Business
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November 04, 2025
Federal budget proposes new laws, spending cuts and $1 trillion in ‘generational investments’
The Liberal government’s 2025 federal budget contains dozens of legislative and justice-related proposals, including new and expanded anti-money laundering provisions, a new Canada Labour Code restriction on the use of non-compete agreements, and the creation of an Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada. Summed up, the stated theme of the federal budget introduced by Finance and National Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne in the House of Commons on Nov. 4, 2025, is “smarter public spending and stronger capital investment.”
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November 04, 2025
Court denies injunction in trademark dispute between mental health program providers
The Federal Court has dismissed a motion for an interlocutory injunction in an alleged trademark infringement case concerning the term “guardians” used by mental health and addictions program providers.
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November 04, 2025
P.E.I. unveils five-year $1.6B capital plan for hospitals, schools and housing
The government of Prince Edward Island has unveiled plans for $1.6 billion in infrastructure investments in its 2026-27 capital budget presented to the province’s legislative assembly on Nov. 4.
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November 04, 2025
Court dismisses Sobeys bid to halt picketing at company stores
The Alberta Court of King’s Bench has refused Sobeys Capital Inc.’s application for a stay of an Alberta Labour Relations Board (ALRB) decision permitting striking employees who work at a distribution centre and a warehouse to picket at the company’s Calgary grocery stores.
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November 04, 2025
Harper Grey adds construction lawyer Anand Soma
Harper Grey LLP has welcomed Anand Soma as an associate in its construction law group.
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November 04, 2025
Brain fog and other long COVID problems in the workplace
The pandemic may not be on many people’s radars these days, but those with long COVID continue to struggle with a serious illness that is often misdiagnosed, frequently dismissed and not fully understood.
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November 04, 2025
AI is no substitute for a determined soul
My wife likes to tell the story of the first file she worked on for me when she articled for my firm. (Those were in the days when she did what I told her to do, because I was the boss. Things have changed.)
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November 04, 2025
B.C. appeal decision reinforces court’s focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation
Although public safety is a shared goal, there remains debate over how best to achieve it. The courts generally stress punishment, denunciation and deterrence, imposing long sentences to keep offenders off the streets. In contrast, within the penitentiary system, a different philosophy has emerged: one centred on rehabilitation and reintegration.
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November 04, 2025
When the soul suffers: Why moral injury should be compensable in law
It is a curious paradox of modern professional life that physical injury is readily compensable and psychological injury is increasingly actionable, yet wounds of conscience remain invisible to the law.
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November 03, 2025
Privacy commissioners join global sweep on children’s data protection
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and its provincial counterparts have joined the 2025 Global Privacy Enforcement Network privacy sweep, in which more than 30 data protection and privacy authorities globally will examine websites and mobile applications commonly used by children.