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The Slow Manitoba Human Rights Process And How Businesses Can React In 2026 CMHR

In December 2025, the Manitoba Human Rights Commission released an update on its ongoing efforts to reduce investigation backlogs and wait times.

Canada Government

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Taylor McCaffrey

Cour D'appel De La C.-B. : L'ancien Régime De Titres Miniers À Accès Ouvert De La Province Est Incompatible Avec La DNUDPA

Le 5 décembre 2025, la Cour d'appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») a publié sa décision dans l'affaire Gitxaala v. British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) (l'« affaire Gitxaala »)...

Canada Government

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

UNDRIP Is The Law In British Columbia Today And, We Expect, Tomorrow As Well

This decision signals a substantive shift in how the Province must consider UNDRIP throughout the statutory interpretation and application process as well as in discharging the duty to consult.

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Comprendre la discrimination systémique : un guide pour les enquêtes en milieu de travail

Dans un récent billet, ma collègue Dana J. Campbell-Stevens soulignait la complexité particulière des enquêtes portant sur des allégations de discrimination systémique.

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Approches concrètes pour les demandes de mesures d'adaptation en milieu de travail

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Practical Approaches For Workplace Accommodation Requests

Canada Employment

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

AI In The Workplace: What Employers In Ontario Need To Know

Canada Employment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

The Impacts Of First Nation Representatives In Child And Family Services

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Ontario's Return To Office Mandate: What Does It Mean?

Canada Employment

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Bernardi

Awards For Loss Of Wages In The Human Rights Context: They Can Be Higher Than You Think

Canada Employment

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Bernardi

Tracking Progress In Modern Slavery Reporting: Insights From Public Safety Canada's 2025 Annual Report

Canada Government

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Timing Isn't Everything – Until It Is: Two Alberta Cases Of Post-Leave Termination

Canada Employment

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DWF Group

Guide 2025 de Chambers Global sur l'emploi : chapitre canadien

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Accident mortel hors des heures de travail : La Cour d'appel reconnaît une lésion professionnelle pour un travailleur étranger

Canada Employment

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Fasken (French)

Canadian Media vs. OpenAI: Ontario Court Gives A Procedural Greenlight

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Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP

Bill C-3 Restores Canadian Citizenship To Lost Canadians

Canada Immigration

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Dentons Canada LLP

Could Your Termination Provisions Be Rendered Unenforceable In 2026? The Ontario Court Of Appeal Is Set To Decide This Important Issue

Canada Employment

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Soloway Wright

Bill 60 Becomes Law – Updated On The Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025

Canada Real Estate

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McMillan LLP

Changes In Leave Entitlements: Federal, Saskatchewan And British Columbia Updates For 2025–2026

Canada Employment

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 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

Embauche spécifique aux Autochtones : observations sur l'énoncé de politique et le guide de la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne

De nombreux employeurs cherchent à favoriser l'équité, la diversité et l'inclusion afin de s'adapter à un milieu de travail qui ne cesse d'évoluer.

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

A legal guide to developing and using artificial intelligence.

Canada Technology

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

One Template, Three Jurisdictions: New Guidance On Modern Slavery Reporting In Canada, Australia, And The UK

Policies: Entities must describe any policies and processes in place with respect to modern slavery, forced labour, and child labour, including any due diligence processes

Worldwide Government

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Professional Code: Towards Better Protection For Victims Of Sexual Violence

Canada Criminal

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Langlois Lawyers, LLP

Unreasonable Conduct Before The Tribunal Can Result In Costs

Canada Employment

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Roper Greyell LLP – Employment and Labour Lawyers

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

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Mandatory Mediation Is Here: What It Means For Ontario Employers

Canada Employment

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Williams HR Law

Out Of Its Lane? Ontario Court Creates Constitutional Right To A Bike Lane

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Fast-Tracking Justice: Human Rights And Summary Hearings Explained (Video)

Canada Government

SB

SBA Lawyers LLP

La Stratégie d'approvisionnement auprès des entreprises autochtones (SAEA) passée au crible

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Federal Procurement Strategy For Indigenous Business (PSIB) Faces Further Scrutiny At The Human Rights Commission

Canada Government

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Fasken

Canada: Trends & Developments

Canada Government

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Fasken

Canada: Law & Practice

Canada Government

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Fasken

La Stratégie d'approvisionnement auprès des entreprises autochtones (SAEA) passée au crible

La Stratégie d'approvisionnement auprès des entreprises autochtones (SAEA)...

