Real Estate
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February 22, 2024
New associate for Dickinson Wright
Michael Ng has joined Dickinson Wright’s Toronto office as an associate.
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February 22, 2024
Energy, water costs of AI | Daniel Dylan
Have we all reached Artificial Intelligence (AI) fatigue or exhaustion yet? Maybe. Maybe not. Nevertheless, by now, we’re all certainly aware of the benefits as well as the ethical concerns that AI presents to law students, law professors, paralegals, lawyers and judges.
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February 21, 2024
Factors contributing to the LTB crisis at Tribunals Ontario | Kathy Laird and Voy Stelmaszynski
In part one of this series, we presented the most recent data from Tribunals Ontario’s Annual Report and its website about the enormous delays at the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) and the backlog of 53,000 plus applications. The available data from Tribunals Ontario is less than complete and is often confusing, misleading or seemingly contradictory.
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February 21, 2024
Canada sanctions Guatemala’s attorney general, justice officials for undermining rule of law
Canada has established a new sanctions regime under the Special Economic Measures Act to address corruption and anti-democratic actions in Guatemala.
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February 21, 2024
Ontario introduces far-reaching Get It Done Act
As anticipated, Ontario’s government has introduced legislation to “get it done” by shortening environmental assessments, hastening the building of infrastructure, barring new highway tolls and giving voters a chance to nix any future carbon taxes.
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February 21, 2024
Feds seek Parliamentary approval to spend $28 million more on legal aid for immigrants & refugees
With the coming two-year anniversary of Russia’s country-wide invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it is providing Pro Bono Ontario with nearly half a million dollars to help war-displaced Ukrainians with their immigration-related legal problems.
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February 21, 2024
When courts are asked to rule on scope of s. 35, Montour provides racially just approach
In the second article of our firm’s four-part series on Montour, I examine how Montour’s shift in thinking about Aboriginal rights marks a crossroads in Canadian law’s commitment to racial justice in judicial decision-making (R. v. Montour [2023] Q.J. No. 11554).
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February 21, 2024
NEW HOME WARRANTY PLANS - Vendor - Registration requirement
Appeal by appellant from finding of application judge that respondent was entitled to terminate the agreements of purchase and sale (APS) because of late payment. The appellant, the purchasing party, entered into an APS for residential homes that would be newly constructed by the respondent, the vendor.
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February 20, 2024
Alta.’s Justice Mary Moreau welcomed at celebration of first female-majority Supreme Court of Canada
The milestone appointment of Justice Mary Moreau was celebrated in Ottawa, where the ex-chief justice and former criminal lawyer and constitutional litigator from Alberta was lauded for her “unparalleled work ethic,” “great intelligence” as well as for her “humility” and “compassion.” “For the first time in the history of our country, the majority of judges sitting on the Supreme Court are now women,” federal Justice Minister Arif Virani said
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February 20, 2024
Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board numbers speak for themselves | Kathy Laird and Voy Stelmaszynski
There is little justice to be found for Ontarians who have to turn to Ontario’s busiest tribunal — the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). The LTB has been failing badly since 2019, when the current government began removing its experienced adjudicators and moved the LTB under the leadership of Tribunals Ontario, a mega-cluster of tribunals.