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Administrative law 2026 FC 354

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)

Judicial review dismissed: the Court upheld ten environmental AMP notices for migratory bird deaths and found no abuse of process in issuing multiple NOVs.

  • Administrative monetary penalties
  • Abuse of process
  • Actus reus and causation
  • Tribunal review jurisdiction
  • Policy guidance interpretation
  • Administrative-monetary-penalties
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Competition law 2026 Comp Trib 10

Canada (Commissioner of Competition) v Google Canada Corp. - 2026 Comp Trib 10 - Order and Reasons - CT-2024-010

The Tribunal dismissed Google's motion: s.79 proceedings are administrative, not criminal in nature, and an AMP under subsection 79(3.1) must be interpreted and applied in the statutory context (including ss.79(3.2) and 79(3.3)) as a regulatory, deterrent remedy not a true penal consequence. Applying the Guindon factors, the potential magnitude of an AMP (including theoretical large figures) does not, on the statutory record and evidence before the Tribunal, convert the regime into a penal one; the Tribunal therefore has no warrant to treat s.79(3.1)(b) as authorizing punitive fines that woul…

  • Abuse of dominant position
  • Administrative monetary penalties
  • Section 11 charter (charged with an offence)
  • True penal consequence test
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Jurisdiction (vires)
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Administrative law 2025 FC 1776

Canadian National Railway Company v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed CN’s judicial review, upholding a TATC appeal decision that found CN had not proved due diligence for railway safety violations.

  • Due diligence defence
  • Strict liability
  • Standard of review (reasonableness)
  • Administrative monetary penalty
  • Safety management systems
  • Due-diligence-defence
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Administrative law 2025 BCSC 2359

British Columbia Financial Services Authority v. Rohani

The court dismissed Rashin Rohani’s application to stay enforcement of Financial Services Tribunal-related liens pending judicial review, finding no irreparable harm and that convenience favored BCFSA.

  • Stay of enforcement
  • Judicial review
  • Privative clause
  • Disciplinary sanctions
  • Liens
  • Stay-of-enforcement
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Competition law 2025 Comp Trib 10

Google - Order granting leave to amend the notice of application

The Tribunal granted leave to amend the Notice of Application because the Commissioner filed an informal motion properly before the Tribunal, Google did not oppose the request, and the Tribunal determined the motion could proceed informally with reasonable consequential timelines for any responsive amendments.

  • Abuse of dominant position
  • Section 79 of the competition act
  • Divestiture remedy
  • Pleadings amendment
  • Ad tech markets
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Securities law 2025 ONCA 465

Ontario Securities Commission v. Cacoeli Asset Management Inc.

Although there was a serious issue to be tried, the appellants failed to establish irreparable harm and the balance of convenience favoured maintaining the Receivership Order given evidence of significant related‑party transfers, possible commingling of funds, mortgage arrears and the public interest in enforcing securities laws; accordingly the stay was denied.

  • Receivership order
  • Stay pending appeal
  • Public interest in securities regulation
  • Related-party transactions
  • Commingling of funds
  • Monitor and receiver duties
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Administrative law 2025 FC 908

Austin Jewellers v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed Austin Jewellers’ appeal from FINTRAC penalties, finding no palpable and overriding error in the Director’s assessment or penalty analysis.

  • Administrative monetary penalties
  • Compliance program requirements
  • Risk assessment obligations
  • Compliance agreements
  • Standard of review
  • Administrative-monetary-penalties
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Administrative law 2025 FCA 99

Favel Transportation Inc v. Food Inspection Agency (Canada)

The application was dismissed as premature because Favel Transportation failed to demonstrate exceptional circumstances warranting judicial review of an interlocutory recusal decision prior to a final administrative decision; costs were awarded and the style of cause was amended to name the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

  • Recusal
  • Reasonable apprehension of bias
  • Interlocutory decisions
  • Prematurity
  • Final decision rule
  • Style of cause amendment
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Administrative law 2025 FCA 87

Earl Macdonald and Son Transport Limited v. Canada (Food Inspection Agency)

The Tribunal reasonably applied the regulation's definition of 'overcrowding', its factual findings that the loading and transport resulted in overcrowding were supported by the evidence, and under the Vavilov reasonableness standard the Tribunal's decision must be upheld; the judicial review application is dismissed.

  • Judicial review
  • Administrative monetary penalty
  • Overcrowding
  • Health of animals regulations
  • Reasonableness standard
  • Tribunal deference
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Environmental law 2025 FC 311

Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Federal Court dismissed Rio Tinto’s judicial review of an environmental direction under the Fisheries Act, finding the officer’s urgency finding and remedial measures reasonable.

  • Fisheries act s38(7.1) directions
  • Mdmer compliance
  • Due diligence defence
  • Standard of review - reasonableness
  • Emergency corrective powers
  • Administrative practice and policy
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