Labour & Employment
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June 24, 2024
Kent Davidson named Chief Justice of Alberta Court of King’s Bench
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed a new chief justice for Alberta’s Court of King’s Bench, replacing Mary Moreau who was elevated to the Supreme Court last year.
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June 24, 2024
Canada’s caregiver programs: Expectations and questions
On June 3, 2024, the minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the impending release of two new pilot programs for caregivers from abroad, expected in late 2024 or early 2025. This announcement came just weeks before the previous Home Child Care Provider Pilot and Home Support Worker Pilot program’s closure on June 17, 2024.
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June 24, 2024
Judicial appointment announced for Alberta
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani announced in a June 24 press release the appointment of Karan M. Shaner as a justice of appeal of the Court of Appeal of Alberta in Edmonton.
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June 21, 2024
Public school boards are bound by Charter; tribunals’ Charter rulings reviewed for correctness: SCC
In an important Charter and standard of review case, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that labour arbitrators and other administrative tribunals “should play a primary role” in deciding Charter issues within their bailiwicks — which Charter determinations courts should review on a “correctness” rather than “reasonableness” standard — and that the Charter applies to Ontario public school boards, thereby protecting board employees’ reasonable expectations of privacy in their workplaces and shielding employees from unreasonable search or seizure by their employers.
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June 21, 2024
Feds ban foreign students from ‘flagpoling’ at border to bypass work permit wait times
The federal government has announced that foreign nationals will no longer be allowed to apply for post-graduation work permits (PGWP) at the border, according to a release by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
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June 21, 2024
CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS — Protection against unreasonable search and seizure
Appeal by appellant of a judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal which set aside a decision of the Divisional Court dismissing an application of judicial review of an arbitrator’s decision. Two teachers had concerns about the preferential treatment of another teacher by the school principal.
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June 20, 2024
Ottawa lists Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity in Criminal Code
The Government of Canada listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran as a terrorist entity under the Criminal Code, effective June 19, 2024.
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June 20, 2024
Bill C-71 corrects many historic citizenship wrongs | Don Chapman
Bill C-71, An Act to Amend the Citizenship Act (2024) is the result of a Charter challenge ruling on Dec. 19, 2023, by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in a lawsuit against the government by several affected Canadian families (Bjorkquist et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, 2023 ONSC 7152). The successful outcome was the result of legal arguments by the plaintiff’s attorney and wrenching personal stories presented to the court, including in-depth and historically solid research. The result? The Canadian Citizenship Act is not Charter-compliant as it violates the constitution by discriminating against first-generation born-abroad Canadians and women.
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June 20, 2024
New partner joins Littler in Toronto
Labour and employment law firm Littler Mendelson P.C. recently announced the addition of a new partner Matthew Badrov. Badrov is the third partner in two months to join the U.S.-based firm’s Toronto office.
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June 19, 2024
Alberta-sponsored report predicts $282 billion in lost GDP from proposed oil and gas emissions cap
A report by consulting firm Deloitte Canada has proposed that the federal government's proposed oil and gas emissions cap could cost Canadians $282 billion in lost GDP over a 10-year period, $191 billion of which would come out of Alberta.