The Complete Brief
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October 01, 2025
Canadian business council makes recommendations for Budget 2025
The Business Council of Canada (BCC) has released the results of its 2025 fiscal consultation and is calling on the federal government “to present a credible, pro-growth plan in the next budget.”
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October 01, 2025
Court denies tax appeal of farming claim where physician-farmer sought losses
The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal in a case where an individual who was both a physician and a farmer applied for a farming loss rule pursuant to 31(1) of the Income Tax Act and was denied.
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October 01, 2025
Feds providing funding for tenants’ rights program in N.S.
Canada’s government is giving almost $1 million to a tenants’ rights program in Nova Scotia — to be delivered by the province’s legal aid provider. According to a recent news release, the new Tenants’ Rights Program “will provide Nova Scotians with free legal advice and education to better navigate housing challenges.”
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October 01, 2025
B.C. law society holding annual general meeting Oct. 7
Registration and advance voting are open for the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC)’s Oct. 7 annual general meeting (AGM). The AGM is being held virtually via Zoom webinar, with a call to order at 12:30 p.m. PDT. Advance online voting is also available until Oct. 6.
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October 01, 2025
Catherine Péloquin named BLG’s chief legal talent officer
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has announced the appointment of Catherine Péloquin as chief legal talent officer.
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October 01, 2025
Robins Appleby welcomes Ananta Sriram, Darya Maltseva as associates
Robins Appleby LLP has announced that Ananta Sriram and Darya Maltseva have joined the firm as associates.
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October 01, 2025
Federal Court blocks release of contractor’s roster in response to access-to-information request
The Federal Court has ordered the federal procurement minister not to release the names of consultants working on government projects through a contractor, ruling the names qualify as confidential commercial information and are exempt from disclosure under an access-to-information request.
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October 01, 2025
Court of Appeal upholds termination clause
In what is likely the beginning of the tide turning toward the protection of thoughtfully drafted termination clauses that seek to limit exposure to common law damage assessments, the Ontario Court of Appeal recently upheld a termination clause in Bertsch v. Datastealth Inc., 2025 ONCA 379.
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October 01, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal upholds convictions in baby’s 2016 death
On Dec. 29, 2016, Durham Regional Police responded to a call from an apartment in Oshawa, Ont. Police found a nine-month-old boy, Kaleb McKay, not breathing. Paramedics tried but couldn’t revive the child. A postmortem was conducted and the death was ruled a homicide. The victim died of numerous injuries.
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October 01, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Actions - Causes of action - Tort v. contractual - Parties - Adding or substituting
Appeal by Pro-Dive of the trial judge’s discretionary order dismissing Pro-Dive’s application to add TechnipFMC Canada Ltd. James Hynes sued Professional Diving Contractors Limited and David Squires for making defamatory statements about him and intentionally interfering with his contractual and economic relations with Technip.