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Google Removing All Canadian News Sites From Searches After Law Requires Payments For Outlets

27/12/2025despairLeave a Comment

Topline Google announced Wednesday it will remove links to Canadian news sites from its search results and other products for users in Canada, following a similar decision by Facebook’s parent company Meta last week, after the country passed a new law requiring internet companies to pay news publishers for their content. Google announced Wednesday it […]

Facebook to end news access in Canada over incoming law on paying publishers

02/12/2025despairLeave a Comment

OTTAWA, June 22 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all users in Canada once a parliament-approved legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers comes into effect, the company said on Thursday. The legislation, known as the Online News Act, was approved by the […]

Norwich Township paid Christian-focused law firm to draft flag bylaw

13/10/2025despairLeave a Comment

The southwestern Ontario township in the midst of a culture war over gay Pride symbols hired a boutique law firm that specializes in representing churches and religious institutions to help it draft its flag by law, CBC News has learned. Norwich Township used the Ottawa-based Acacia Group to help it come up with its flag […]

Calls grow for Quebec laws to fight sexual violence in high schools after new allegations

14/09/2025despairLeave a Comment

More than a dozen parents and students alleging sexual violence at some Quebec high schools came together Friday to call for a law to prevent and fight the issue in secondary schools. At a news conference Friday in Montreal, several young women and parents — some holding signs reading “No means no” and “#sexualassault awareness” […]

Foreign lawyers are restricted from working on national security cases in Hong Kong – National

11/08/2025despairLeave a Comment

Hong Kong’s legislature passed a legal amendment on Wednesday to prevent foreign lawyers working on national security cases, a restriction critics say will undermine fair trials and the right of defendants to choose their lawyers. The amendment enshrines in law a ruling from China’s top lawmaking body last December that Hong Kong courts must get […]

Unfair Contract Terms change: Is your business ready?

10/08/2025despairLeave a Comment

In late 2022, the Treasury Laws Amendment (More Competition, Better Prices) Bill 2022 passed both houses of the federal parliament. The relevant laws take effect from 9 November 2023 and significantly bolster the Unfair Contract Terms (UCT) regime in Australia.For business owners and managers who are unfamiliar with the UCT regime, now is the time […]