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Is municipal parkland immune from claims of adverse possession, and what role does the common law have in claims of adverse possession? In Kosicki v Toronto...

Bill 64, an Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, was recently introduced in Quebec's National Assembly.

In a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) has been ruled unconstitutional.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal has just released Sechelt Indian Band v. British Columbia, 2013 BCCA 262.

Looking back – admittedly with the benefit of hindsight – this ugly drama seems to have had only two possible endings: (1) disgraced Senator Don Meredith would either become the first sitting member to be expelled from Canada's upper house, or (2) he would pre-empt that outcome by choosing to resign.

Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act, has received Royal Assent and introduces sweeping changes to immigration enforcement and document control.

In Vlanich v. Typhair, the Ontario Court of Appeal was again asked to examine the circumstances under which a public authority might owe a private law duty of care to individual members of the public.

Without fanfare or announcement, the Government of Canada made two important amendments to the provisional surtaxes on steel products ...

On May 24, 2019, the British Columbia Court of Appeal decided unanimously that B.C.'s proposed amendments to the Environmental Management Act (Proposed Law) regarding the Trans Mountain

In Chagnon v. Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec, 2018 SCC 39, the Supreme Court of Canada addressed the intersection of the constitutional privilege afforded to legislative bodies and the rights of their unionized employees.

On July 17, 2008 the Supreme Court of Canada released its unanimous decision in Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Blood Tribe Department of Health.

Gavin and Stephen examine the Waterloo homeless encampment decision as a major example of courts moving beyond traditional Charter review and into the realm of public policy design.

Some statutes provide limited appeal rights from administrative decision-makers. A typical example is appeals that are limited to questions of law.

"Political advertising" includes a broad range of advertising related to public policy and is not limited to partisan ads specifically promoting or opposing a candidate or party.

Increasingly we hear news stories about data security breaches. Whether through the theft or loss of a laptop computer or hackers finding a way to access an organization’s records, it seems that our data can be vulnerable to attack.

Winner of a 2026 Mondaq Thought Leadership Award, hosts Stephen Thiele and Gavin Tighe examine highly contentious public cases in Canada, exploring the intersection between law and politics where courtrooms become part of the political arena. Each episode digs into current legal topics and battles, providing insight into how courts function in democracy and why their decisions matter to society.

Canadian privacy regulators have released their landmark joint investigation findings on OpenAI's ChatGPT, examining how the company collected personal information to train its AI models.

Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing has taken the rare step of referring Toronto's Official Plan Amendment 804 to the Ontario Land Tribunal for recommendation. This referral involves the redesignation of certain Employment Areas and will have significant implications for how the province's new "area of employment" regime is applied across Ontario. The Tribunal's forthcoming recommendation will be closely watched by municipalities and stakeholders throughout the province.