As generative AI makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish real from synthetic content, deepfakes pose mounting risks to high-profile figures and brands across sports, entertainment, and franchising.

Minister Jason Kenney announced on April 24, 2014 that all restaurants would be barred from accessing the Program to hire foreign workers in Canada.

It is sometimes expressed by members of the franchise community that a lawyer’s representation of both franchisor and franchisee clients may lead to that lawyer’s taking inconsistent positions in servicing their clients.

Franchisors are greedy and self-interested.

The Ontario Government passed a new regulation, O. Reg 228/20, that deems non-unionized employees whose hours of work are temporarily reduced or eliminated by the employer ...

Much talk about the upcoming changes to the taxation of trusts and estates has surrounded the introduction of the concept of Graduated Rate Estates.

The Canadian federal government (the Government) has announced that it is taking steps to protect Canadian businesses by tightening their enforcement of the rules

Following Immigration Minister John McCallum's speech on March 8, 2016 at the Brampton Multicultural Community Centre, many were left wondering about the direction presented for this year.

Starting July 31, 2018 more applicants will need to provide biometrics when they apply for a visitor visa, work or study permit or permanent residence in Canada.

We are two months into the launch of Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s ("CIC") Express Entry system for managing certain applications for permanent residence.

On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau, presented the Federal Budget 2017.

In January 2013, Citizenship and Immigration Canada announced significant changes to the Canadian Experience Class.

Canadian Intellectual Property Office recently announced that effective July 29, 2013, all of CIPO’s PPH agreements will adopt the Mottainai Model.

Given the rise of social networking in the past decade, it is no huge surprise that employers have become interested in mining this newfound technology for information about prospective employees.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has implemented significant changes to trust reporting rules for taxation years ending after December 30, 2023.

Pre-employment drug testing in Ontario is generally not permissible; The Ontario Human Rights Commission ("OHRC’) has stated that: "Since drug testing cannot be shown to actually measure impairment...

While there is no requirement in Ontario for employees to provide notice of resignation to their employer, the parties can contract for a reasonable notice of resignation period.

On May 7, 2018, the Ontario government announced that it is reinstating the former public holiday pay calculation beginning on July 1, 2018.

Canadian Law has long recognized that employers are, in certain circumstances, responsible for the wrongful actions of their employees.

For many of our foreign clients, when deciding whether to file in Canada a national phase application of an earlier filed PCT application, Canada's late entry regime often provides an option of...