Business
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December 03, 2024
Ontario Place development not transparent, no effective process in place for opioid crisis: auditor
Ontario’s auditor general is calling out the province for its transparency as part of the redevelopment of Ontario Place while also saying the government does not have effective processes in place to meet the “challenging and changing nature” of the opioid crisis.
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December 03, 2024
BCSC panel imposes over $18M in sanctions for crypto trading platform fraud
A panel of the British Columbia Securities Commission has imposed a financial sanction of $18.4 million on a B.C.-based crypto trading platform, finding that it lied to customers and diverted $13 million of its assets to gambling.
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December 03, 2024
Bombardier, Honeywell reach settlement in engine price lawsuit, enter $17B agreement
Bombardier Inc. has announced that it has reached an agreement to settle its lawsuit against Honeywell International Inc. relating to the cost of jet engines that Honeywell was making for Bombardier.
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December 03, 2024
B.C. expands public sector whistleblower protections to research universities and WorkSafeBC
British Columbia has expanded the scope of the province’s whistleblower protection legislation, the Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA), to include research universities and WorkSafeBC, according to a release.
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December 03, 2024
Ontario to regulate immigration consulting: Case for stronger oversight | Colin R. Singer
Ontario has announced plans to introduce legislation to regulate immigration consulting, aiming to protect newcomers from fraud and exploitation. As the province with 43 per cent of Canada’s newcomers — projected to reach 173,000 in 2025 across all permanent immigration programs — Ontario will become the third province, alongside Quebec and Saskatchewan, to regulate immigration consulting. This comes amid a growing number of reported cases of alleged fraud under federal programs being committed by immigration consultants.
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December 02, 2024
Alberta to end ‘cash cow’ photo radar on highways in 2025
The Alberta government has announced it will end photo radar ticketing on numbered provincial highways effective April 1, 2025, saying photo radar will be eliminated where revenue is generated with no traffic safety benefit.
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December 02, 2024
Transport Canada faces possible class action over alleged water contamination in Newfoundland town
A proposed class action against Transport Canada has been filed in the Federal Court concerning microplastic forever chemicals found in the drinking water of a Newfoundland and Labrador community.
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December 02, 2024
Federal Court dismisses beekeepers’ class action over U.S. bee package import prohibition
The Federal Court has dismissed a class action brought by commercial beekeepers over Canada’s alleged negligence in prohibiting imports of live honeybee packages from the continental United States after 2006.
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December 02, 2024
Ottawa lists Houthis as terrorist entity under Criminal Code
The federal government has listed “Ansarallah,” commonly known as the Houthis, as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code.
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November 29, 2024
SCC rules B.C. law allowing multi-Crown class action to recover opioid-related costs is valid
In a groundbreaking judgment that confirms that multi-governmental class actions that reach across provincial and territorial boundaries are possible under Canada’s constitutional structure, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled provinces have the constitutional competence to enact multi-Crown class action legislation.