In the spirit of giving as we head into the holiday season, the Alberta government has bestowed a substantial change to the provincial employment standards legislation by amending the Employment Standards Regulation.

In Latifi v The TDL Group Corp., 2025 BCCA 45, (Latifi) the BC Court of Appeal upheld the summary dismissal of a proposed class action against the Tim Hortons franchisor in Canada.

The courts have again reminded employers — and arbitrators — of the importance of a proper investigation and analysis when an employee is discovered to be using medical marijuana....

David Dodge, Senior Advisor in our Ottawa office discusses proposed changes to the Pension reform.

The Court of Appeal’s decision in General Motors of Canada Limited v Johnson does not break any new ground in the law of constructive dismissal.

In Waksdale, a company terminated an employee without cause and paid him severance as per the termination without cause provision in the employee's employment agreement.

Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) came into force on August 3, 2021.

On April 1, 2021, as part of an ongoing review and revision process, seven amendments to the Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia came into force.

The intersection of mandatory arbitration clauses and class proceedings continues to be a vexing problem for the courts. In Heller v. Uber Technologies Inc., the first decision of 2019

On March 28, 2014, two popular Canadian-based magazines, The Walrus and Toronto Life, brought their unpaid internship programs abruptly to an end...

Interest by investors in developing helium deposits in Alberta has to date been deterred by the lack of a helium specific royalty rate.

On July 9, 2020, the Alberta government announced the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program. As part of Alberta's Recovery Plan, the Program represents a significant effort to...

The litigation began in 2006 when Moulton sued the Province, the FNFN and certain individual members of the FNFN for losses suffered as a result of a road blockade obstructing Moulton's logging access road.

The British Columbia government is moving forward with the second phase of spill regulations, announcing further stakeholder engagement on important elements, such as spill response...

The B.C. Supreme Court has clarified the interpretation of section 8 of the B.C. Water Act.

The amendments mark the first product-specific restrictions under Canada’s Russia sanctions regime and are similar to prohibitions being imposed by the United States and the European Union.

Across British Columbia and around the world, a new relationship is developing between the low-carbon economy, carbon-based fuel, and communities.

On July 19, 2018, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York followed an emerging trend in federal jurisprudence by dismissing a claim against several oil and gas producers...

A gas facility operator was recently awarded summary judgment for its unpaid invoices, even though the non-paying producer disputed the amounts owing and claimed various set-offs.

Hydro-Québec will soon begin its calls for tenders for a block of 300 MW of solar energy in Quebec.