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June 13, 2025
Competition Bureau monitoring Loblaw’s elimination of property controls
With Loblaw’s recent commitment towards ending its property controls, the Competition Bureau has announced that it will be monitoring the company’s activities on the matter.
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June 13, 2025
Former Supreme Court Justice La Forest dies
Former Supreme Court Justice Gérard Vincent La Forest has died. Justice La Forest, whose long legal career also encompassed government work, private sector lawyering, teaching and sitting on an East Coast appeal court, died June 12, according to a news release. He was 99.
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June 13, 2025
Court allows administrator appointment for condo corp.’s various failures
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has allowed an application to appoint an administrator in a case where a condominium corporation failed to rectify numerous issues on premises.
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June 12, 2025
Supreme Court to decide if Facebook broke privacy law in disclosing users’ data to third-party apps
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear Facebook’s appeal from a lower court’s ruling that the platform shared users’ personal information with third-party applications on its platform, without providing adequate privacy safeguards or obtaining meaningful consent to disclose users’ personal data — in breach of the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
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June 12, 2025
BCSC aims to fight investment scams targeting elderly with new ringtones
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has launched a new ad campaign using custom ringtones to help seniors and their families avoid investment scams.
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June 12, 2025
Appeals dismissed in case of voting rights concerning two related non-profits
The Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed appeals relating to the members’ voting rights in a case involving not-for-profit corporations providing Halal certifications.
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June 10, 2025
Canada’s top judge declares ‘in this country, the rule of law is non-negotiable’
Lawyers, as officers of the court, have a professional “responsibility and obligation” to defend the rule of law and the independence of the bar and judiciary against attacks, Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner said at his annual news conference in Ottawa.
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June 10, 2025
Competition Bureau opens consultation on algorithmic pricing
The Competition Bureau has published a new discussion paper titled “Algorithmic Pricing and Competition” and is calling for public consultation on the matter.
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June 10, 2025
Court dismisses leave to amend in case by Tim Hortons franchisees
The British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed a leave application in a case involving a Tim Hortons franchise because proposed amendments were poorly drafted.
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June 10, 2025
Canada enforces fourth round of sanctions against individuals in West Bank
On June 10, the federal government announced new sanctions under the Special Economic Measures (Extremist Settler Violence) Regulations against “facilitators of extremist settler violence against civilians in West Bank.”