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While much of the data on food labels is incomprehensible to the average consumer, at least "best before dates" and "packaging dates" are easy to understand.

​The proposed Exemption Regulations (Consumer Products) to the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act ("CCPSA") have now been published.

In Mitusev v. General Motors Corp., the plaintiff was driving a van manufactured by the defendant, General Motors Corporation ("GM"), along a highway when he slid on a patch of ice.

With the legalization of marijuana appearing to be more like an inevitability than a possibility, the options for consuming marijuana continue to expand.

A product liability claim is based upon a product causing damages for failing to perform as it should.

A recent decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal, illustrates the difficulties faced by companies that try to challenge a jury’s findings.

When broken, defective, or dangerous consumer products are thrown out with the trash, potentially important evidence for future litigation is tossed away with it.

Earlier this month a proposed class action was filed in Montreal by the Consumer Law Group alleging that Merck, Shering-Plough and Daiichi Sankyo provided inadequate warnings...

Quebec's new Bill 24 prohibits businesses from using a person's identity or image in consumer advertising without consent, creating significant compliance obligations for companies using AI-generated content, synthetic voices, and digitally altered spokespersons. The legislation introduces broad enforcement powers and extends liability beyond content creators to platforms that distribute or facilitate unauthorized representations.

Here's a look at what's new with the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act and regulations to the Food and Drugs Act and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Le droit canadien en matière de responsabilité du fabricant continue d'évoluer et, au cours de la dernière année, les tribunaux se sont penchés sur des questions liées aux défauts de conception et de fabrication, aux avertissements inadéquats et à la complexité croissante des chaînes d'approvisionnement modernes.

Determining the appropriate standard of care in product liability actions based on negligence, will often determine the outcome of a case.

On June 9, 2010, the federal government reintroduced for the third time consumer protection legislation aimed at strengthening Canadian consumer product safety law.

On November 22nd, new legislation was introduced (Bill S-5) that proposes significant changes to the Tobacco Act to institute regulation of vaping products...

Imagine the following scenario: a local distributor sells a commonly used product that shortly thereafter causes a major house fire.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently clarified the evidentiary threshold that plaintiffs must satisfy at the certification stage in the context of product liability class actions in Charlton v. Abbott Laboratories, Ltd.

In Larsen v. ZF TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., 2023 BCSC 1471 ("Larsen"), the Supreme Court of British Columbia dismissed the plaintiff's application to certify a proposed product liability class action.

The past year has continued to be an active one for class proceedings in Canada. More than 250 actions have been filed in courts across the country since the beginning of 2025.