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The Longest Trial, A Big Impact: Cowichan's Aboriginal Title Victory

Following one of the longest trials in Canadian history, the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the Court) released its landmark decision in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada (Attorney General)...

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-19 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 09/25 to 10/08.

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Décision sur l'invocation de la clause dérogatoire et la compétence du tribunal de rendre un jugement déclaratoire

Le 11 août 2025, la Cour d'appel de la Saskatchewan (la « CAS ») a rendu une décision importante au sujet de l'article 33 de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés...

Canada Litigation

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

New Joint Reporting Template Released For Modern Slavery Disclosures In Canada, Australia And The UK

In July 2025, the Canadian, Australian and United Kingdom governments jointly released an optional international reporting template and guidance related to modern slavery, forced labour and child labour.

Canada Government

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Dentons Canada LLP

Manitoba's New Economic Development Strategy To Include Economic Reconciliation

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-18 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Canada, The U.K. And Australia Release Joint Modern Slavery Supply Chain Reporting Template

Worldwide Government

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Boundaries Of Common Law: Parkland Is Not Immune From Adverse Possession

Canada Government

C

Cassels

Complaint To Integrity Commissioner About Dresden Landfill Unworthy Of Inquiry (Re: The Honourable Doug Ford, Premier Of Ontario, August 20, 2025)

Canada Government

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes : mise à jour de septembre 2025

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 15 – 19, 2025)

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

UNDRIP And The Building Canada Act: Duty To Consult To Obtain Free Prior And Informed Consent

Canada Government

Phillips Barristers

What Is The Cowichan Decision And Why Is Everyone So Worked Up?

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-17 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The New Reality: Navigating Rising IRCC Refusal Rates In 2025

Canada Immigration

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Sobirovs Law Firm

U.S. Releases New Process For Expanding Auto Parts Tariffs: What Canadian Stakeholders Need To Know

Canada International

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Landmark RCMP Seizure Of Over $56 Million In Cryptocurrency From TradeOgre

Canada Technology

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WeirFoulds LLP

Robots Rejected: Canada Denies AI As Patent Inventor

LS

Lenczner Slaght LLP

AI And Copyright - Who Owns AI-generated Content? (Podcast)

Canada Technology

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Fasken

Alberta Court Of Appeal Confirms That Systemic Challenge To Provincial Consultation Regime May Proceed To Trial

In 2020, Mikisew Cree First Nation and Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation – two Treaty 8 First Nations with territory in the Athabasca oil sands region...

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

Rentrée parlementaire : comités, motions de programmation et ordonnances de production

La Chambre des communes est censée revenir de sa pause estivale annuelle le 15 septembre 2025. Les comités parlementaires reprendront leurs activités régulières peu après, mais rappelons qu'ils peuvent être convoqués en urgence lorsque la Chambre siège.

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Return Of Parliament: Committees, Programming Motions, And Production Orders

Most committees, when not studying legislation referred to them by the House, will engage in various studies related to the specific mandate of the committee.

Canada Government

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Fasken

Ontario's Bill 5 & The Discretionary State: Undermining Indigenous Rights And Species At Risk Protections In The Name Of Growth

On June 4, 2025, Ontario's Ford Government enacted Bill 5: Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025, despite widespread opposition from Indigenous communities, environmental advocates...

Canada Government

WC

Woodward & Company

Déclaration De L'ONU Sur Les Droits Des Peuples Autochtones : Lenteur Inexplicable

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

Political Or Judicial: Insights From Fair Voting BC v. Canada (Attorney General)

Canada Litigation

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Fasken

Affaire Pryde : Un débat constitutionnel soulevé d'office à tort et mené selon une procédure viciée

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-16 - Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Key Updates To The 2025 CCDC 5A, 5B & 17

Canada Government

CW

Clark Wilson LLP

A (Mushroom) Trip Too Far: Policy Shift On Psilocybin Takes Minister Off The Map

Canada Healthcare

RS

Rosen Sunshine LLP

Hors de sa piste? Une Cour de l'Ontario crée un droit constitutionnel à une piste cyclable

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-15 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

B.C. Supreme Court Recognizes Cowichan Aboriginal Title In Landmark Ruling

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Electrifying Updates To The ZEV Standards: Hybrid Vehicle Inclusion And Increased Credits

Canada Government

ML

McMillan LLP

Hors de sa piste? Une Cour de l'Ontario crée un droit constitutionnel à une piste cyclable

Dans Cycle Toronto et al. v. Attorney General of Ontario et al. (« Cycle Toronto »), la Cour supérieure de justice a annulé une disposition du Code de la route[2] prévoyant l'enlèvement des pistes cyclables...

