Family
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October 21, 2025
B.C. proposes new legislation for 27-week medical leave for workers
British Columbia has proposed an amendment to the Employment Standards Act that will allow workers with serious illness or injury to take more time off for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment and recovery.
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October 21, 2025
Parliamentary privilege, Indigenous sentencing, spoliation among highlights of SCC’s fall session
The Supreme Court of Canada’s busy and diverse fall session includes weighty constitutional, criminal and Aboriginal law appeals that have attracted the participation of dozens of interveners. By the time the top court’s fall session ends on Dec. 12, 2025, the court will have heard some 20 cases, split between civil and criminal appeals.
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October 17, 2025
Risks and challenges of AI in online dispute resolution for family law, part two
While the use of AI offers tremendous potential to enhance online dispute resolution (ODR) in family law, its use also introduces serious risks spanning technical, ethical, legal and social domains. Family law disputes are deeply personal and often involve vulnerable individuals; thus, if AI is not carefully implemented, it can reinforce inequalities, erode trust and undermine fairness and justice.
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October 16, 2025
Carney says Liberals’ impending crime bill will propose more bail reverse onuses & stiffer sentences
Next week Ottawa will propose Criminal Code reforms — including new reverse onuses for bail, a ban on conditional sentences for a number of sexual offences, and stiffer sentences for repeat convictions for auto-theft, organized crime and home invasion, says Prime Minister Mark Carney, who added that his government is also poised to unveil new border security measures on Oct. 17.
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October 16, 2025
Alienated parents have one more remedy
In the emotionally charged aftermath of separation and divorce, few issues are as devastating as the severance of a parent-child bond. In cases where a child has no contact with a parent following the ending of their parents’ relationship, terms often used to describe the situation are parental alienation, child estrangement or severance of the parent-child bond. While these terms may differ in tone and implication, they all point to a common and painful reality: a once-existing relationship between a parent and child has been lost.
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October 15, 2025
Ontario courts launch new digital filing platform for civil, family cases in Toronto
Ontario’s trial courts have launched a new digital transformation initiative for the Toronto region.
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October 15, 2025
Removal, oversight and accountability of attorneys in Ontario
When a person loses the ability to manage their finances or personal care, a power of attorney can become a powerful tool. It allows someone — the attorney — to step into the grantor’s shoes and make critical decisions about their property, health and daily life. But with power comes responsibility, and sometimes, abuse.
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October 14, 2025
Privacy regulators discuss AI, cybersecurity and data risks in annual meeting
Federal, provincial and territorial information and privacy commissioners, along with ombudspersons responsible for access and privacy laws, concluded their two-day meeting in Banff focusing on emerging issues including cybersecurity risks, protection of children online and the use of AI in tribunals, the legal practice and health care.
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October 14, 2025
New housing projects for victims of interpersonal violence coming to Saskatchewan
In a bid to increase support for victims of interpersonal violence, the governments of Saskatchewan and Canada have opened two new affordable housing projects in the city of Prince Albert.
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October 10, 2025
SCC clarifies when Quebec 10-year ‘extinctive prescription’ period reboots for collecting on judgments
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled 9-0 in a Quebec appeal that filing and serving a notice to seize property counts as a judicial application interrupting the 10-year deadline to collect payment on a judgment — thereby restarting for a further 10 years the “extinctive prescription” period (comparable to a limitation period in the common law provinces) that applies to rights resulting from most money judgments under art. 2924 of the Civil Code of Québec.