September 04, 2026
Employment insurance rules that deny regular benefits to women who lose their jobs shortly before, during or after maternity and parental leave violate the Charter’s equality guarantee, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.
September 04, 2026
Workplace mental-health conversations have acquired a favourite word. Employees are urged to become more resilient — to practise mindfulness, access counselling and build the capacity to absorb stress. There is nothing inherently wrong with that advice. The legal problem begins when resilience is offered as the answer to a workplace problem the employer itself has a duty to control.
September 03, 2026
Ottawa has unveiled what it calls “a nationally recognized baseline” of five principles — backed by major U.S. and Canadian artificial intelligence and other technology industry players — to help municipal governments and communities assess proposals to build AI data centres in their localities.
September 03, 2026
The association Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications (FETCO) said it is urging the federal government to quickly make amendments to the Canada Labour Code provisions relating to collective bargaining in light of the U.S. trade dispute.
September 02, 2026
The Canadian Bar Association, B.C. Branch (CBABC) has a new face at the head of its leadership table.
September 02, 2026
“Alle Menschen werden Brüder” translates to “all people become brothers” and is one of the most recognizable lines from Friedrich Schiller’s poem Ode to Joy, immortalized in the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. In modern, inclusive language, its meaning might be expressed as “all people become kin.”
September 01, 2026
The Ontario government has announced it has issued a request for proposals to begin the process of restoring motor vehicle lanes in Toronto that were previously removed for bicycle lanes. This comes after a Court of Appeal decision overturning the finding that the bike lanes’ removal breached Charter rights.
September 01, 2026
In part two of this series, I suggested that artificial intelligence could start out on parking tickets as a way of measuring its abilities regarding adjudication. There is also no reason the first generation of AI adjudication would need to eliminate humans from the process. In fact, I think it should do precisely the opposite.
August 31, 2026
Canada has announced several initiatives and commercial partnerships with Chile to advance projects in mining and research and development.
August 31, 2026
The Canadian Bar Association Alberta Branch (CBA Alberta) will have a new captain at the helm Sept. 1.