The Canadian Trade-marks Act will be amended effective June 17, 2019. As a result, the Act will undergo a complete overhaul on various aspects of trademark prosecution, registration, and enforcement.

In November 2013, just in time for Black Friday, a start-up toy manufacturer that specializes in making engineering and science related toys marketed to girls, GoldieBlox, launched an online commercial depicting three young girls playing with a GoldieBlox toy.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has issued Compliance and Enforcement Information Bulletin CRTC 2014-326.

Canadian employers are already coping with approximately 75,000 Canadians authorized to use medical marijuana.

The proactive pay equity models in Ontario and Quebec require that employers establish and maintain compensation practices that provide for pay equity.

On November 29, 2017, the Nova Scotia Department of Finance and Treasury Board released new regulations with respect to asset transfers between pension plans that are effective November 28, 2017.

Removal of limits on the use of letters of credit.

In September 2017, Nova Scotia's Department of Finance and Treasury Board announced that stakeholder input is being sought regarding potential permanent changes to the funding framework for defined benefit pension plans for Nova Scotia.

I wrote a blog about managers and supervisors who recommend their employees on LinkedIn in October 2012.

Monday June 2, 2014, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador introduced brand new (and unexpected) amendments to the Labour Relations Act.

You may recall our blog last year, "Take me out to the ball game": Too sick to work, but able to play softball? that dealt with a telecommunications employee alleging he was too sick to work, but was then observed playing in a slow-pitch softball tournament on the same day he called in sick.

Fall has arrived! The leaves are changing colours, families are stockpiling Halloween candy (some of which will actually last long enough to be distributed on the 31st), and warm knitwear is being dragged back out of the closet.

There have been two developments in Nova Scotia pension law in recent weeks.

Municipalities are required to pass code of conduct bylaws in accordance with section 107 of the Municipal Government Act (the "MGA"). Subsection 107(1) of the MGA specifically states...

Both cases dealt with large awards for punitive damages and mental distress damages which were substantially reduced at their respective Courts of Appeal.

The ECJ’s recent affirmation of the EU’s ‘right to be forgotten’ has stirred intense debate and stoked fears about the future regulation of the internet.

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently changed the rules for the application of mitigation where there is a fixed contractual termination payment in an employment contract in Bowes v Goss Power Products Ltd.

Today Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada ("IRCC") has announced significant changes to the travel requirements for Mexican citizens.

CBC is making headlines once again for the termination of yet another of its high-profile personalities.

Due to recent changes, most in-Canada work permit extensions now must be made electronically, rather than by paper.