Labour & Employment
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August 11, 2025
Strategies for being selected to apply for Permanent Residency under Express Entry
Canada’s immigration landscape in 2025 is undergoing significant changes, with a focus on reducing overall immigration numbers, prioritizing temporary residents already in Canada for permanent residency, and managing the influx of international students. The Immigration Levels Plan for 2025 to 2027 outlines a gradual decrease in permanent resident admissions, with targets set at 395,000 in 2025, 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027.
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August 08, 2025
Feds launch consultation on Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act regulations
The federal government ammouced it has begun consultations with Canadian industry, businesses and labour representatives to develop regulations under the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act.
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August 08, 2025
Federal judges seek $60K pay hike but Ottawa says no raise needed to attract senior bar to bench
Chief justices are pointing to newly disclosed data about private bar lawyers’ rising incomes and declining appointments to the bench to bolster the judiciary’s contention that inadequate judicial compensation and onerous job demands are deterring “outstanding” lawyers from seeking federal judicial appointments.
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August 08, 2025
New N.S. AI guidebook warns of over-reliance in legal practices
Nova Scotia’s law society is using a new guidebook to warn members against becoming over-reliant on artificial intelligence in their practices — and urging them to heed instances where lawyers ended up in hot water over its misuse.
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August 08, 2025
CJC issues expression of concern over Federal Court judge’s failure to disclose workplace probe
The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) has issued a public expression of concern regarding Federal Court Justice Negar Azmudeh for failing to disclose an ongoing workplace harassment investigation during her judicial application process.
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August 08, 2025
Thinking out loud: Mulling changes to Canada’s Online News Act
In response to the seismic shift in how news is consumed and distributed in Canada and elsewhere in the world, Canadian policymakers embarked on a journey to try to rebalance the power dynamics between tech giants and domestic news outlets. With ubiquitous use of smartphones, audiences began accessing news online rather than through traditional print and broadcast channels.
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August 05, 2025
Ontario Superior Court judge receives reprimand for 14-month delay in correcting sentencing error
A review panel of the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) has issued a public reprimand to Justice Andrew J. Goodman of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for his failure to promptly correct a significant sentencing error, concluding that his 14-month delay in addressing the mistake constituted “injudicious conduct” that undermined public confidence in the administration of justice.
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August 07, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal limits number of interveners in private employment dispute
In a private employment dispute, the Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed leave to intervene to only one of two proposed interveners as a friend of the court. The court found there would be unfairness if both were granted leave, despite both being well-placed to address public policy issues.
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August 06, 2025
N.L. supports ‘Pathways’ to employment for those out of criminal justice system
Newfoundland and Labrador is giving more than half a million dollars towards an advocacy group’s efforts to strengthen job opportunities for those who have gone through the criminal justice system.
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August 06, 2025
Loopstra Nixon expands labour team with three new hires
Loopstra Nixon LLP has announced that Matthew Vella, Caroline DeBruin and Michael Lee have joined the firm’s employment and labour group in Toronto.