 2026
Workers, employers, HR professionals, unions and various other groups and organizations in New Brunswick are being invited to a series of in-person consultations as part of the province’s review of its gender pay equity legislation.