The CCF is intervening in a Supreme Court of Canada case to defend Canadians’ privacy rights when personal information is stored on employees’ workplace devices and systems.
In Binance Holdings Limited v. Ontario Securities Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission demanded access to devices and data belonging to Binance Holdings Ltd employees and other personnel, including personal messages, emails and photos. Binance challenged the demand as overly broad, but the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that the information constituted business records.
The CCF will argue that section 8 of the Charter requires regulators to limit demands to protect personal information, give individuals a reasonable opportunity to challenge those demands, and prevent fishing expeditions that amount to unreasonable searches.
The CCF is intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in a challenge to federal firearms regulations that prohibit a broad range of firearms and their “variants.” The case arose after the Trudeau government in 2020 issued a regulation prohibiting a long list of what they called “military-style assault weapons” and their “variants.” The RCMP…
The CCF is intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in a constitutional challenge to Ontario’s Rebuilding Ontario Place Act (ROPA), legislation tied to the provincial government’s redevelopment of Ontario Place, a defunct waterfront amusement park. ROPA, passed in 2023, exempts the redevelopment from most requirements under the Environmental Assessment Act and the Ontario Heritage…
In Cynthia Prescott, et al. v. Benchwood Builders Inc., et al., the Supreme Court of Canada will consider whether homeowners can be sued for defamation over negative online reviews about a contractor.
