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Federal change in right to strike splits labour bar (opens the original)
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Union and employer counsel clash over new limits in Bill C-39’s s. 107 rewrite and whether it survives Charter scrutiny For labour lawyers, the fight over the Building Canada Strong Act focuses on the rewrite of s. 107 of the Canada Labour Code, the ministerial power Ottawa has repeatedly used to end strikes and lockouts in federally regulated industries. Bill C-39, a 243-page omnibus bill tabled in the House of Commons on Sept. 21 by Transport Minister and Government House Leader Steven MacKinn
Building Canada Strong: lawyers weigh in on ‘coordinated consultation’ (opens the original)
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Cassels' Thomas Isaac questions Ottawa's will to decide; OKT's Aashish Oberoi warns a rushed timeline could erode trust Lawyers on both sides of the Indigenous bar agree that the Building Canada Strong Act’s (Bill C-39) promise of coordinated consultation is a genuine improvement, but only the manner of implementation will decide whether the bill works. There are, however, sharp differences in their views. Thomas Isaac, the Vancouver-based chair of Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP’s Aboriginal law
Alberta court approves Paxil birth-defect settlement payout (opens the original)
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The allocation follows a bitter fee dispute where Merchant Law’s contingency fee agreement was found invalid The Alberta Court of King's Bench has approved the distribution of a $7.5-million settlement in a national class action alleging that GlaxoSmithKline's antidepressant Paxil caused birth defects in children whose mothers took it during pregnancy. In two separate orders on Sept. 8 in Singh v. GlaxoSmithKline Inc., Justice Janice Ashcroft approved the settlement fund’s distribution and set t
SCC explains why it annulled Terrebonne election over uncounted mail-in ballot (opens the original)
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A divided court splits 6-3 on whether an Elections Canada typo was serious enough to undo a riding decided by one vote A divided Supreme Court of Canada has explained why it annulled Terrebonne’s 2025 federal election from the bench in February. The riding was decided by a single vote and undone by a single ballot that was never counted. The court allowed the appeal on Feb. 13, 2026, at the close of oral argument, vacating the seat that day with reasons to follow. Terrebonne voted again on April
Paralegal sues Spectrum Family Law, alleging harassment and wrongful dismissal (opens the original)
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Claim names managing partner Conan Taylor, whose other firm settled a human rights complaint months earlier A former paralegal at a Vancouver family law boutique has sued the firm, its managing partner, and a lawyer she reported to, alleging that the lawyer harassed her, the managing partner berated her, and she was wrongfully dismissed. The claim comes months after another firm led by the same managing partner, Conan Taylor, settled a human rights complaint brought by a former associate. None o
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