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Canada's Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (the "Supply Chains Act") came into force on January 1, 2024 and many mining companies...

On November 20, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its much anticipated judgment in St. Lawrence Cement Inc. v. Barrette, allowing a class action for neighborhood annoyances in connection with the operation of the cement plant.

The Equator Principles (EPs) is a set of ten voluntary principles or guidelines established to assist financial institutions with identifying, assessing and managing environmental and social risk...

Importantly, the Ontario Superior Court has further directed that the application must be served on the Attorney General for Canada and the Attorney General for Ontario.

As part of the implementation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the Customs Tariff Act was amended on July 1, 2020...

In this decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal elaborated on its brief reasons, provided April 18, 2011, setting aside an order to return a child to her mother in Mexico pursuant to the "Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction" (the "Hague Convention").

The British Columbia Human Rights Code, like human rights legislation in other provinces, prescribes a number of remedies once the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal ("Tribunal") determines that a human rights violation has occurred.

This decision addressed the jurisdiction of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal ("BCHRT") to consider an application regarding a Workers Compensation Board ("WCB") policy, when the substance of the application had already been heard by a WCB Review Officer, who had considered the policy and determined that it adhered to the B.C. "Human Rights Code".

The Canadian court system is in crisis and it's only getting worse.In Toronto, it takes well over a year to have a motion heard before a judge. The shortage of judges has been well covered, but there are other cracks...

The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled that the constitutional protection against cruel and unusual treatment or punishment under s. 12 of the <em>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms</em> does not apply to corporations.

Regardless of size or sector, unionized or non-unionized, all provincially regulated employers in Newfoundland and Labrador are required to abide by the Human Rights Act, 2010 (the "Act").

The BC Human Rights Tribunal has breathed new life into the concept of what it means to further the purposes of the "Human Rights Code".

In the recent decision "R. v. Goodon", 2008 MBPC 59, the Provincial Court of Manitoba dismissed a charge of unlawful possession of wildlife against the accused on the basis that he belonged to a Métis community that held an aboriginal right to hunt for food in the area.

Métis and non-status Indians are now under federal jurisdiction and may assert Aboriginal rights. This was confirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada in Daniels v. Canada.

The saying “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” has particular resonance given a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada. On April 9, 2009, in a 7-0 decision, the Supreme Court found that an individual who had placed garbage bags for collection at the rear of his property had abandoned his privacy interest in the contents of the bags with them at the curb.

On May 10, 2016, the Ontario Superior Court released its decision in Ogiamien v Ontario, 2016 ONSC 3080.

In one of the more noteworthy trends visible in human rights decisions throughout the last few years, human rights tribunals across the country have been increasing monetary awards to successful...

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in N.B. v. Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, 2022 HRTO 1044 (CanLII) recently confirmed that including gender identity in lessons taught to grade one...