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-15 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Description of Spotted Owl caurina subspecies critical habitat in the Widgeon Valley National Wildlife Area

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

B.C. Supreme Court Recognizes Cowichan Aboriginal Title In Landmark Ruling

On August 7, 2025, the British Columbia Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 BCSC 1490. The Court recognized the Cowichan Nation's Aboriginal title to part of the Fraser River's south arm and affirmed its constitutional right to fish in those waters for food.

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Electrifying Updates To The ZEV Standards: Hybrid Vehicle Inclusion And Increased Credits

The Government of Quebec recently announced its intention to expand the definition of eligible vehicle types under the province's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) standard to include hybrid electric...

Canada Government

ML

McMillan LLP

La nouvelle « part importante » : l'abaissement du seuil fédéral obligera un plus grand nombre d'entreprises et d'organisations à enregistrer leurs lobbyistes salariés

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Navigating Ontario's Strong Mayor Powers: Practical And Strategic Insights

Law360 Canada (July 29, 2025, 10:01 AM EDT) -- In November 2022, Ontario introduced asignificant shift in municipal governance through amendments to the Municipal Act, 2001, empowering select mayors with new executive authorities known as strong mayor powers.

Canada Government

LL

Lerners LLP

The New "Significant": Lower Federal Threshold Will Require More Businesses And Organizations To Register In-House Lobbyists

Beginning January 19, 2026, it will take a lot less for a business or organization to trigger the federal lobbying registration requirement in Canada. The Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada has released...

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Impacts On Canadian Businesses With U.S. Investments

On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA), a comprehensive budget reconciliation bill that brings incremental...

Worldwide Government

TL

Torys LLP

Important Changes: The Commissioner Of Lobbying Issues New Guidance Requirements To Registration Thresholds And Lobbying Bans

Following a long-anticipated wait, the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL) issued two important bulletins on July 16, 2025, updating its interpretation of the "significant part of duties" registration threshold...

Canada Employment

GW

Gowling WLG

Not Your Usual Ottawa Cutback – Lobbying Commissioner Cuts Registration Threshold Fourfold

Canada Government

ML

McMillan LLP

Maybe You're A Lobbyist After All: Strict New Federal Guidance Released

Canada Government

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

As Carney Talks Partnership, JFK's Sara Mainville Talks Trust, Meaningful Consultation, And Capacity On CBC National News

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

A New Era Of Labour Mobility In Canada

Canada Government

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Case Brief On Kebaowek First Nation v Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, 2025 FC 319

Canada Government

FR

Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-13 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Practical Challenges In Litigating Against Government: Insights From Canada (Prime Minister) v. Hameed

Canada Litigation

F

Fasken

A Constitutional Right To Two Wheels? An Expansion Of Section 7's Protection

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

BWA: All About Interjurisdictional Immunity (Podcast)

Canada Litigation

TL

Torys LLP

Injunctions On Street Functions: Waterloo's Pre-Emptive Move Against Massive Unsanctioned Gatherings

Canada Litigation

PV

Pallett Valo LLP

Ontario's Bill 5: Unpacking The Amendments To The Ontario Heritage Act

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

July 2025 Rosen Sunshine Newsletter

Canada Government

RS

Rosen Sunshine LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-12 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 23-27, 2025)

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

From Cumulative Effects To One-Off Authorizations: BC Shifts Its Approach To Project Approvals

Canada Government

C

Cassels

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Gowling WLG

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GW

Gowling WLG

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Gowling WLG

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Gowling WLG

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