Labour & Employment
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March 24, 2025
McCarthy Tétrault adds new partner
Stephanie Henry has joined McCarthy Tétrault’s Calgary office as a partner in its employment and labour law group.
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March 21, 2025
Ottawa to invest $52 million to improve Foreign Credential Recognition Program
The federal government has announced new measures for skilled newcomers in the healthcare and construction industries to get their credentials recognized. As part of the effort to address labour shortages, it is allocating up to $52 million to fund 16 projects through the Foreign Credential Recognition (FCR) program.
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March 21, 2025
Canada sanctions 8 Venezuelan officials, 3 Haitians individuals with dealings and immigration bans
The Government of Canada has imposed sanctions against three individuals it says have exacerbated the political, security and humanitarian crisis in Haiti and against eight current senior officials of the Venezuelan government it says have engaged in activities that directly or indirectly supported human rights violations or anti-democracy violations in Venezuela.
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March 21, 2025
Feds to crack down on fraudulent chicken imports to protect farmers, consumers
The federal government is taking steps to crack down on the fraudulent misclassification of broiler chicken imports as spent fowl, a practice aimed at avoiding duties and taxes.
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March 20, 2025
Quebec roadworks company to pay $150k for illegal paving contract allocation scheme
A Quebec roadworks company, Pavex Ltd, has agreed to pay $150,000 for entering into illegal agreements with competitors through a former employee to allocate territories for paving contracts awarded by the ministère des Transports du Québec.
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March 20, 2025
Federal plan aims to end over-criminalization of Indigenous people & support Indigenous legal orders
The minority Liberal government has rolled out its “Indigenous Justice Strategy”— the first federal roadmap toward revitalizing Indigenous laws and legal orders and ending the over-criminalization of Indigenous people in Canada, Ottawa says. The single-spaced 46-page document was developed by the federal government over more than four years, taking into account extensive consultations with Indigenous community members, representative organizations and governments, as well as with provincial and territorial governments.
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March 20, 2025
Strict government regulations on AI could diminish benefits, warns report
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) will raise living standards and is likely to contribute to net job creation, but those benefits could be reduced by over-regulation, predicts a new report by the conservative public policy think-tank the Fraser Institute,
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March 20, 2025
New Alberta bill represents significant overhaul for professional regulators, lawyer says
Alberta’s government has introduced new legislation to streamline governance for many regulators in the province, which it says will bring in more self-governing authority while better reflecting contemporary technological advances.
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March 20, 2025
Wrestling with witness weaknesses
Hearing panels often make credibility assessments. Many times, the finding is based on the most reliable evidence even though no witness was “lying.” Events might not have been observed closely. Memories might have faded. Motivation might have tainted the witness’ recollection. However, sometimes one of the witnesses is simply not being candid.
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March 19, 2025
Ford announces new Ontario cabinet, most ministers remain in position
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has announced his new cabinet, emphasizing that they will deliver on the province’s mandate to “do whatever is necessary to protect Ontario in the face of tariffs from the United States.”