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March 27th, 2024

Bug in the Bot: Businesses’ Liability for False or Misleading Representations by Their Chatbots – A Québec Perspective (Part I)

Do you use chatbots to provide services to your customers or employees? Or are you thinking about implementing one? If so, you have come to the right place. In this multi-part series, we explore the key legal considerations of setting up and maintaining a chatbot. Up first: our commentary of a recent decision in British […]

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March 22nd, 2024

Trademark owners: Get ready for the changes to the Charter of the French language – update

On January 10, 2024, the Government of Québec published a Draft Regulation under the Charter of the French Language (the “Charter”), which clarifies certain changes to signage exceptions involving trademarks in languages other than French. This article seeks to clarify certain issues raised in two of our previous articles on this topic: “Trademark owners: Get […]

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March 20th, 2024

Indigenous peoples’ right of self government in light of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the Reference on Bill C-92

On February 28, 2019, Parliament tabled Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the “Act”). Its purpose is to recognize and implement Indigenous peoples’ right to use their own child and family services, based on the principles of cultural continuity, substantive equality and the best interests of the […]

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March 13th, 2024

Supreme Court broadens cyber-privacy to include IP addresses: 5 business takeaways from Bykovets

Mere hours after it was issued on March 1, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Bykovets was already making rounds in the dailies and on social media, leaving no doubt that Internet privacy remains a hot topic. In a 5-4 majority decision, the Court ruled that requiring businesses to voluntarily disclose IP addresses […]

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March 13th, 2024

Maximizing Energy Project Value: How to make your project a success using collaborative models and adaptive project management

This article was written in collaboration with Arnaud Rorgiez, eng., EMBA, PMP, a partner at Strategia Conseil, and Pier-Olivier Leclerc, eng., PA LEED, a project management consultant at Strategia Conseil. The energy sector in Québec is currently undergoing a major transformation driven by the rise of renewable energy, including solar, wind, hydro, biomethanization and green […]

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March 1st, 2024

The importance of Charter values in the absence of the infringement of a constitutional right or freedom

Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment) On December 8, 2023, in its decision in Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment),1 the Supreme Court of Canada set aside ministerial decisions refusing to admit children of non-rights holder parents2 to French-language schools […]