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Canadian PoliticsPublished March 20, 2023 • Last updated 22 hours ago • 4 minute readPeople protest against Bill C-69, in Calgary on March 25, 2019. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia/FileArticle content
A federal environmental law that has been condemned as a “wrecking ball” goes on trial Tuesday as the Supreme Court of Canada considers whether Ottawa is stepping on provincial jurisdiction by giving itself more oversight of major resource projects.Advertisements 2This advertisement has not been loaded yet, but your article continues below.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS
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Vancouver (Canada) – Fasken is a founding member of the Business and Human Rights Lawyers Association (BHRLA). The BHRLA’s member firms will collaborate to advance business and human rights in commercial legal practice.
The BHRLA is focused on advancing business and human rights leadership, learning, collaboration and practice among commercial law firms and business lawyers around the world, and respecting these rights as set out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The association will support lawyers in advising commercial clients on the human rights risks and opportunities associated with business activities.
“Furthering practice excellence by…
On 24 November 2022, the Australian Attorney-General the Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP announced the Attorney-General’s Department’s intention to release an issues paper for public consultation, as the first stage of a review into Australia’s current copyright enforcement regime. The broad aim of the review is to understand:Current and emerging copyright enforcement priorities and challenges;
Whether Australia’s copyright enforcement regime remains relevant, effective and proportionate; and
Whether existing enforcement mechanisms need to be strengthened, and if so, how can this be done without imposing unreasonable administrative or economic burdens.The Copyright Enforcement Review Issues Paper (“Issues Paper“), was subsequently…
Lawsuit says Shein has grown rich by repeated copyright infringements in a ‘continuous pattern of racketeering’.China’s fast-fashion retailer Shein is facing a lawsuit that claims the clothing maker’s copyright infringement is so aggressive that it amounts to racketeering.
The filing this week, by three fashion designers in a United States court, claims that Shein is in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, better known as RICO, a law originally crafted to prosecute organized crime.
“Shein has grown rich by committing individual infringements over and over again, as part of a long and continuous pattern of racketeering,…
The United States Department of Labor has reached an agreement with a food company after two children were discovered operating meat-processing equipment, in violation of federal law.
The agreement, announced on Friday, is the latest in the department’s crackdown on child labor violations, which have surged in recent years, as several states move to loosen workplace protections for youths.
“The Department of Labor and the Biden-Harris administration see child labor as a scourge in this country and will not tolerate violations of child labor laws,” Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda said in Friday’s press release, underscoring President Joe Biden and…
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Mexico’s president called on US citizens Monday not to vote for Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis because of his state’s enactment of a tough immigration bill.
The comments about the Florida law, which the Mexican government has said is likely to cause discrimination against migrants, marks President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s second recent break with Mexico’s tradition of non-intervention in the politics of other countries. In March, he called Peru’s government racist and illegitimate.
“We could not remain silent,” Lopez Obrador said of the Florida law at news conference Monday.
Under the Florida law…
Manitoba politicians are working to pass many bills into law by Thursday — the last scheduled sitting before the summer break and the provincial election slated for Oct. 3.Aside from its recently passed budget legislation, the Progressive Conservative government is also set to give First Nations communities more power to enforce laws and collect unpaid fines.
Other bills that have passed in recent days or are about to pass include one that would make it easier for victims of sue people who share intimate images without consent.
Several bills from opposition parties are also set to be approved in…
The Liberals have put forward legislation that aims to make good on their pledge to tighten passenger rights rules after a year marked by travel chaos and a backlog of ballooning complaints.
Tabled in the House of Commons as part of a broader budget bill Thursday, the new provisions ratchet up penalties on airlines, shore up the complaint process and target luggage and flight disruption loopholes that have allowed airlines to avoid compensating customers.
The proposed $250,000 maximum fine for airline violations — a tenfold increase over the existing regulations — encourages compliance, said Sylvie De Bellefeuille, a lawyer with…