The Complete Brief
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March 28, 2025
The Friday Brief: Editor-In-Chief’s must-read items from this week
Here are my picks for the top stories we published this week.
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March 28, 2025
Manitoba corrections needs to better prepare inmates for freedom: auditor general
Manitoba’s auditor general has found the province’s corrections officials are falling short in preparing inmates for release.
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March 28, 2025
Ontario Law Society releases report on CEO pay controversy
After a push from members of the legal profession, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) has released a report looking at the controversial decision to increase the salary of a former CEO despite it not receiving a vote from law society benchers.
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March 28, 2025
Trends in global Citizenship by Investment programs: The first 12 years
The landscape of Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs has undergone significant transformation in recent years, reflecting broader shifts in global mobility patterns, economic strategy and geopolitical considerations.
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March 28, 2025
Canadian legal groups and regulators slam Trump administration’s ‘attacks’ on U.S. judiciary and bar
Canadian bar groups and the country’s 14 legal regulators are condemning the new U.S. administration’s “attacks” on American legal institutions. The concerns of Canada’s legal community were sparked recently by various calls from U.S. President Donald Trump and his allies to impeach judges who have not ruled in favour of the Republican administration’s actions, as well as by presidential executive orders and negative statements targeting individual lawyers and law firms, the immigration bar and so-called “Big Law” in the United States.
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March 28, 2025
Lavery welcomes two new lawyers
Maxime Duval-Charland and Frédéric Bolduc have joined Quebec-based firm Lavery.
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March 28, 2025
Canadian travellers beware: Increased scrutiny when entering U.S.
On Jan. 20, 2025, an executive order introduced stricter security screening and vetting procedures for individuals seeking U.S. visas, entry or immigration benefits. This policy aims to enhance national security but also raises concerns about increased delays and heightened scrutiny for all incoming travellers, including Canadians.
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March 27, 2025
Supreme Court denies leave to appeal dismissal of canned tuna class action over alleged price fixing
The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear an appeal challenging the dismissal of a proposed class action concerning an alleged price-fixing conspiracy in Canada’s canned tuna market.
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March 27, 2025
Ontario court overturns arbitrator’s costs award citing consumer protection legislation
The Ontario Superior Court has set aside an arbitrator’s decision requiring a purchaser to pay substantial indemnity legal costs to a vendor in a dispute concerning a cancelled condominium project.
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March 27, 2025
Alberta Court of Appeal upholds order that former energy minister be questioned in mining dispute
The Alberta Court of Appeal has denied the province’s stay application in a legal battle involving several coal mining companies, upholding a previous decision compelling former provincial energy minister Sonya Savage to be questioned in the case.