Questions tagged [canada]
For questions specific to Canada as a whole, or that span multiple provincial and territorial jurisdictions.
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In Canada and the US, is there a public hotline to call the government and ask whether something is legal? [duplicate]
This question might seem absurd. But is it possible to just call some government agency and directly ask them if a law applies to them or their business?
Or does the government's responsibility end ...
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How/where to find precedent civil cases (Canada)?
I am interested in learning about some civil cases that happened in the past. What are the resources that one could use to find thematic breakdown of such cases? For example, where would I be able to ...
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Can someone sue me for not giving back the amount of money they gave me as a gift?
I was given an amount of money (less than 2,000$ CAD) as a gift from someone with her confirmation (by message and on paper). At first, I told her that I would accept the gift, but in the future, if ...
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Is evidence submitted in writting that came from a third party, hearsay?
I have a Dispute scheduled with my ex-landlord. Among other things I alleged that he infringed upon my Quiet Enjoyment by routinely pressuring me into moving out with in person meetings. The landlord ...
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What steps must an employer take to keep health information confidential?
I asked this on workplace but perhaps it's a better fit here.
With my job we are required to get COVID testing frequently. They normally hire different labs to do the testing so each time there's some ...
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Since I am unemployed, can I get PR card any faster?
I arrived in Canada on a closed work permit (on GSS) but was terminated in less than a year because of the pandemic. I appeared for IELTS over and over again, and eventually got picked up in express ...
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Can a contract exclude “common law”?
In an employment contract, is this enforceable?
The Company may terminate your employment at any time, without just
cause, by providing you with the minimum notice or pay in lieu, that
you are ...
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Bob occupies Anna's parking lot. How could Anna prove it?
Anna owns a parking lot. However Bob frequently uses it as his guests' parking lot for two years. The average rental rate for a parking lot is about $40 a month, totaling about $1000 for the two years ...
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In BC, Canada, may an adult seek & receive a Protection Order if the respondent is the mother of the petitioner but the parties do not live together?
(N.B. I've never studied the Canadian legal system, I'm not Canadian, I don't live in Canada, and I've never been to Canada. But I like cheese curds.)
In a nutshell: what I want to know
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New landlord in need of guidance about tenant cleaning up property and also installing a fence for privacy In Ontario Canada
New landlord in need of guidance please.
I am a new landlord who owns a duplex and is wanting to get the tenants to clean up all junk off the property outside first of all then I would like to build a ...
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In Canada, can a jury convict you of a crime that wasn't oringially charged?
Can you be charged with one crime, but convicted on a different crime? For example, could one be charged with first-degree murder, but be found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder? Could one be ...
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Can someone from a non-English speaking country and university apply for universities inside Canada or US without TOEFL or IELTS? [closed]
Someone at OneKeyVisa immigration agency told my friend that she can apply for and get accepted to US universities and get her Student Visa without any English test scores and then request some ...
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What happens when a Canadian not-for-profit organization does not comply with its own by-laws?
When I search "by-law Canada" in Google, everything I get is about "municipal by-laws" such as as the first result which is the website of a law firm that explains what municipal ...
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Playing copyrighted music legally -> personal and small group usage
I play guitar. I just want to know what is legal or not regarding my playing copyrighted music. I understand that performing in public (whatever that means!? Formal event? More than just me? Other?))...
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Blackmail is illegal. But how is that enforced pragmatically?
I am a total layman and I don't have any experience in the field of law. Please keep this in mind when responding to this question.
Obviously blackmail is illegal. However, I have always wondered how ...
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Why was no constitutional amendment needed to change the rules on succession to the Canadian throne?
In 2013 a statute altered the rules on succession to the throne in Canada. (Specifically, if a woman is the eldest child of the monarch then she inherits the throne upon the monarch's death even if ...
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Can an employer force me to quit my old job, claiming it's a conflict of interest, if I never agree to it in an employment contract?
This question is about when is something legally binding. Say I am an interview for a new company. They advise me that continuing to work for my old one (even on a part-time basis) would be a conflict ...
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Is it legal to pick locks to gain access to an area you're allowed to be in, in Canada?
After a bit of discussion regarding my answer for this question in the Workplace Stackexchange, I got to wondering:
Is it legal to pick a lock to gain access to an area you're authorized to enter in ...
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Employer suddenly decided to use finger prints for clocking in and out. Can I refuse?
I work in a retail store with about 20 staff members. Usually 3-8 work at a time. The job isn't meant to be permanent and pays close to minimum wage. All of a sudden they are adding a fingerprint ...
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Canadian consumer law. Invoiced for a fee I didn't agree on
I signed a contract with lawyer. In this contract, some fees were specified to be paid at agreed conditions. Any other fees, beyond the scope of a contract, were to be negotiated and agreed on in a ...
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Is the act of receiving a 'happy ending' illegal in Canada?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/massage-therapist-s-happy-endings-incident-spurs-federation-to-take-action-1.4659016
In the recording of the interaction at the Kirkland police detachment,
the ...
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The big-boys want to use our condo-fee to repair their private portion
I live in a small condominium with eight units. Two units have their private balconies with private entrance. They want to have a major repair done for their private portion. The expected cost is ...
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Am I allowed to sell the reviews of my product to another company?
I ran a company which closed down two months ago. One of my former competitor's has contacted me about buying my branding, product formulations, and business name.
They are not interested in my ...
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Are provisions requiring employees to provide certain amount of notice before quitting, enforceable?
To my understanding giving 2 weeks notice when quitting is customary, though not legally required. Can an employment contract stipulate that the 2 weeks are mandatory?
I'm curious how it would be ...
