Immigration
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September 17, 2024
Colonial powers and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Tega Adjara
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted on Dec. 10, 1948, was a response to the shocking atrocities witnessed during the Second World War. Among its fundamental principles is Article 3, which states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.”
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September 16, 2024
Court rejects judicial review of company’s non-compliance with foreign worker regulations
The Federal Court has dismissed an application for judicial review from an Alberta company that hired temporary foreign workers but cut their pay when it determined they did not have the requisite skills.
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September 13, 2024
Judge declines to boot novel JR of Ottawa’s renewed funding for the UN relief agency in Gaza
After the federal government failed to get the case dismissed on a preliminary motion to strike, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and four victims of the Hamas massacre in Israel last year can move ahead with their novel judicial review of Ottawa’s decision to resume funding the largest humanitarian aid agency in the Gaza Strip.
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September 13, 2024
Non-competes in the U.S. are business as usual after FTC rule stricken
Sept. 4 has come and gone. The non-compete ban adopted by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) never took effect after a fast-paced legal challenge by Ryan LLC, a tax services firm and the United States Chamber of Commerce in a Texas federal court. In the United States, it’s business as usual when enforcing non-competes, and the law remains state by state and employee by employee.
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September 11, 2024
Importance of investigating workplace harassment complaints in timely manner | Krupa Shah
Allegations of “racial stereotyping, microaggressions and verbal violence” within the Privy Council Office should serve as a reminder that employers have an obligation to deal with issues of potential discrimination swiftly.
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September 10, 2024
Federal lawyers’ union contends Ottawa’s return-to-office order is ‘arbitrary, counterproductive’
Arguing that the federal government’s return-to-office directive to public servants is “costly, inefficient, arbitrary, and counterproductive,” the union for more than 3,500 federal lawyers has challenged the federal Treasury Board direction that lawyers and most other federal workers must be physically present in their workplaces at least three days a week.
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September 06, 2024
High-risk immigration detainees to be held in holding centre in Quebec prison next year
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it plans to temporarily house next year “a small number of high-risk” immigration detainees in a separate “immigration holding centre” it is looking to establish within a federal prison in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Que.
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September 05, 2024
After navigating choppy waters, Alberta trumpets ‘collaborative’ new legal aid governance deal
A new five-year legal aid governance deal in Alberta appears to have calmed, at least for now, the choppy waters the provincial law society and Legal Aid Alberta (LAA) encountered in late June when the Alberta government abruptly changed its negotiating stance at the 11th hour, raising the prospect that legal aid certificates could no longer be issued once the predecessor governance agreement expired in July.
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September 05, 2024
Ontario Ombudsman launches investigation into placement of children, youth in unlicensed settings
Ontario ombudsman Paul Dubé has launched an investigation into child welfare agencies placing young children and teens in motels, hotels offices and trailers.
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September 05, 2024
Immigration due diligence in mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring: What’s new?
In response to recent scandals involving the abuse of foreign workers in Canada, the government has promised enhanced scrutiny and stricter enforcement measures for employer non-compliance within foreign worker programs. Enhanced enforcement will have a direct impact on mergers or acquisitions or corporate restructurings where immigration considerations are a crucial yet frequently underestimated aspect of the due diligence process.