In-House Counsel
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March 10, 2026
Manitoba to require employers to provide menstrual products
Manitoba will soon be the first province in Canada requiring employers to provide free menstrual products to their employees.
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March 10, 2026
Canadian cabotage and immigration rules for foreign trucking operations
Foreign motor carriers delivering freight into Canada operate within a tightly regulated framework that governs both the use of their equipment and the activities of their drivers while in Canada. Canadian cabotage and immigration rules are designed to protect the domestic transportation market while allowing international trade to function efficiently.
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March 10, 2026
Redirecting the political power of the Insurance Bureau of Canada
When an insurance company agrees to cover damages caused by a careless driver, it is natural for them to limit the driver’s accountability and reduce their overall exposure.
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March 09, 2026
Could stronger AI regulation have prevented the Tumbler Ridge tragedy?
This article was updated to accommodate new information.
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March 09, 2026
In their own words: Why we chose to platform women’s voices
At the Paralegal TownHall, we have always believed that the legal profession is strengthened when people are given a platform to share their knowledge, experiences and perspectives openly. Our community was built around the idea that conversation, collaboration and shared insight move a profession forward.
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March 06, 2026
Exclusion of refugee claimants from subsidized childcare violates women’s Charter s. 15 rights: SCC
In a Charter s. 15(1) equality rights milestone, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Quebec’s exclusion of refugee claimants from eligibility for subsidized childcare in the province unconstitutionally discriminates against women based on their sex.
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March 06, 2026
Privacy commissioner releases findings of PC Optimum loyalty program investigation
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released the findings of an investigation into Loblaw Companies Ltd.’s PC Optimum loyalty program, finding that Loblaw had contravened Principle 4.5.3 and 4.10 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
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March 05, 2026
Court rules contingency fee agreement did not cover appeal, orders law firm to return $1.7M
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld an order requiring a law firm to return more than $1.7 million from a damages award to its former client, ruling that the firm’s contingency fee agreement did not entitle it to share in a $3.52-million award secured on appeal after the client retained new counsel.
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March 05, 2026
Canada’s defence industrial strategy: Building domestic capacity, unlocking business opportunities
A rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape marked by, as Mark Carney argues, the erosion of the international rules‑based order and intensifying technological competition has driven a fundamental reassessment of national security and defence policy in Canada. The federal government recently released Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS), a potentially transformative economic framework designed to strengthen national sovereignty and catalyze industrial growth.
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March 04, 2026
Publicly linked subcontractors of federal contractor not exempt from disclosure under AITA: court
The Federal Court has ordered the disclosure of the identities of certain subcontractors recruited by a consulting firm to perform work under a federal contract, holding that the information was not exempt under the Access to Information Act (AITA) because their connection to the work was publicly discernible.