The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal about late delivery of daycare-licence conditions, holding that any delay in notice did not amount to procedural unfairness.
Applying the criminal law elements, the court acquitted on counts regarding TL and KR where the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the touching was sexual or that the accused intentionally committed sexual touching; the court convicted on the count concerning CF because the evidence established beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused massaged and touched CF's external genitalia (including the clitoris) and breasts, that the touching was sexual in context, that CF did not subjectively consent because the acts were presented as medical diagnosis/treatment (fraud/misrepresen…
The court allowed a College petition for production of banking and phone records, finding reasonable grounds to believe the records may reveal professional misconduct.
The appellant was dismissed for non‑compliance with an employer vaccination policy required by a Provincial Health Order; the failure to provide proof of vaccination or to submit a required exemption was intentional and the appellant knew dismissal was a real possibility; therefore the dismissal amounted to misconduct under s.30 of the Employment Insurance Act and disqualified him from EI benefits.
The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal because Health Canada’s Final Decision, when read in the context of the prior correspondence and promotional materials, provided an intelligible and reasonable chain of analysis showing the Patch was represented as producing systemic absorption and thus modifying organic function within the NHP definition; reliance on foreign materials accessible to Canadians was permissible and the cease‑sale direction reflected statutory requirements rather than an excess of jurisdiction.
The claimant deliberately refused to comply with a clearly communicated employer vaccination policy, knew non-compliance could lead to dismissal, and was dismissed for that refusal; therefore the claimant lost her job because of misconduct under s.30 of the Employment Insurance Act and is disqualified from benefits.
The Federal Court dismissed Actial’s judicial review of Health Canada’s disclosure decision under the Access to Information Act, finding no standing and no exemption proved.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal reduced a six-month civil contempt sentence to three months in a case involving repeated unlicensed cosmetic injections.
Judicial review of a Canadian Human Rights Commission referral to the Tribunal was dismissed. The Court found the reasons reasonable and the Assessment Report part of those reasons.
The Tribunal ruled that additions (women who had sex with MSM, certain trans individuals, organ and tissue donations, and the prohibited grounds of sex and gender identity/expression) lack a sufficient nexus to the factual foundation of Karas's original complaints and their inclusion would prejudice respondents and undermine procedural fairness; accordingly those issues and related allegations in the Commission's Statement of Particulars are excluded.