Labour & Employment
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January 16, 2026
Ontario Civil Rules Review report calls for binding judicial dispute resolution
In my last article for Law360 Canada, I provided an overview of the Ontario Civil Rules Review (CRR), its Working Group and the Working Group’s final policy report (the Report), which called for, among other things, two reforms to the pre-trial process. That article explored the following reforms:
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January 16, 2026
Advising, coaching or mentoring?
It’s easy to confuse advising, coaching and mentoring, but they’re definitely not the same things. To be sure, while there is considerable overlap, there are also important differences.
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January 15, 2026
Federal Court upholds negative LMIA for trucking employer over recruitment failures
The Federal Court has upheld a negative labour market impact assessment (LMIA) issued by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), finding that the employer failed to justify the need to hire a foreign transport truck driver or demonstrate reasonable efforts to recruit Canadians.
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January 15, 2026
The case for in-person appearances, part two
I have taught professionalism for years, starting at the old Bar Admission course, at two law schools and on an ad hoc basis to articling students and juniors. I tell all of them same thing on the first day: everything you need to know about professional responsibility can be summed up in two sentences.
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January 14, 2026
Ottawa raises vehicle write-off cap, tax deductible mileage allowances for 2026
Businesses will be able to write off more of the cost of higher-priced passenger vehicles starting in 2026, after the federal government raised the depreciation cap on cars used for work by $1,000 to $39,000, according to a release issued Jan. 14.
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January 13, 2026
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Sheilah Martin to retire in May after eight years at top court
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Sheilah Martin, a former University of Calgary law dean and one of the apex court’s criminal and constitutional law experts, will retire May 30, 2026, after working at the high court for more than eight years.
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January 13, 2026
Judge nixes federal refusal to pay for surgery to remove excess skin caused by PTSD-induced obesity
A Federal Court judge has ordered Veteran Affairs Canada (VAC) to reconsider its refusal to pay for plastic surgery for a reserve force veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other serious health repercussions triggered by the sexual trauma she experienced while in the military from 1991 to 1994.
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January 13, 2026
How mentoring works both ways
I am an associate lawyer at Epstein & Associates Professional Corporation. The following article outlines my experiences working full-time while studying to become a lawyer, how I have benefited from this experience, and how lawyers who employ articling students can gain from providing proper mentorship during this invaluable period to those students.
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January 13, 2026
Employment law: Will the Court of Appeal resolve the ‘at any time’ issue?
Throughout my career, I have commented on how remarkable it is that something as fundamental as employment law remains unsettled. What is perhaps even more remarkable is that things that were settled and seemed to be beyond question can become unsettled without any warning and create tremendous uncertainty throughout the employment law bar and the business world.
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January 09, 2026
PM Carney’s appointment of Judge Hogue as Deputy AG of Canada sparks questions within legal community
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Marie-Josée Hogue is retiring Feb. 1, 2026, from her full-time job on the federal bench — one day before starting work on Feb. 2 as deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general of Canada, Law360 Canada has learned.