ArticleWhat's Happening North Of 60?Rob Miller and Sarah Bird recently travelled to Yellowknife to chair and speak at Insight's North of 60 Forum: Unlocking the True Economic Potential of the North. CanadaGovernment, Public SectorMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleWhat Always Was, Now Is: Bill 38 And The Provincial Affirmation Of Indigenous Jurisdiction Over Child And Family ServicesCo-jurisdiction is here. For the first time since contact, since a clash of sovereignties, since a stolen generation, then another, and then another, there is hope that Indigenous peoples...CanadaGovernment, Public SectorMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleImpacts Of Tsilhqot’in Part I: A Layperson’s Guide To Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British ColumbiaThis is the first in a series of seven articles on the Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision on Aboriginal title and its expected impacts.CanadaGovernment, Public SectorMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleBreaking Down The Bench: Analyzing The Supreme Court Of Canada's 2022 Year-in-Review ReportThe Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") is the highest court in the country, tasked with interpreting the law and resolving disputes of national importance.CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleBCUC's Indigenous Utilities Inquiry Final Report Misses The Mark On UNDRIP And Transformative Regulatory ChangeMany Indigenous Nations view the development of Indigenous-led utilities and Independent Power Producer ("IPP")...CanadaGovernment, Public SectorMiller Titerle + Company
ArticlePart I – The Neverending Story: A Legislative Journey In Four PartsOver the past few months, virtually every significant piece of legislation governing BC and federal workplaces has been subject to some major changes.CanadaEmployment and HRMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleThe War On The War On Drugs: Recent Developments In British Columbia's Opioid-Related Class ActionAs the opioid crisis continues to ravage communities across Canada, urgent action is needed to address this growing problem. There is potential for class actions against drug producers...CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleRights For Rivers – Quebec River Granted Rights And Legal Personhood By Indigenous Community And Local MunicipalityEarlier this year, the Magpie River in Quebec (Muteshekau-shipu in the Innu language) was granted legal personhood by the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit and the Minganie Regional County Municipality ("Minganie RCM"). CanadaEnvironmentMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleAboriginal Title Affirmed In Cowichan Tribes v Canada: Implications For Fee Simple Land Held In British ColumbiaThis historic decision from the Supreme Court of British Columbia affirms the Cowichan Nation – including Cowichan Tribes, Stz'uminus, Penelakut, and Halalt – holds Aboriginal title to a portion of their lands known as Tl'uqtinus.CanadaGovernment, Public SectorMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleCOVID-19: A Practical Overview Of Employer OptionsIn response to the serious economic symptoms of COVID-19, organizations are having to make the most difficult kinds of business decisions – the human ones.CanadaCoronavirus (COVID-19)Miller Titerle + Company
ArticleOverview Of The NEB's Report On The Trans Mountain ProjectKinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Expansion Project (the "Project") received National Energy Board (the "NEB") approval on May 19, 2016.CanadaEnergy and Natural ResourcesMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleCanada's First Bitcoin Investment Fund: BCSC Grants Registration For Bitcoin Investment Fund ManagerOn September 6, 2017 the British Columbia Securities Commission ("BCSC") announced the first registration in Canada of a cryptocurrency investment fund manager.CanadaFinance and BankingMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleOn Deviations From Declarations: The SCC Gets Decisive On Stare DecisisWhen a trial judge rules that a law is unconstitutional, who is bound by that decision? In R v Sullivan, 2022 SCC 19, the SCC has made it crystal clear: these declarations are ...CanadaLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleCOVID-19 And The Workplace – Your Legal Obligations As An Employer And Employee During A PandemicSince the outbreak of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19, global updates have been flooding our news feed...CanadaEmployment and HRMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleCOVID-19 Paid Sick LeaveOver the past several months, the B.C. Government has introduced several changes to the Employment Standards Act ("ESA"). As recent as May 20, 2021, new amendments have come into force...CanadaEmployment and HRMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleOverview Of The NEB's Report On The Trans Mountain ProjectKinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Expansion Project (the "Project") received National Energy Board (the "NEB") approval on May 19, 2016.CanadaEnergy and Natural ResourcesMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleFull Transparency: Answering Questions From Employers And Employees About BC's Pay Transparency ActThe recent enactment of British Columbia's Pay Transparency Act (the "Act") has piqued widespread interest from both employers and employees throughout British Columbia.CanadaEmployment and HRMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleSocieties Act Comes into Force: Indepth AnalysisBill-24, the Societies Act (the "New Act"), received Royal Assent on May 4, 2015 and comes into force today, November 28, 2016. CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleCanada's Highest Court Upholds Indigenous JurisdictionOn February 9, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC" or the "Court") released its decision Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, 2024 SCC 5, ruling...CanadaGovernment, Public SectorMiller Titerle + Company
ArticleDisclosing The Definition Of A "Material Change": Lundin Mining Corporation v. Markowich, 2025 SCC 39In a recent securities law decision regarding continuous disclosure, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected a restrictive and overly formulaic approach to determining what constitutes a "material change"...CanadaCorporate/Commercial LawMiller Titerle + Company