On January 31, 2014, the Federal Court of Appeal held in Lemire v Canadian Human Rights Commission that the hate speech prohibition in the Canadian Human Rights Act is constitutional.

Seven Indigenous communities in Alberta now own a combined 40% equity stake in Alberta PowerLine and its award-winning Fort McMurray West 500-kV Transmission Project.

On April 20, 2023, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-47, the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1, which includes the long awaited proposed amendments to the criminal interest rate.

Martin Ignasiak and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute's Heather Exner-Pirot write on the steps Canada's Parliament can take to restore investor confidence. Specifically, the designation of certain Trans-Canada.

Experts play an important role in IP litigation, but the court will carefully consider whether the proposed expert evidence is necessary to assist the trial judge...

This month, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) updated its customs compliance verification priorities for 2015.

A few years ago, a World Trade Organization Ministerial meeting would have been the focus of global attention.

International trade and investment is a crucial channel through which economies and individual businesses specialize, innovate, become more productive, and grow incomes, output and employment...

Bennett Jones is thrilled to celebrate a major milestone in its ongoing journey of growth and partnership with clients—the 10th anniversary of the firm's Vancouver office.

The Supreme Court of Canada's spring term begins on April 16, 2018. Chief Justice Wagner has already put his stamp on the Court ...

The Supreme Court of Canada's spring term begins on April 18.

In RateMDs Inc. v. Bleuler, 2025 BCCA 329, the BC Court of Appeal overturned certification of a proposed privacy class action, finding that the plaintiff's novel claims that use of health professionals' names...

Courts perform an important gatekeeping function at certification.

When faced with defendants' applications brought before the plaintiff's application to certify a class proceeding, BC courts have often held that there is a presumption that certification will proceed first.

Both cases were filed by the same law firm and concerned the same allegations related to system access fees charged to owners of cellular phones.

Conflicting interpretations of the same statute by an administrative tribunal are unlikely to be reasonable, let alone correct, the Alberta Court of Appeal recently held...

The Ontario Court of Appeal has concluded that a client's influence over a service provider's processes does not establish an employment relationship between the client and the service provider's employees.

The appeal involved no fewer than six intervening legal and expert witness associations, some of whom had struck committees to consider the issues raised by the lower court decision.

In line with its recent tendency to release administrative interpretations informally, in December the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) released an Income Tax Technical News(ITTN), which can be of use to your practice.

On January 16, the Supreme Court of Canada released its first decision of 2014. The decision in Vivendi Canada Inc. v Dell’Aniello addressed a Québec action that sought to be authorized as a class action.