The Complete Brief
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March 14, 2025
Oil and gas emissions cap to cut jobs, GDP by 2032: Parliamentary Budget Officer
The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has released a new report, Impact Assessment of the Oil and Gas Emissions Cap, finding that by 2032, real gross domestic product (GDP) in Canada will be reduced by 0.4 per cent and nominal GDP will be reduced by $20.5 billion due to the required reduction in upstream oil and gas sector production levels.
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March 14, 2025
The SCC’s temporary validity doctrine: A well-intentioned misstep? Part two | Hodine Williams
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has long been celebrated as the guardian of the Constitution, the institution tasked with ensuring that the laws of the land align with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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March 14, 2025
The cost-cutting dilemma: Risks of reducing labour costs
Who predicted a trade war with the United States in 2025? Likely as many as foresaw a global pandemic in 2020. Once again, businesses are caught off guard by unexpected events that threaten the economy. Many are now considering cost-cutting measures, with labour costs often the first target.
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March 14, 2025
CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES - Life, liberty and security of person -- Presumption of innocence
Appeal by Appellant from judgment of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal which affirmed a decision concluding that s. 68 of The Correctional Services Regulations, 2013 (Regulations) did not violate s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter).
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March 14, 2025
Trade war meets health care, long-term disability | Courtney Mulqueen
A trade war between the United States and Canada could well have a trickle-down effect on long-term disability (LTD) claimants.
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March 14, 2025
MORTGAGES - Discharge - By court order - Mortgagee's remedies - Judicial sale
Appeal by Appellant against a court order granting summary judgment to enforce the terms of the sale agreement. The Respondent sold a residential property to the Appellant for $230,000, with payments to be made in installments.
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March 14, 2025
A system in crisis: Rebuilding the dwindling Crown Attorney’s Office | Shawn Patten
While I enjoyed being a general practitioner for the first few years of my legal career, I knew I wanted to be a prosecutor. Colleagues warned me that openings at the Provincial Crown Attorney’s Office were a rarity and that competition was fierce. They were right. For a year, I scoured the newspaper looking for job openings. While solicitor jobs in government were few and far between, Crown Attorney positions were non-existent.
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March 13, 2025
B.C. introduces bill to allow cabinet to remove internal trade barriers, respond to tariffs
The B.C. government has introduced legislation empowering the cabinet to remove or amend barriers to interprovincial trade and to impose tolls or fees on non-Canadian commercial vehicles using provincial public infrastructure such as highways in response to the United States’ imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods.
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March 13, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal: Apotex not entitled to damages for generic drug's delayed market entry
The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that generic drugmaker Apotex is not entitled to damages for the delayed entry of a generic drug that was based on a patent held by Eli Lilly, despite the fact that the patent was invalidated in a separate action by Teva.
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March 13, 2025
Veteran’s conditional class action certification set aside for lack of identifiable class
The Ontario Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal of an injured veteran’s conditional class action certification, finding that the motion judge made a procedural error that was “central to the certification process.” However, the court rejected arguments that there was no proximity with Canada in administering veterans’ benefits.