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We have previously written about how Canada’s anti-spam legislation (“CASL”) established the world’s toughest standards for sending commercial electronic messages (“CEM”).
In summary, these provisions… Read More
We previously wrote about the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling on whether the Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner could order disclosure of records to verify a claim of solicitor-client privilege… Read More
Authors: Erin Wolff, Kristél Kriel
The Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner (the “OIPC”) has recently recommended the creation of stand-alone legislation that will regulate data matching activities by… Read More
Authors: Breanne Lothian, Erin Wolff
On March 22, 2017, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its highly anticipated decision in R v Vice Media Canada Inc., 2017 ONCA 231. In this… Read More
Authors: Meghan McCreary, Erin Wolff, Kristél Kriel
Employers may soon be able to distribute T4 (Statement of Remuneration Paid) slips electronically to active employees without having obtained advance express consent from… Read More
We previously wrote about the Digital Privacy Act and its various changes to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (“PIPEDA”). Read about the general changes to PIPEDA.
One of… Read More
Author: Anna Solmundson
The College of Pharmacists of Manitoba requires pharmacists to undergo criminal record checks and adult and child abuse checks every five years. But, what about other pharmacy employees? Should… Read More
Authors: Breanne Lothian, Erin Wolff
Recent amendments to the adoption legislation in Saskatchewan have, among other things, made it easier for birth parents and adult adoptees to access birth registration information.… Read More
Authors: Paul Goldman, Nathan Schissel, Andrew Dilts
Cybersecurity was recently identified as an area of priority for issuers by the Canadian Securities Administrators (the “CSA”), the collective body for the securities… Read More
This post was written prior to our January 2017 merger, under our previous firm name, MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP.
On November 25, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its… Read More