In-House Counsel
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April 04, 2025
Proposed class action targets Bell, Sunwing, Air Canada, Montreal airport for delays due to outage
A proposed class action has been brought against discount airline Sunwing, the Montréal-Trudeau airport, Air Canada and Bell for a network outage that occurred at the airport on March 25, causing flight delays of nearly 24 hours.
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April 04, 2025
Ontario court injunction bars solicitation of claimants in $32.5 billion tobacco class action
In a rare move, the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court has granted an injunction preventing lawyers, law firms or other entities from soliciting potential claimants in the mediated $32.5 billion class action settlement involving three tobacco companies, Canadian provinces and territories, and victims of tobacco use.
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April 04, 2025
New report finds businesses not succession ready as many owners retire
Canada is facing a wave of small business closures amid “economic uncertainty and tariff wars,” partly driven by the number of retiring baby boomer entrepreneurs, according to a new report by consulting firm MNP, which found that nearly two-thirds (64.1 per cent) of Canadian businesses have no succession plan.
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April 04, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal increases ‘inordinately low’ damage assessment in defamation case
B.C.’s top court has increased the amount of special damages in a defamation case by nearly $200,000, after calling out the original assessment as not being adequate.
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April 04, 2025
New Brunswick investing in start of courts’ digital upgrade
New Brunswick is spending $5 million to kick-start the digital transformation of its courts. In what is being called an investment in greater access to justice, New Brunswick’s government will spend more than $32 million over six years for the technological revamp of the province’s court system, which will include various digital upgrades to the courts, as detailed in an April 3 news release.
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April 03, 2025
Alberta Court of Appeal rejects trust claims over airport fees held by insolvent airline
The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that airport improvement fees collected by a now-insolvent airline are not held in trust for certain airport authorities. The court cited a provision in the agreement between the parties that explicitly disclaimed any intention to create a trust relationship.
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April 03, 2025
Carney announces 25 per cent retaliatory tariff on U.S. autos
Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to fight U.S. tariffs on all fronts, including in the courts and with a new 25 per cent tariff on U.S.-made automobiles in direct response to a 25 per cent U.S. tariff on Canadian vehicles that went into effect at midnight on April 3.
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April 03, 2025
Federal Court allows discrimination claim against Canada Revenue Agency to proceed
The Federal Court has allowed parts of an amended statement of claim to be heard on the merits in a case that alleged discrimination by the Canada Revenue Agency in its hiring process. The claim was previously struck in its entirety.
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April 03, 2025
Sexual assault and IPV survivors sue Ottawa, argue Jordan fallout violates their s. 7 Charter rights
Fourteen sexual assault and intimate partner violence survivors have sued Ottawa for $15 million in Charter damages and systemic remedies for the federal government’s alleged unjustified breach of their Charter s. 7 right to fundamental justice by not responding effectively to R. v. Jordan, 2016 SCC 27 and its fallout.
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April 03, 2025
Trends in global Citizenship by Investment programs: Quality control and program integrity
Another challenge facing the Start-Up Visa (SUV) program is ensuring that the businesses it attracts are genuinely viable and contribute meaningfully to Canada’s economy.