Business
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June 06, 2024
Aboriginal land claim settlements: Show me the money
Various First Nations in Saskatchewan are on the verge of realizing a cash-effusion by way of land claim settlements. The amounts range from a few million to $150 million. One would think this is cause for celebration; however, numerous band members, being the beneficiaries of these land claim settlements, exhibit confusion and consternation.
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June 06, 2024
B.C. court awards $15K per person for ICBC privacy breach that led to arson, shooting attacks
The British Columbia Supreme Court has awarded $15,000 each in general non-pecuniary damages to B.C. residents impacted by a privacy breach in which a Crown corporation employee improperly accessed the personal information of 79 individuals and sold at least some of it to a criminal group.
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June 05, 2024
Proposed $6.75B class action lawsuit targets TD Bank’s anti-money laundering practices
A TD Bank shareholder has launched a proposed class action lawsuit against the bank over allegations that TD and some of its directors and officers misrepresented systemic deficiencies in TD’s anti-money laundering controls and the likely impact on its U.S. operations.
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June 05, 2024
Court refuses to recharacterize bankrupt husband’s unpaid debt to wife as spousal support
In Davidson v. Davidson 2024 BCSC 331 the parties separated after eight years of marriage. In a consent order in September 2020, they agreed that Allan Davidson would purchase the parties’ family home in Fort McMurray and assume the mortgage, while Alysa Davidson would retain a home in Vernon, British Columbia.
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June 05, 2024
SiriusXM Canada agrees to pay $3.3M fine for drip pricing in subscription plans
Satellite radio and streaming service provider SiriusXM Canada has agreed to pay a $3.3 million penalty after the Competition Bureau found that the company had engaged in drip pricing while advertising its satellite radio and streaming subscription plans.
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June 05, 2024
Provincial court judge rules ‘immediate and simultaneous’ filing of English rulings into French as invalid
Barely weeks after the Supreme Court of Canada affirmed the right to a trial in one’s official language of choice, a Court of Quebec judge ruled that a provision of the French language charter that calls for the “immediate and simultaneous” filing of English rulings into French cannot apply to criminal proceedings in the province.
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June 05, 2024
Multiple executors and trustees: pros and cons
First, an explanation of some estate law nomenclature. An executor is the person appointed to carry out the provisions in a will, including distribution of the estate. A trustee is the person appointed in a will (in the case of testamentary trusts) or other trust document (i.e., an inter vivos trust) to administer a trust for the benefit of other persons.
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June 05, 2024
Unsuccessful appeal bid focuses on identification standards
Farah James Robert Yaman was “known” to police. According to a news report published on April 8, 2020, in the Victoria News, Yaman, then 37, was in custody on three charges, two for breaking and entering and one for breaching a release order in 2019.
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June 05, 2024
Cellphones in Ontario schools: What is doxxing? | Marvin Zuker
Doxxing is a type of cyberbullying in which someone reveals or uses personal, financial or other information to cause damage to the victim.
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June 05, 2024
B.C. court: Comprehensive privacy rules apply to federal political parties
In Liberal Party of Canada v. The Complainants, 2024 BCSC 814, handed down May 14, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that the findings of David Loukidelis, the provincial information and privacy commissioner’s delegated adjudicator, confirming the application of the province’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) to federal political parties (FPPs) were correct.