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Police trusts witnesses but not the video tapes
A man called the police, claiming that he was put down to the ground by the company's staff inside a company's building. No one is directly witnessing the action but one surveillance camera, which ...
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What happens if bad lawyer advice causes irreparable harm?
Let's reduce the question to Canadian lawyers in immigration practice. Bad advice can cause loss of residency, lifetime ban and more. What's your recourse?
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In the law what is considered sexual?
This is bit of a follow up to How can a community based not-for-profit be sued?
A dispute arose with a local kink community getting sued.
The open letter was addressed to ... Lyncaster’s ...and ...
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How can a community based not-for-profit be sued?
This question Is normally illegal kink legal inspired me to ask this.
The Metro Vancouver Kink Society is getting sued. In a short summary of events, one member of MVKS was accused of acting ...
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Is normally illegal kink legal if consensual
My wife is older than age of majority and can freely give consent. She has a specific kink of wanting to be upskirted in shops.
If I have her consent, can I do this without getting in trouble?
If she ...
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Is it legal to demand a user agree to an EULA after the product has already been purchased?
First I'd like to note that I'm primarely interested in Canadian law, but answers about the law in other countries is fine as well.
I've encountered this situation on multiple occasions, such as when ...
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Sharing ad revenue [closed]
My friend and I own a website which hosts fan-created content for a video game (character skins, etc.), and make around 800$/month in ad revenue, which we're splitting 50/50. To thank the people ...
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Dual U.S./canadian citizen living in Canada who has never resided in the U.S. can vote or not?
I am a Dual U.S./canadian citizen living in Canada who has never resided in the U.S. but my deceased mother lived and was born in Michigan and i was told i could register to vote but all Michigan ...
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Do countries that are not in the Berne Convention enjoy the benefits it provides?
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, usually known as the Berne Convention, is an international agreement governing copyright, which was first accepted in Berne, ...
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Is informal written consent in the form of text-messages/email legally binding?
For the purpose of this question, let us assume the contract is for common goods and services.
Lets say I meet a Plumber over some online marketplace (e.g. Facebook, Craigslist, etc) and he writes ...
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What happens to confidentiality agreements after company dissolves?
I worked as a consultant for a company that dissolved. I signed a confidentiality agreement that ended with "This Section shall survive termination of this Agreement." Out of curiosity am I ...
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United States citizen crosses Canadian border and murders someone. Who prosecutes the killer?
Would like this question answered, as I have the scenario in the book I am currently writing. Would like to ensure I am providing my readers probable outcome for the killer.
A United States citizen ...
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Regarding Canada Sponsor eligibility for Parents and Grandparents
Under the Canadian Parents and Grandparents sponsorship program, one of the eligibility requirements for the sponsor is that "they must be earning above a certain threshold salary for 3 tax years ...
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Can Meng still be charged of fraud for not disclosing that Huawei owned part of Skycom?
Yet Meng’s legal team has now shown that the documentation submitted by the US to the High Court of British Columbia was incomplete. Other
parts of the same document, not included in the US government’...
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Is an individual's claim to self-defense impacted by whether or not they used a tool/weapon?
Consider the following hypothetical scenario:
A robber breaks into a person's apartment. They had initially expected the individual to be at work, and thus the apartment empty. But unfortunately, the ...
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Bait and switch selling
I purchased an 11-piece cabinet at a ridiculously low price and the order was confirmed by the corporate retailer. Few days after reviewing my order they have swapped out the item for a different item....
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Does Canada allow the use of copyrighted materials for self study?
I was reading into the Canadian copyright law and it says that:
29: Fair dealing for the purpose of research, private study,
education, parody or satire does not infringe copyright
does this allow ...
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I have settled the claim. To what extent can I recover the settlement costs based on an indemnity clause?
In Canada, to what extent can I recover the settlement costs from a third party, based on that third party's indemnity clause that indemnifies me. For instance, would a court say that I can settle but ...
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How to find status of criminal prosecution (Alberta, Canada)
Calgary men charged after 864 investors lose $33M in Crowsnest Pass development
Jun 10, 2016
I can't find any further news about this. I tried contacting CBC but got no reply.
(Not to be confused with ...
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If landlord doesn't return damage deposit, must you remind him before starting a case?
Where I live if a landlord doesn't return a damage deposit, the tenant can go after him for double the value. From a pragmatic view, must/should the tenant warn the landlord before the 15 days are up? ...
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Do I need to pay duties when bringing items into country for storage?
I have a very interesting situation. I have a whole bunch of product cartons at Amazon warehouses in US right now. They were imported from China and duties were paid upon importing to US.
I am not ...
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Canada's Trademark Act
I am considering applying for a trademark. The trademark I would like to register is the product name of a product that I am importing and selling. The name is an invented word (e.g. something to the ...
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Can a confidentiality agreement require you to not say who your client was?
Does the following Confidentiality Agreement mean the Consultant cannot say who the Client who he was doing the work for was? For example if Bob was hired by Staffing Agency to work at McDonald's, ...
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If the same content is created by more than one person without copying do all authors have copyright, or just the first author?
In Canada, if $person_a creates a copyrightable work, and then later $person_b creates (without copying $person_a's work) the same work, do both $person_a and $person_b have copyright, or does only $...
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Can someone be forbidden to use a public service without the specification of an offence?
I believe the manager of a private service can arbitrarily decide not to serve someone. But what about a public service, like a public health clinic?
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Does the Right to be Informed of Charges apply out of the legal system?
Section 11(a) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that "Any person charged with an offence has the right to be informed without unreasonable delay of the specific offence." Clearly, ...
