Online Defamation in Canada: Hyperlinks, Platforms and Criminal Libel
Crookes v. Newton on hyperlinks, why Canada has no section 230 platform immunity, Criminal Code ss.298-301 defamatory libel, and Ontario's unsettled online notice rule.
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Ontario Accident Benefits: Mandatory vs. Optional Coverage After the July 2026 SABS Reform
What SABS benefits are mandatory versus optional in Ontario after the July 1, 2026 reform, notice deadlines, Minor Injury Guideline caps, and how to dispute a denial at the LAT.
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Ontario Car Seat Laws: Weight Stages, Fines and the Rideshare Exemption
Ontario's HTA section 106 and Regulation 613 car seat law: exact 9 kg, 18 kg and 36 kg/145 cm/age 8 thresholds, the $200 set fine and 2 demerit points, and the taxi and rideshare exemption.
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Ontario Child Support Laws: How Much & How It Works (2026)
How Ontario child support is calculated: federal table amounts, section 7 add-ons, the 40% shared-parenting rule, FRO enforcement, and adult-child support.
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Ontario Condo Status Certificates: What They Disclose
How Ontario's status certificate works under s 76 of the Condominium Act: the 10-day rule, the $100 fee cap, what it discloses, and red flags to watch for.
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Ontario Debt Collection Rules: The CDSSA and Regulation 74 in Detail
Ontario's Reg. 74 sets exact rules for debt collectors: 6-day notice, calling hours, cease-contact routes, penalties, and licensing under the CDSSA.
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Ontario Demerit Points: How the System Works (2026)
Ontario demerit points explained: warning letters, the 15-point and 9-point suspension thresholds, an offence-by-offence chart, and how long points last.
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Ontario E-Scooter Laws (2026): Legal Status by City, Rules, and Penalties
Ontario's e-scooter pilot expires 2029. See which cities allow riding, why Toronto bans it, plus helmet, insurance, and penalty rules.
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Ontario Hit and Run Laws: Penalties & Duties (2026)
Ontario hit and run: Criminal Code s. 320.16 penalties (up to life), HTA $5,000 reporting threshold, 3 demerit points, and MVACF victim compensation explained.
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Ontario Minimum Wage 2026: Current Rate, October Increase, and Special Rates
Ontario's minimum wage explained: the current $17.60 rate, the confirmed October 2026 increase to $17.95, student and homeworker rates, gig worker pay, and how to file a wage claim.
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Ontario Police Record Checks: The PRCRA Schedule and Consent Rules in Detail
Ontario's PRCRA Schedule is an exhaustive disclosure whitelist, with a strict VSC-only non-conviction test, a 30-day reconsideration right, and two-stage written consent.
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Ontario Probate Fees: Estate Administration Tax Explained
Ontario's Estate Administration Tax: $0 on the first $50,000, then $15 per $1,000 above it. Worked examples, the Small Estate Certificate, and filing deadlines.
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Ontario Recording Laws: Is It Legal to Record? (2026)
Ontario follows Canada's one-party consent rule: you can legally record any conversation you are part of. Learn the Criminal Code rules, Jones v. Tsige civil tort, PIPEDA, voyeurism limits, and workplace recording risks.
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Ontario Restraining Orders: FLA Section 46 and CLRA Section 35 Explained
Ontario has no emergency protection order law. Restraining orders come from FLA s.46 (spouses and partners) or CLRA s.35 (anyone), are free to file, and breach is a criminal offence.
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Ontario Slip and Fall Laws: Who Is Liable? (2026)
Ontario's Occupiers' Liability Act requires reasonable care for all visitors. Snow or ice falls need 60-day written notice; sidewalk falls need 10-day notice.
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Ontario Small Claims Court: How to Sue for Up to $50,000
How Ontario's Small Claims Court works: the $50,000 limit since October 2025, filing fees and forms, serving a defendant, and collecting a judgment.
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Ontario Speeding Tickets and Camera Laws: Fines, Demerit Points, and the Photo Radar Repeal
Ontario speeding fines by km/h over the limit, demerit points, total payable with surcharge, why photo radar is repealed, and how red light cameras still work.
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Ontario Statutory Holidays: The 9 Holidays, Premium Pay, and the Last and First Rule
Ontario's 9 statutory holidays under the ESA, which days are not included, the public holiday pay formula, the Last and First Rule, premium pay, and the retail refusal right.
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Ontario Stunt Driving & Street Racing Laws (2026)
Ontario stunt driving speed thresholds, roadside suspension and impound rules, and on-conviction penalties under HTA s 172 and O Reg 455/07, explained.
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Ontario Tenant Rights: Landlord and Tenant Board Guide
A plain-language guide to tenant rights in Ontario: the 2026 rent increase guideline, deposits, landlord entry, eviction notices, and the LTB.
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Ontario Vital Records: Birth, Death, and Marriage Certificates
How to get an Ontario death, birth, or marriage certificate: ServiceOntario fees, who can apply under the Vital Statistics Act, and Archives of Ontario genealogy access.
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OPC Updates Canada Call Recording Guidance on Voiceprint Consent
Canada's privacy commissioner revised its customer call recording guidance on October 8, 2026, treating voiceprints as sensitive biometric information.
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Overtime Pay and Hours of Work in Canada
Overtime rules vary by province in Canada. See the overtime threshold and rate for Ontario, Alberta, BC, Quebec, and every other province and territory.
