In-House Counsel
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October 17, 2025
Ottawa extends tariff relief on U.S. goods amid ongoing trade talks
Ottawa has extended relief from retaliatory tariffs on certain U.S. goods, including those used in manufacturing and essential sectors such as health care, public safety and national security, for an additional two months, the department of finance said in a release issued on Oct. 17.
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October 17, 2025
Federal Court upholds CRA denial of IMAX bid to file late COVID-19 claims
The Federal Court has upheld a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) decision refusing IMAX an extension to file Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) claims, finding that a CRA officer’s conclusion that IMAX had not shown exceptional circumstances beyond its control was reasonable.
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October 17, 2025
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND PRIVACY - Access to information - Data - Collection - Disclosure
Appeal by Gondor from chambers judge’s order. The issue arose when Mr. Gondor’s adult child, D.G., sent an email to the District of Saanich (the District) containing District records which included personal information of District residents as defined under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).
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October 16, 2025
Appeals: Can parties ‘consent’ to them?
When it comes to reviewing the orders of lower courts in Canada, appellate courts have broad jurisdiction. Far from a rubber-stamping process, all appeals involve the assessment of the lower court’s reasoning through the application of standards of review.
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October 16, 2025
Ontario introducing legislation to expand ‘as of right’ provisions for health care workers
In a push to attract more healthcare professionals to the province, Ontario will introduce legislation next week to “support greater worker mobility across Canada.”
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October 15, 2025
Biometric data and workplace surveillance
The most common use of biometric data by Canadian employers is to monitor employees in the workplace. The legitimate extent of such monitoring is one of the fundamental legal questions of the 21st century – while biometric surveillance can make workplaces more efficient, it also implicates the most basic rights of employees. Canadian legislators have created a complex legal regime to address the task of balancing the right to privacy of employees with the right of employers to efficiently manage their workforce and run their business.
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October 15, 2025
Doug Ford shouldn’t boast about his parking lot shenanigans
Members of the public were taken aback earlier this week to hear Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford loudly boasting about threatening to give a stranger “a beating like he’s never got before.” Criminal lawyers were even more shocked by the premier’s telling of the tale, which he summed up with “that’s what you have to do.” According to comments attributed to him in a Toronto Star piece on Oct. 14, Ford was outraged, indeed filled with rage during the incident, when he also threatened to “kick [the person’s] ass all over the parking lot.”
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October 15, 2025
Federal Court overturns TMOB ruling for narrowing confusion test to past use
The Federal Court has set aside the Trademarks Opposition Board’s (TMOB) dismissal of a trademark opposition, ruling that the board erred by limiting its confusion analysis to the opponent’s actual use of its mark rather than the full scope of its registration.
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October 15, 2025
CSA extends deadline for ETF regulation feedback
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has decided to extend its call for comment for the consultation on the exchange-traded fund (ETF) regulatory framework.
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October 15, 2025
New interpretation bulletins issued by Canada’s lobbying commissioner are unconstitutional
In a news release dated July 16, 2025, the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada issued two new interpretation bulletins.