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June 26th, 2023

Bill C-13: The Official Languages Act gets a revamp

On May 15, 2023, the House of Commons passed Bill C-13, An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada’s Official Languages, which amends various federal laws, including the Official Languages Act, and creates new rights for French-speaking communities across the country. This important legislation modernizes the Official Languages Act, which last underwent major reform more […]

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June 20th, 2023

Passage of An Act respecting the regulation of work by children: What employers need to know

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic, combined with an aging population, left Québec struggling with a labour shortage—a gap that was filled by young, unskilled workers. In the process, the significant increase in the number of workplace accidents involving workers under the age 16 prompted social reflection and highlighted the lack of any protective framework for work […]

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June 13th, 2023

Bill 29: New obligations to consumers regarding the quality, durability and repairability of goods and amendments to the Consumer Protection Act. Manufacturers and merchants, get ready...

On June 1, 2023, the Quebec Minister of Justice introduced Bill 29, An Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods (the “Bill”), amending the Consumer Protection Act,1 in the National Assembly with the stated aim of strengthening the legal warranty of quality and ensuring the repairability […]

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May 30th, 2023

The Ontario Court of Appeal reaffirms that only a clear, explicit and unequivocal statutory provision can abrogate solicitor-client and litigation privilege

On May 1, 2023, in Ontario (Auditor General) v. Laurentian University,1 the Ontario Court of Appeal followed the teachings of the Supreme Court of Canada set out in Blood Tribe2 and Lizotte3 to conclude that the Auditor General Act4 (the “Act”) does not contain sufficiently clear, explicit and unequivocal language to abrogate solicitor-client, litigation and settlement privilege. Background […]

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May 29th, 2023

Insurance in the era of climate change

Starting in the 2000s, the Actuaries Climate Index began to trend upward in Canada, reflecting the increasing probability of extreme weather events.1 More recently, a single event resulted in massive insurance claims. The 2016 fires in Fort McMurray caused nearly $10 billion in damage, a third of which was insured. It was the country’s biggest […]

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May 19th, 2023

Exemption from the requirement to establish a committee on access to information and the protection of personal information – Regulation

Since September 22, 2022, all public bodies subject to the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information (CQLR c. A-2.1) were required to establish a committee on access to information and the protection of personal information (an “AIPPI Committee”) (s. 8.1). The AIPPI Committee’s purpose is to […]