Business
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April 03, 2025
Canada’s immigration reset: Why cutting numbers isn’t the answer
In the latest chapter of Canada’s evolving immigration story, political debate is heating up. With the next federal election looming, all eyes are on how each party plans to shape immigration in the face of economic uncertainty, housing crises and shifting demographics. One thing is clear: reducing immigration isn’t as straightforward — or as wise — as it may seem.
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April 02, 2025
Harmonizing justice: Exploring intersection of law and popular music | Connie L. Braun
For decades, popular music has transcended cultural and geographical boundaries to become a formidable force in articulating societal issues, particularly those intertwined with law and justice.
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April 02, 2025
Contract negotiations between Ontario hospitals, nurses go to arbitration
The Ontario Nurses’ Association and the Ontario Hospital Association have entered arbitration after failed contract negotiations, with nurses across the province demanding improved staffing ratios to address patient care and working conditions.
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April 02, 2025
New trademark law changes aimed at improving dispute resolution, preventing abuse
Canadian companies are facing a changed trademark landscape starting this month with the coming into force on April 1 of amendments to the Trademark Act.
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April 02, 2025
Canadian Judicial Council weighs in on what not to say from the bench
A trial judge who vented his frustrations in court during “a particularly bad day” has been rebuked by the federal judicial council for disrespectful and hurtful comments he made from the bench that publicly belittled and humiliated a litigant.
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April 02, 2025
When and why you need a work authorization/visa to coach sports
Many work-authorized athletes in the United States wish to supplement their income and/or their resumé by coaching — including coaching at camps, with local professional prep leagues or even at local high schools or colleges. However, most professional athletes in the United States who are work-authorized to play for a team are only work-authorized for their one employer, creating a potentially dangerous situation for the athlete, as they might be violating their authorized status if they work as a coach for anyone else.
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April 02, 2025
Highway Traffic Act, Criminal Code intersect in deadly driving appeal
A famous quote from William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar has Mark Antony say, “The evil that men do lives after them.” Can a provincial driving prohibition outlive a prison sentence for criminal negligence causing death?
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April 02, 2025
What I know about halfway houses, part two | Michael Crowley
Halfway houses, a.k.a., community residential facilities (CRFs), serve a number of functions, but primarily they are intended to assist people who have been incarcerated, sometimes for many years, to begin the process of reintegrating back into society. They provide, or should provide, nothing less than safe environments where the residents can go to school or find employment, begin the process of resettling into their families, and do all of that in appropriate, prosocial ways.
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April 01, 2025
Canadian securities regulators delegate registration authority to CIRO
Effective April 1, securities regulators in Alberta, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Yukon are delegating certain registration functions and powers to the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO).
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April 01, 2025
Federal Court sets aside Fisheries Department decision to cut 2023 juvenile eel fishing quotas
The Federal Court has overturned a federal government decision to cut the elver (juvenile eel) fishing quotas of eight licence holders by 13.7 per cent for the 2023 season, ruling that the department of fisheries (DFO) violated procedural fairness by not consulting the licence holders as it had previously promised.