Immigration
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September 18, 2024
Paralegal grads launch proposed, $10M class action alleging problems with Fanshawe College program
Former and current student are seeking over $10 million in damages from Fanshawe College in a proposed class action alleging that its paralegal program repeatedly failed to meet Law Society of Ontario requirements and left students unprepared for licensing examinations and legal practice.
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September 18, 2024
Commission asks public to share experiences of foreign interference in democracy, propose fixes
The federal foreign interference inquiry led by Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue (a judge on leave from the Quebec Court of Appeal) has rolled out a questionnaire soliciting the public’s detailed feedback on experiences and ideas regarding foreign interference in Canada’s federal elections and democratic processes.
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September 16, 2024
Federal Court CJ says huge funding shortfall for translation will delay rulings, access to justice
A new statutory duty that requires the Federal Court to simultaneously issue its “precedential” rulings in both French and English — without Parliament also providing the many millions of dollars the court needs to carry out its task — will spark judgment delays and exacerbate translation backlogs unless the government steps up with adequate resources, Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton tells Law360 Canada.
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September 17, 2024
Colonial powers and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Tega Adjara
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted on Dec. 10, 1948, was a response to the shocking atrocities witnessed during the Second World War. Among its fundamental principles is Article 3, which states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.”
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September 16, 2024
Court rejects judicial review of company’s non-compliance with foreign worker regulations
The Federal Court has dismissed an application for judicial review from an Alberta company that hired temporary foreign workers but cut their pay when it determined they did not have the requisite skills.
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September 13, 2024
Judge declines to boot novel JR of Ottawa’s renewed funding for the UN relief agency in Gaza
After the federal government failed to get the case dismissed on a preliminary motion to strike, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA) and four victims of the Hamas massacre in Israel last year can move ahead with their novel judicial review of Ottawa’s decision to resume funding the largest humanitarian aid agency in the Gaza Strip.
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September 13, 2024
Non-competes in the U.S. are business as usual after FTC rule stricken
Sept. 4 has come and gone. The non-compete ban adopted by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) never took effect after a fast-paced legal challenge by Ryan LLC, a tax services firm and the United States Chamber of Commerce in a Texas federal court. In the United States, it’s business as usual when enforcing non-competes, and the law remains state by state and employee by employee.
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September 11, 2024
Importance of investigating workplace harassment complaints in timely manner | Krupa Shah
Allegations of “racial stereotyping, microaggressions and verbal violence” within the Privy Council Office should serve as a reminder that employers have an obligation to deal with issues of potential discrimination swiftly.
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September 10, 2024
Federal lawyers’ union contends Ottawa’s return-to-office order is ‘arbitrary, counterproductive’
Arguing that the federal government’s return-to-office directive to public servants is “costly, inefficient, arbitrary, and counterproductive,” the union for more than 3,500 federal lawyers has challenged the federal Treasury Board direction that lawyers and most other federal workers must be physically present in their workplaces at least three days a week.
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September 06, 2024
High-risk immigration detainees to be held in holding centre in Quebec prison next year
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it plans to temporarily house next year “a small number of high-risk” immigration detainees in a separate “immigration holding centre” it is looking to establish within a federal prison in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Que.