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November 12, 2026
We hear a lot about growing the game of golf. From Rory McIlroy to Bryson DeChambeau and all the way back to Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, the notion has been on every player’s lips: “We need to grow the game, bring youth to golf.” Those comments are inevitably followed by full-throated support for some youth-focused program — Drive, Chip & Putt; First Tee Canada; Youth on Course and others. These programs are designed to connect young people with golf professionals and coaches for lessons so they learn the game properly from the ground up.
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November 12, 2026
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has provided more details on a time-limited measure introduced in Budget 2026 that the department says will help provinces and territories address their labour market needs.
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November 12, 2026
Canada’s new immigration plan is a necessary correction. Yet without stronger integrity controls, transparent targets and accountable enforcement, it risks confusing lower intake with effective management.
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November 11, 2026
Lauren Dinwoodie has joined Crawford Munroe Thomson LLP’s Vancouver office as an associate.
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November 11, 2026
Canada is continuing two earlier immigration initiatives announced under Budget 2025. These measures are separate from the new 200,000-person initiative.
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November 10, 2026
Ottawa says it aims to process by the end of next year the thousands of outstanding permanent residence applications languishing in the closed Hong Kong pathways and Ukraine family reunification pathway. Federal Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab met with leaders of Canada’s Ukrainian and Hong Kong communities on Nov. 7 to give them details about a new temporary measure proposed in the Nov. 5 federal budget for people already in Canada.
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November 10, 2026
Samuel Keen has joined Hicks Morley as an associate in its Toronto office.
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November 10, 2026
Mentorship has been a steadfast cornerstone of the legal profession for many years. The “law as an apprenticeship” model has existed since law societies themselves first formed in the 1700s. Mentor lawyers have always helped transition new lawyers into their roles within the profession to ensure that important information was transmitted across generations. Over the years, this also helped diversify the profession by allowing equity-deserving lawyers access to traditional power networks.
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November 10, 2026
In dismissing an appeal brought by two tow truck drivers, the Ontario Court of Appeal has clarified that a lifetime weapons-prohibition order tied to a drug conviction cannot independently disqualify a tow truck operator from certification after the regulation’s 10-year exclusion period has elapsed.
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November 10, 2026
In Taylor v. Salytics Inc., 2026 ONCA 621, the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed that temporary layoff clauses in employment contracts are not termination clauses.
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November 10, 2026
Since Nov. 3, 2026, every asylum claim in Canada, whether made inland or at a port of entry, goes through a single online application process. Once an officer finds the claim eligible, the claimant has 60 days to give the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship the documents and information IRCC asks for.
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November 09, 2026
Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan establishes how many permanent residents and new temporary residents the federal government intends to admit each year. The latest 2027-2029 Immigration Levels Plan, announced on Nov. 5, maintains annual permanent resident admissions at 380,000 and sets new temporary resident arrivals at 370,000 for each of the next three years.
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November 09, 2026
Ontario’s top court has overturned the dismissal of a man’s claim over injuries he suffered in a jail attack, finding a motion judge interpreted provincial legislation on Crown liability too broadly.
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November 06, 2026
With all its Quebec judges warning, in dissent, against the improper expansion of federal authority over labour relations, the Supreme Court of Canada has 5-4 affirmed that a union certification bid from Quebec falls within derivative federal jurisdiction over labour relations rather than under the province’s labour code. On Nov. 6, Justice Andromache Karakatsanis, writing for the majority, dismissed the attorney general of Quebec’s appeal: Quebec (Attorney General) v. SGS Canada inc., 2026 SCC 37.
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November 06, 2026
The federal government has announced changes to the low-wage stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, extending the maximum duration of employment from one year to two years and allowing applications for early childhood educators in metropolitan areas with unemployment rates of six per cent or higher.
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November 06, 2026
Reactions to the recently released federal budget have ranged from welcoming to warning, as organizations stress the need for stability amid ongoing economic uncertainty. Budget 2026, released on Nov. 5, emphasized growth and sovereignty with proposals geared towards energy infrastructure, critical minerals, affordability and supporting the arts.
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November 06, 2026
In 2020, Dr. Michael Schecter sold his dental practice. A condition of closing was that every associate dentist sign an agreement containing a five-kilometre non-compete. One associate was his father, Dr. Ira Schecter, who had owned the practice until 2014. The father resigned in October 2021, began practising within the five kilometres and argued that Ontario’s new statutory ban on non-competes made the covenant unenforceable. Justice Mohan Sharma held that the ban applies only to agreements made on or after Oct. 25, 2021, and granted the injunction: Parekh v. Schecter, 2022 ONSC 302.
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November 05, 2026
Capping bank customers’ liability for unauthorized transactions, extending the ban on foreign ownership of residential real estate and an enhanced capital gains exemption — along with new and stiffer penalties for environmental and fisheries violations — are among the myriad legislative changes the Carney government has proposed in its second budget.
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November 05, 2026
The Carney government’s latest federal budget says Ottawa will implement a 2027-2029 Immigration Levels Plan that sets targets of 370,000 new temporary resident arrivals and 380,000 permanent resident admissions in each of 2027, 2028 and 2029.
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November 05, 2026
Mathews Dinsdale has welcomed Anne Gallop and Jennifer Hodgins as partners and Julia Bassett as counsel in its Toronto office.
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November 05, 2026
A Canadian Judicial Council hearing panel will determine whether removal from the bench is warranted for a Quebec superior court judge arrested for soliciting paid sex, who attributes his actions to the stress and “moral disengagement” he experienced due to overwork, exhaustion and burnout on the bench.
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November 04, 2026
As voting for the upcoming bencher election approaches, lawyers in Alberta are being encouraged to consult the Law Society of Alberta’s (LSA) website for information about the candidates.
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November 04, 2026
Dana Kiefer has joined Mathews Dinsdale as an associate in its Calgary office.
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November 04, 2026
Dentons Canada has welcomed Laura Mensch as a partner in its employment and labour group in Calgary.
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November 03, 2026
The recent Canada Investment Summit generated significant discussion about Canada’s ability to attract new investment and support long-term economic growth. For foreign companies and investors evaluating opportunities in Canada, tax planning is not merely a compliance matter. It can affect deal economics, financing flexibility, cash repatriation, treaty access and exit value.