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The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Wallbridge, Wallbridge v. Poupore, 2026 ONCA 417 is a useful reminder that courts do not rescue parties from incomplete compensation arrangements simply because the result may seem unfair.
Used by hostage negotiators, journalists, mediators and others, active listening provides a shortcut to developing trust and understanding between people. For lawyers, its application is professionally significant: those who listen actively stand to develop stronger client relationships, gain clearer insight into client needs and are better positioned to provide effective representation.
On June 16, the Competition Bureau launched an examination of Canada’s food supply chain, which will “identify how greater competition can help improve outcomes for Canadians at the grocery store.”
Ottawa has proposed a new legislative regime for private-sector privacy regulation that imposes a raft of obligations on how businesses and other non-governmental organizations handle Canadians’ personal data, with oversight from a robust dual privacy and digital harms regulator armed with audit and binding order-making powers, backed by hefty administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) and fines for the most serious new offences.
In Angus A2A GP Inc v. Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc., 2026 ABCA 156 (Angus A2A), the Alberta Court of Appeal recently upheld what it described as an “unusual” use of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) (CCAA), in which equity investors, rather than the debtor companies or their creditors, initiated the proceedings.
On Aug. 1, 2026, the remaining provision of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4-2025) will come into force, following an announcement on Feb. 9, 2026, by the B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General.
The Federal Court has explained why two years ago it secretly issued the first cyber “threat reduction measures warrant” to enable the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to protect domestic critical infrastructure and reduce the threat from two unnamed “foreign adversaries” that had infected with malware certain Canadian servers, small office or home office routers and “Internet of Things” devices (such as Ring video doorbells, security cameras, televisions and other Wi-Fi-enabled appliances).
A recent British Columbia Supreme Court decision adds to the developing body of Canadian privacy class action jurisprudence and may be of particular interest to organizations that collect, store or manage sensitive personal information.
The Federal Court has dismissed a motion to strike an environmental group’s challenge to a federal authorization for 14 temporary river crossings in Alberta, finding that the group met the test for public interest standing.
On June 12, the federal government tabled new legislation, An Act respecting the prohibition of the importation of goods produced by forced labour. If passed, the Act would “reinforce Canada’s existing framework to prevent goods made with forced labour from entering the Canadian market.”