The passage of the federal government’s controversial Online News Act has highlighted division over the law as tech giant Meta said it will block news on its social media platforms in response to the legislation.
Bill C-18 received royal assent
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The Senate has passed a bill intended to unblock Canadian aid in Afghanistan without amendment.
The Criminal Code changes allow development
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For decades, researchers have relied on animals to test whether chemicals are toxic to humans.
But science has developed alternatives, and a new Canadian law will require them to move in those directions.
This week, Bill S-5 was passed by
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Age discrimination has been an area of some discussion with human resources and people and culture teams with concerns over fitness for work, use of technology, physical ability and ability to adapt and change are brought into question. There are
Canada has passed a new law that emphasizes the importance of the French language in
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US President Biden had previously said said cuts and sanctions were possible in response to the law.
The United States has imposed travel restrictions on Ugandan officials in the wake of an anti-LGBTQ law signed by President Yoweri Museveni last
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OTTAWA –
Canada should give “urgent consideration” to legal mechanisms as a way to combat residential school denialism, says a new report from the independent special interlocutor on unmarked graves.
Justice Minister David Lambetti said he was open to such
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Changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act enshrining the right to a healthy environment have passed into law.
The federal government has been working on the legislation for several years, and introduced the latest version in
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[An] instruction is not the same thing as a disciplinary measure, and firmness does not equate to harshness.
Deputy President Alan Colman
Trainor v Council for Christian Education in Schools and others [2023] FWC 1272 (30 May 2023)
People managers
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