Labour & Employment
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September 10, 2025
New OBA president hopes to bring ‘more conversational experience’ to position
The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) has a new leader at its helm. Katy Commisso took over the top job from former president Kathryn Manning at the beginning of September after serving a term as the first vice-president of the OBA, which is the professional association for Ontario's lawyers, judges and law students. She will serve for the 2025-26 term. Commisso, a native of Burlington, Ont., said she did not grow up wanting to be a lawyer.
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September 10, 2025
Fatal Florida trucking accident involving illegal driver a warning for Canada
On Aug. 12, 2025, a tragedy on a Florida highway shook both the trucking industry and immigration policy in North America.
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September 10, 2025
Ministers of agriculture at conference recognize ‘significant uncertainty caused by tariffs’
At the annual conference of federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) ministers of agriculture, ministers across the country “recognized the impacts of dry conditions and wildfire activity affecting regions across Canada, and the significant uncertainty caused by tariffs.”
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September 09, 2025
Dalhousie, union resume labour talks during lockout
Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University and its locked-out unionized faculty have returned to the bargaining table.
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September 09, 2025
The truth about consequences
“Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.” — Bruce Barton, American author and ad exec
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September 08, 2025
Atlantic Canada to receive $80 million from tariff response program
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that $80 million from the Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) will be dedicated to businesses in Atlantic Canada, including the seafood, manufacturing and steel sectors.
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September 08, 2025
Court orders CRA to redetermine taxes for U.S. citizen living in Canada
The Federal Court has remitted a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) decision for redetermination in a case where the employer of a U.S. citizen living in Canada withheld taxes from her pay for U.S. governments.
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September 05, 2025
Carney pauses 2026 EV mandate amid tariff stress, announces comprehensive Buy Canadian policy
Prime Minister Mark Carney has paused the 2026 electric vehicle (EV) mandate target for automakers and auto importers as part of a strategy to support sectors impacted by U.S.-imposed tariffs. The automobile sector in Canada has been one of the hardest hit by the imposition of U.S. tariffs, with Canadian cars facing 25 per cent tariffs in the U.S. Carney said that protectionist measures put in place by the U.S. were fundamentally reshaping all its trading relationships but noted that Canada currently has the best deal of any U.S. trading partner, with 85 per cent of trade between the two countries being tariff-free.
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September 05, 2025
Court finds foreign service union did not adequately consider grievance on children’s education
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a decision by the Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board, finding that the Professional Association of Foreign Service Officers failed to adequately consider a grievance related to an education allowance for a member’s stepdaughters, thereby breaching its duty of fair representation.
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September 05, 2025
Hicks Morley adds 6 new associates
Hicks Morley has welcomed six new associates to its Toronto office. According to the firm’s announcement, the lawyers include: