Canada: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

With tax season in Canada drawing to a close, many individuals may be taking a closer look at past income sources, including government relief received during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2023, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal overturned a decision determining if a child should be vaccinated when there is disagreement between separated parents. Below is a summary of the Court of Appeal's decision.

The appellant in this case was Dr. Kilian, a physician who had been registered with the CPSO since 2016.

Ontario's Divisional Court has dismissed an application for judicial review by a former personal support worker who alleged that the termination of his employment was discrimination...

Although the pandemic is behind us, COVID-related cases continue to slowly make their way through the courts and tribunals.

Bien que la pandémie soit derrière nous, les affaires liées à la COVID-19 continuent de suivre lentement leur cours devant les tribunaux.

Since the first Ontario labour arbitration award was released in November 2021, a consensus has emerged that mandatory vaccination policies are reasonable in many...

In Croke v. VuPoint Systems Ltd., 2023 ONSC 1234, Ontario's Superior Court of Justice decided that an employee's refusal to comply with mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements...

We have been blogging a lot about how COVID-19 vaccine mandates have impacted workplace law, and now we can add one more context to our catalogue.

The COVID-19 pandemic (the "Pandemic") sent shockwaves through the global economy, profoundly impacting various sectors, including the lending industry.

As new strains of COVID-19 continue to impact the lives of people in Canada and across the world, new lockdown measures have been implemented by various local governments in Canada.

New funding will be available to B.C. businesses mandated to shutdown as of December 22, 2021, in response to the surge of COVID-19 cases.