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August 22nd, 2024

Important decision on workplace privacy rendered by the Supreme Court of Canada

On June 21, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered an important decision on workplace privacy protections for teachers.

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July 29th, 2024

Law 5: a new paradigm in health and social services information governance (part I)

On July 1, 2024, the Act respecting health and social services information and two related regulations finally came into force. Law 5 is an extensive and complex new statute that brings significant changes to personal health information governance in the public and private sectors.

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July 23rd, 2024

Does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to Indigenous governments?

In Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10 (“Dickson”), the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Supreme Court”) addressed complex issues affecting the coexistence of collective Indigenous rights and the individual rights guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms1 (the “Charter”).

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July 22nd, 2024

Adoption of Bill C-58: Regulating the use of replacement workers in conflict situations (strikes or lockouts) for federally regulated employers

On June 20 2024, Bill C-58, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012, which aims to regulate the use of temporary replacement workers in Canada, has passed the final stage of the legislative adoption process by receiving Royal Assent (the "Act").

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July 15th, 2024

Legal framework for artificial intelligence: What are the statutory protections against deepfakes?

Deepfakes can be defined as manipulation using advanced artificial intelligence (“AI”), that allows images, voices, videos, or text to be digitally altered, or even generated entirely, to create highly realistic representations or sounds of fake events.

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July 11th, 2024

Amendments to the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business: take-aways for companies doing business in Québec

On June 26, 2024, the Quebec government published the final version of the Regulation to amend mainly the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business ("Regulation"). Some provisions of the Regulation come into force on July 11, 2024; the remainder will come into force on June 1, 2025.