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04/18/2026

Canada’s main immigration system is called Express Entry.
It’s not first-come, first-served.
👉 It’s a ranking system.
You compete against everyone else.
Learn about it here:

Immigrate to Canada as a skilled worker through Express Entry. Check eligibility, fees, documents, rounds of invitations, and steps for applying.

07/25/2025

🚨 Hiring Independent Contractors? Avoid These Common Legal Pitfalls 👇

Whether you're scaling up or outsourcing, hiring independent contractors can be smart—but risky if done wrong. Here's how to protect your business:

✅ Clear Contracts Are Non-Negotiable
Outline scope of work, deadlines, payment terms, IP ownership, and termination clauses.

⚖️ Avoid Control Traps
Don’t treat them like employees (set hours, tools, or direct supervision)—it can trigger reclassification and legal trouble.

📁 Keep Records
Invoices, deliverables, communication—document everything. If there’s a dispute, this will be your lifeline.

💡 Protect Your IP & Confidentiality
Include clauses that make it clear who owns the work, and what must remain private.

🛡️ Get Legal Eyes On It
A short consult can save you thousands later. Misclassifying a worker or signing a weak contract could expose your biz.

We help founders and small businesses draft and review independent contractor agreements tailored to their needs.

DM us if you’re unsure how to get started or want us to look over your contract.

06/16/2025

Ontario lawyers applaud plan to boost legal aid eligibility, but say more help needed
Legal Aid Ontario making changes to help more low-income Ontarians access services

Legal Aid Ontario said last month that it is planning a 3-year increase to financial eligibility thresholds for family and criminal duty counsel and criminal certificate services. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press)
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The provincial agency that provides legal help for low-income Ontarians is planning to expand eligibility for its services, a move that some lawyers applaud but add it's only a "first step" toward fixing Ontario's legal aid system.

Last month, Legal Aid Ontario announced it is planning a three-year increase to financial eligibility thresholds for family and criminal duty counsel and criminal certificate services. It said the move aims to help more low-income Ontarians access legal aid and reduce the backlog in criminal courts.

The current eligibility thresholds are dependent on family size and income. A single person would have to make $22,720 or less to qualify for criminal and family duty counsel, a requirement that increases to up to $50,803 for families of five or more.

The new plan proposes to increase the income threshold for those duty counsel services and criminal certificates to $45,440 for families of up to four people, for three years. The asset threshold for legal aid applicants would also increase to $15,000, regardless of family size.

Attorney General Doug Downey said the increase is expected to help an additional 180,000 people each year, particularly those most vulnerable while navigating the legal system.

"It's an intimidating system, it's got a different vocabulary, it's complicated," Downey said in a video call. "To have somebody help navigate you through that, by definition, makes it a good public service and makes the system function better."

The provincial agency that provides legal help for low-income Ontarians is planning to expand eligibility for its services, a move that some lawyers applaud but add it's only a "first step" toward fixing Ontario's legal aid system.

06/15/2025

When I was asked to address members of the immigration division of the Canadian Bar Association, I expected an audience of maybe 25 to 50 lawyers.

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But last Saturday, 400 immigration lawyers showed up at the Victoria Convention Centre to hear what three Canadian journalists and a think-tank member had to say about the media’s impact on migration.

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The panel was asked to address immigration lawyers’ fears that heightened media coverage is “sparking intense public debate” and influencing “how immigrants are perceived and how decisions are made.”

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Canada’s immigration industry may have to get used to “intense” public debate

12/08/2024

We help individuals immigrate to countries all over the world, including the Gulf, South Asia, Canada, and Europe
Contact us if you are considering immigration from your home country

11/28/2024

Leave types include (but aren’t limited to) vacation, sick and family, and all are at least partly intended to ensure employees can balance their professional and personal lives. This article addresses trends in employee leave, emerging regulations designed to promote work-life balance, and why employers need to keep abreast of these changes to stay compliant and minimise operational risks.

Leave types include vacation, sick and family, and all are at least partly intended to ensure employees can balance their professional and personal lives.

11/28/2024

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is one of the many employers that are moving towards getting staff to spend more time in the office.

After the global accounting giant recently announced plans to enforce its back-to-office policy(opens in a new tab) by tracking employees in the U.K., one employment lawyer explains the situation with electronic monitoring in Canada.

As PricewaterhouseCoopers plans to enforce its back-to-office policy by tracking employees in the U.K., one employment lawyer explains whether the practice is legal in Canada.

10/03/2024

ocial media has radically changed the way people receive and share information or opinions about one another. Unfounded statements on the Internet can enter the mainstream in a viral moment, as seen in a recent series of high-profile cases that use defamation law to fight online misinformation and untruths.

Hosted by Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marking Communications, a panel, “How is Social Media Changing Defamation Law?” was held recently in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which revolutionized libel law

Hosted by Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marking Communications, a panel, “How is Social Media Changing Defamation Law?” was held recently in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court decision New York Times Co....

10/03/2024

The RCMP’s efforts to maintain authority in British Columbia have failed following a power struggle with the newly formed Surrey Police Service.

The B.C. Supreme Court’s ruling against keeping the RCMP in Surrey charts a path for other Canadian communities to make the transition to municipal policing.

Is it time for Canadian municipalities with RCMP contracts to ditch the Mounties as Surrey, B.C., has done? A chat with new Surrey Police Service Chief Norm Lipinski sheds some light on the benefits.

07/27/2024

The publicly funded society that provides independent legal aid for low-income Albertans says its contract with the government has expired, and the provincial government has decided not to renew it.

In a release, Legal Aid Alberta (LAA), says it has been negotiating a new governance agreement with the Ministry of Justice and the Law Society of Alberta for several months, but the ministry suddenly halted negotiations and terminated the agreement.

The publicly-funded society which provides independent legal aid for disadvantaged Albertans says its contract with the government has expired, and that the province has decided not to renew it.