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Federal Procurement Strategy For Indigenous Business (PSIB) Faces Further Scrutiny At The Human Rights Commission

The Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) has a problematic 30-year history. Launched as the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business in 1996...

Canada Government

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Fasken

Canada: Trends & Developments

Like most nations in the global community, Canada is experiencing the uncertainty and vulnerability brought forth by recent significant geopolitical and geoeconomic shifts, which have also fundamentally changed...

Canada Government

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Fasken

Canada: Law & Practice

Canada's approach to business and human rights involves a mixture of law and policy and is very much grounded in – and influenced by – international treaties and standards, as well as the evolving expectations...

Canada Government

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Fasken

Guide 2025 de Chambers Global sur les affaires et les droits de la personne

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Two Recent CHRT Rulings Rein In Over-Broad Human Rights Litigation—What Employers Should Know

Employers that defend against human rights complaints often find themselves grappling with pleadings and submissions that wander well beyond the events the complainant experienced.

Canada Employment

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Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart

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

In Price v. Smith & Wesson, the Court partially allowed the plaintiffs' appeal of a motion judge's decision to not certify their class action. The Court certified their negligence claim against a gun manufacturer...

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

Québec Introduces Bill 109 On Discoverability Of French-language Content On Digital Platforms

On May 21, 2025, Québec's Minister of Culture et des Communications (Minister) tabled Bill 109, An Act to affirm the cultural sovereignty of Québec and to enact the Act respecting the discoverability...

Canada Media & IT

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

$50,000 General Damages For Sexual Harassment- By Affidavit Evidence

In Complainant v 1957753 Alberta Ltd. o/a 4 Seasons Transport, 2025 AHRC 63, a human rights complaint...

Canada Employment

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Bow River Law

Alberta Human Rights Commission Considers Employer Obligations During Leave

Canada Employment

PM

Parlee McLaws

Refusée à l'embauche parce qu'elle est trans* : les leçons de l'affaire Bar Lucky 7

Canada Employment

RT

Rubin Thomlinson LLP

AHRC Awards Mid-Hearing Adjournments And Costs Rarely, But Not Never

Canada Employment

BR

Bow River Law

Manitoba Government's Proposed Amendments To The Human Rights Code

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (April 28 – May 2, 2025)

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

The Strive For Balance Continues: HRTO Releases 2025 Proposed Updates To Rules Of Procedure

Canada Government

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Beyond The Three-Year Limit: Unraveling The Prescription Puzzle

Canada Litigation

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Bernier Fournier

The Pendulum Is Swinging: Another Award Of Costs By The Alberta Human Rights Tribunal

Canada Government

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McLennan Ross LLP

Accommodation Is A Two-way Street: Lessons For Employers From Aguele v. Family Options Inc.

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Court Of Appeal Summaries (March 24 – 28, 2025)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Please Take A Number: Alberta Human Rights Complaints At A 10 Year High, Other Trends And Tactical Offers

Canada Government

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Bennett Jones LLP

Can The Canada Industrial Relations Board Consider An Unjust Dismissal Complaint That Raises Allegations Of Human Rights?

Canada Employment

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Fasken

Poisoned Workplace Leads To $25,000 In Damages

Canada Employment

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McMillan LLP

Qui Est Impartial ? Réflexions Sur L'affaire Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association v. Toronto Metropolitan University

Canada Employment

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Rubin Thomlinson LLP

Dismissal Of Healthcare Worker For Failure To Disclose COVID-19 Exposure To Spouse/Co-Worker Not Discriminatory

Canada Employment

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Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP

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Fast-Tracking Justice: Human Rights And Summary Hearings Explained (Video)

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SBA Lawyers LLP

The Professionalism Series: The Changing Landscape Of Human Rights In Ontario (Video)

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

S-211: Canada's Fighting Against Forced Labour And Child Labour In Supply Chains Act (Video)

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Gowling WLG

What Is Duty To Accommodate (Video)

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Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

2016 Q2 HR-Law Webinar Part 3: ONCA Upholds Landmark Retroactive Loss Award (Video Content)

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Stringer LLP

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