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November 12, 2025
The Supreme Court of Canada is denying recent requests from six intervener attorneys general — as well as counsel for The Advocates’ Society and dozens of other intervener groups — to allow them to make their arguments in person in the upcoming historic Bill 21 appeal, Law360 Canada has learned.
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November 10, 2025
Ottawa is lagging again in filling the country’s federal benches, hitting a five per cent vacancy rate on Nov. 1, 2025 — mostly in the critical trial courts of Ontario, B.C. and Quebec, which are constitutionally obliged to conduct trials within a reasonable time or face the prospect of staying criminal cases.
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November 07, 2025
On Oct. 16, 2025, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator (CNSOER) launched the offshore wind call for information and offshore wind prequalification process, which will be open from Oct. 16, 2025, to Jan. 13, 2026, and marks a significant step toward Canada’s first commercial offshore wind leasing round.
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November 06, 2025
In what the province is calling its most ambitious capital plan to date, Ontario has announced more than $201 billion in investments over 10 years through its 2025 fall economic statement, focusing on infrastructure, trade diversification and tax reforms to shield the province from economic challenges such as U.S. tariffs. More than $33 billion is allocated for 2025-26.
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November 06, 2025
In the Federal Court of Appeal decision in Canada (Attorney General) v. Maloney, 2025 FCA 165, the FCA was tasked with determining the correctness of a decision of the lower Federal Court. Both involved the taxpayer relief provisions of the Income Tax Act and a self-represented taxpayer’s mission to obtain a reduction of penalties and interest.
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November 05, 2025
Budget 2025, tabled by the federal government on Nov. 4, has been met with mixed reactions from organizations and industry groups — with criticism focused on the deficit, health care, employment insurance and climate, and positive views on infrastructure funding and certain tax incentives.
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November 05, 2025
The Government of Manitoba has introduced legislation that will “enhance the province’s tax exemptions for investment, making them more competitive and business-friendly.”
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November 05, 2025
Ottawa’s three-year plan to reduce immigration to “sustainable” levels includes new “one-time” initiatives to “recognize eligible Protected Persons in Canada as permanent residents over the next two years” and to “accelerate the transition of up to 33,000 work permit holders to permanent residency in 2026 and 2027.”
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November 04, 2025
The federal budget introduced in the Commons on Nov. 4, 2025, by Finance and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne contains a host of measures that will impact lawyers’ practices, Canadian businesses and individual taxpayers.
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November 04, 2025
The Liberal government’s 2025 federal budget contains dozens of legislative and justice-related proposals, including new and expanded anti-money laundering provisions, a new Canada Labour Code restriction on the use of non-compete agreements, and the creation of an Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada. Summed up, the stated theme of the federal budget introduced by Finance and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne in the House of Commons on Nov. 4, 2025, is “smarter public spending and stronger capital investment.”