The Complete Brief
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October 08, 2025
Substantial estate compliance: Limit of court’s curative power
In June 2025, my colleague, Michael G. von Keitz, wrote an article that reviewed a trio of cases (Salmon v. Rombough, 2024 ONSC 1186; Re: O’Neill Estate, 2024 ONSC 2228; and Urback v. Canadian Cancer Society et al., 2025 ONSC 3313) each of which further clarified the boundaries of substantial compliance legislation in Ontario.
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October 08, 2025
Miscarriage of Justice Canada targets B.C. government for mishandling wrongful conviction
The adage “justice delayed is justice denied” has a corollary: justice delayed is compensation denied. What happens when our criminal justice system makes a mistake? Fortunately, groups are stepping forward to correct an existing wrong. They are working to ensure that a wrongly convicted individual, Gerald Klassen, will ultimately be compensated for the injustice he endured at the hands of the state.
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October 08, 2025
CIVIL PROCEDURE - Parties - Class or representative actions
Appeal by attorney general from Federal Court decision. There were two questions of law before the Federal Court. First, could the estate of a deceased member of a class action have claimed damages for breach of s. 11(h) Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms right? If the answer to this was yes, did provincial estates statutes providing for an “alive as of” date prohibit or limit recovery of those Charter damages?
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October 07, 2025
New B.C. legislation to ensure prompt payment in construction industry
British Columbia has introduced new prompt-payment legislation that aims to ensure that contractors, subcontractors and workers in the construction industry are paid on time and fairly.
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October 07, 2025
Manitoba moves to block switch to primary-driver car insurance model
Manitoba has introduced legislation to enshrine the current registered-owner car insurance pricing model in law, ensuring Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) continues to use it despite a regulatory order calling for a switch to a primary-driver model.
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October 07, 2025
Energy experts Antonopoulos, McLaughlin join Osler in Calgary
Osler has welcomed energy law lawyers George Antonopoulos and Mauryah McLaughlin to its national energy group. The new partners will be based in Calgary.
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October 07, 2025
Feds aim to downsize Temporary Foreign Worker Program, noting increased penalties
The federal government has announced measures to reduce reliance on the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program, including a 50 per cent overall reduction in applications to the program and 70 per cent in the low-wage stream. This was done, the statement read, “in context of the tightening labour market in September 2024.”
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October 07, 2025
Federal Court rules CORE’s findings not justiciable, dismisses union’s review request
The Federal Court has dismissed an application for judicial review of a final report by the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), ruling that the ombudsperson’s findings are advisory in nature and therefore not justiciable.
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October 07, 2025
Langlois expands labour and employment team with 3 new partners
Langlois has added three partners to its labour and employment law group in Quebec City: Jasmin Marcotte, Sébastien Gobeil and Laurence Déry.
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October 07, 2025
B.C. introducing legislation to address sexual violence at post-secondary schools
The Government of British Columbia is introducing new legislation and an action plan to “strengthen support for post-secondary communities in preventing and responding to sexual violence.”