by owsadmin | Jul 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
On July 22nd, 2020, Federal Court Justice Ann Marie McDonald announced a major decision in the advancement of immigration rights in Canada by striking down the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) between Canada and the U.S. Under the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country...
by owsadmin | Jul 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
After months of being shut down due to the COVID-19 crisis, Ontario courts are seeing a gradual return to in-person operations as of Monday, July 6th. In order to protect the many individuals that are involved in courthouse operations on a daily basis, courts across...
by owsadmin | Jun 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
When the Honourable Marco E. L. Mendicino, P. C., M. P., the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship tabled the 2019 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration, he had expected that Canada would welcome 341,000 new permanent residents in 2020, 351,000 in...
by owsadmin | Jun 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
“If we are to fully meet the challenges of judging in a diverse society, we must work toward a bench that better mirrors the people it judges.” — The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., former Chief Justice of Canada Every society looks to public institutions...
by owsadmin | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
We recently represented a commercial tenant in a lease assignment dispute. In 6791971 Canada Inc. v. Messica, 2020 ONSC 1642 the issue at hand was an Application pursuant to s. 23 of the Commercial Tenancies Act where we asked the Court to determine whether the...
