In recent years, advances in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in generative AI, have been impressive. Whether we’re talking about large language models capable of processing and generating human-like text, self-driving cars, or the facial biometric authentication now used to unlock most cell phones, AI systems occupy a significant place in every sphere of human life.
Commentary on G.A. c. N.B. – Sexual abuse through the prism of civil liability and parental authority
This article comments a Court of Appeal decision regarding a Superior Court judgment ordering that over $800,000 be paid in compensation to a victim by her abuser and her parents.
On April 19, 2023, in Banque de Montréal c. Chevrette, the Court of Appeal rendered a noteworthy decision on the scope of section 148 of the Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”) and the pricing of goods under instalment sale contract. The decision was rendered in connection with a consumer class action against two financial institutions, a manufacturer and distributors of motor vehicles (collectively, the “appellants”) seeking to sanction the inclusion of a trade-in vehicle’s negative equity when calculating the sale price of a new vehicle under such a contract.
Reference re Impact Assessment Act: Supreme Court majority rules that the presumption of constitutionality cannot save the Act from being unconstitutional in part
On appeal from a decision of the Court of Appeal of Alberta in the context of a reference, the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Court”) recently concluded that the federal impact assessment scheme consisting of the Impact Assessment Act (the “IAA”) and the Physical Activities Regulations is unconstitutional in part.
An Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods
Assent and gradual entry into force of new obligations regarding the quality, durability and repairability of goods and amendments to the Consumer Protection Act
With the rapid advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”), the call for an ethical framework for AI is growing louder. But what exactly does that entail?