Resources, Articles, & Advocacy
Advocacy | June 11, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 9
Legislative Update | June 06, 2025
Your OBA LegUp Policy and Legislative Update Week of June 2
Ford Government Passes Mining Legislation: Bill 5, or the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, passed third reading this week and has been granted royal assent by the lieutenant governor. The legislation will create so-called special economic zones where laws, ranging from municipal approvals to environmental rules or even labour law, won’t apply. At Queen’s Park on Wednesday, cries of protest rang out from the galleries inside the legislature as MPPs voted. Indigenous leaders have vowed to keep fighting against the legislation.
Article | June 06, 2025
Recent Interpretation on The Scope of a Tribunal’s Solicitor-Client Privilege and Deliberative Secrecy
Emma Gardiner discusses a recent case which provides guidance on the application of solicitor-client privilege and deliberative secrecy in SPPA tribunal proceedings.
Article | June 06, 2025
Ontario Divisional Court Upholds Tribunal’s Right to Control its Process, Comments on Surreptitious Recording of Tribunal Proceedings
Alex Smith discusses a recent case on the impact of unauthorized recordings of tribunal proceedings and a tribunal's authority to set limits on the time given to parties to present their cases.
Article | June 06, 2025
Ontario Divisional Court Upholds Discipline Committee’s Decision Despite Allegation Statement Containing Factual Inconsistencies
Alex Smith discusses a recent case on the impact of factual errors in an Agreed Statement of Facts.
