Business
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November 25, 2025
Court grants church injunction in dispute over 30-day lease termination clause
The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted a church an injunction preventing its landlord from terminating its long-term lease until after an appeal concerning the validity of a 30-day termination clause is decided.
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November 25, 2025
Curtis Law undergoes name change, adds lawyer
Curtis Law, which specializes in employment investigations and mediation, has become Curtis Donovan Law. The firm is dedicated to providing thorough investigation services to employers while reducing disruption.
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November 25, 2025
Court approves $26-million CIBC settlement over trailing commissions to discount brokers
The Ontario Superior Court has approved a $26-million settlement resolving claims that CIBC improperly paid trailing commissions to discount brokers on behalf of investors in CIBC and Renaissance mutual funds.
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November 25, 2025
Canada lifts visa requirement for citizens of Qatar
The federal government has lifted the visa requirement for citizens of Qatar, highlighting “bilateral cooperation” and boosting “growth in tourism, business, and investment.”
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November 25, 2025
Maple leaf to green card: Canada a multibillion-dollar immigration engine for U.S.
Canada’s economic bedrock has long been its audacious immigration policy. For decades, we’ve prided ourselves on a logical, points-based system, meticulously designed to attract the world’s “best and brightest.” We offer a clear, efficient path to Permanent Residence, a robust social safety net and the promise of a stable, inclusive future. But what if this meticulously curated talent pool views Canada not as their ultimate destination, but as a strategic, temporary layover — a convenient “backdoor” to the elusive American dream?
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November 25, 2025
Budget 2025 introduces business and international tax changes
On Nov. 4, the federal government tabled Canada Strong: Budget 2025 (Budget 2025), marking Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s first budget tabled under the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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November 25, 2025
Competition Bureau warns businesses against advertising fake discounts
The Competition Bureau has issued a warning to businesses ahead of Black Friday that it’s “illegal to advertise fake discounts by promoting a made-up ‘regular price.’ ”
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November 25, 2025
Law360 Canada Pulse survey 2025: lawyers grapple with stress amid financial strain, long hours
The legal profession is going through seismic change as it grapples with things like artificial intelligence, but one issue that has been around for centuries still remains — stress. According to the 2025 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey — which marks Law360 Canada’s third deep dive into the feelings and thoughts that legal professionals have about their jobs — 85 per cent of associates say they are at least sometimes stressed by their finances, along with 77 per cent of those at small firms.
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November 25, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal upholds nine-year sentence despite Gladue
In R. v. Billy, 2025 BCCA 405, Clint Aaron Jeremy Billy appealed his nine-year cumulative sentence for a series of robberies and related imitation-firearm offences.
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November 25, 2025
TikTok Report: Quebec’s Law 25 rulings impact all organizations
In late September, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) and the privacy regulators in three provinces (Quebec, B.C. and Alberta) issued the report of their Joint Investigation regarding the personal information collection practices of TikTok (the TikTok Report), the social media platform particularly popular with youth (PIPEDAFindings # 2025-003, Sept. 23, 2025).