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PAL Firearms Licence in Canada: Requirements, Application, and Renewal
How to get a Possession and Acquisition Licence in Canada: eligibility, the CFSC course, the 28 day wait, fees, renewal, and who gets screened out.
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Parental Leave in Quebec: The Act Respecting Labour Standards
Maternity, paternity, and parental leave under Quebec's LNT: lengths, notice, reinstatement rights, and how this job-protected leave differs from RQAP benefits.
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Parenting Time and Decision-Making Responsibility in Canada
Canada's Divorce Act replaced custody and access with parenting time and decision-making responsibility in 2021. What the terms mean, and the relocation rules.
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Peace Bonds in Canada: Section 810 Explained
A peace bond under Criminal Code s 810 is not a conviction. See how it works, what conditions a judge can order, and how it differs from a restraining order.
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PEI Recording Laws: One-Party Consent & Privacy Rights
Prince Edward Island follows Canada's federal one-party consent rule under Criminal Code s. 184. Learn what you can legally record, PEI's limited civil privacy layer, and PIPEDA rules.
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PHIPA Explained: Ontario's Health Privacy Law, Your Rights, and the Penalties
PHIPA explained: who Ontario's health privacy law covers, the circle of care and lockbox, your 30-day access and correction rights, breach duties, and penalties quadrupled in 2020.
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Photo Radar and Red Light Cameras Across Canada: Which Provinces Actually Run Them
Which provinces run photo radar and red light cameras, which only authorized them, owner liability rules and their exceptions, demerit points, and 2024 to 2026 changes.
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PIPEDA Explained: Canada's Federal Privacy Law
PIPEDA is Canada's federal private-sector privacy law: who it covers, the 10 principles, breach reporting, OPC enforcement, and why Bill C-27 never replaced it.
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Power of Attorney in Alberta: Enduring Power of Attorney and Personal Directives
How power of attorney works in Alberta: the enduring power of attorney for property, the personal directive for health and personal decisions, witnessing rules, and when they end.
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Power of Attorney in British Columbia: EPOA and Representation Agreements
How power of attorney works in British Columbia: the enduring power of attorney (EPOA) for property, representation agreements for personal and health care, witnessing rules, and when they end.
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Power of Attorney in Canada: A Guide by Province
How power of attorney works across Canada: continuing/enduring vs personal-care POAs, who can act, when it takes effect, revocation, and Quebec's mandat de protection.
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Power of Attorney in Manitoba: Enduring POA and Health Care Directives
How Manitoba's enduring power of attorney and health care directive work: a closed professional-witness list for the POA, optional filing with the Public Guardian and Trustee, and how they end.
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Power of Attorney in New Brunswick: Enduring Powers of Attorney Act
How power of attorney works in New Brunswick under the Enduring Powers of Attorney Act: lawyer-only execution for property, witnessing rules, health care directives, and revocation.
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Power of Attorney in Newfoundland and Labrador
How power of attorney works in Newfoundland and Labrador: the Enduring Power of Attorney for property, the Advance Health Care Directive for medical decisions, witnessing rules, and revocation.
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Power of Attorney in Nova Scotia: Enduring POA and Personal Directives
How power of attorney works in Nova Scotia after the 2022 reform: the enduring Powers of Attorney Act, the separate Personal Directives Act, witnessing rules, and where free help is available.
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Power of Attorney in Ontario: Property and Personal Care Rules
How power of attorney works in Ontario: the Continuing Power of Attorney for Property, the Power of Attorney for Personal Care, witnessing rules, the free OPGT kit, and reporting abuse.
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Power of Attorney in Prince Edward Island: A 2025 Overhaul
How power of attorney and personal directives work in Prince Edward Island under the new Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives Act, plus the separate health care directive law.
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Power of Attorney in Quebec: The Mandat de Protection Explained
Quebec does not use a power of attorney for incapacity. Learn how the mandat de protection works, its execution rules, and the homologation process that activates it.
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Power of Attorney in Saskatchewan: Enduring POA and Health Care Directives
How Saskatchewan's enduring power of attorney and health care directive work: dual-track witnessing with certificates, who is barred from acting as attorney, gifts, fees, and revocation.
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Power of Attorney in Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut
How power of attorney works in Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut: financial instruments, health and personal directives, and the health-law gap in Nunavut.
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Power of Sale vs Foreclosure in Canada
Canada has two mortgage default processes, not one. See which provinces use power of sale, which use judicial foreclosure, and who can owe a deficiency.
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Prince Edward Island Car Seat and Booster Seat Laws (2026 Guide)
Prince Edward Island's car seat and booster rules, the true 9-year-old-or-less age cutoff, the manufacturer-set booster weight exit, and why the fine is unverified.
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Prince Edward Island Child Support Laws 2025
How child support is calculated in Prince Edward Island: federal tables, section 7 add-ons, shared parenting, the MEP, and the Child Support Services Office recalculation programme.
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Prince Edward Island E-Scooter Laws: Age, Helmet, and Fines
PEI's Electric Kick-Scooters Regulations: minimum age 16, mandatory helmets, an explicit sidewalk ban, fines from $200 to $2,000, and what enforcement data actually shows.
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Prince Edward Island Hit and Run Laws (2026)
PEI hit and run: s. 320.16 penalties up to life, $2,000 HTA reporting threshold, $500-$2,000 provincial fines, Facility Association victim coverage explained.
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Prince Edward Island Slip and Fall Laws: Who Is Liable? (2026)
PEI's Occupiers' Liability Act requires reasonable care for all visitors. No 60-day snow notice rule. Trespassers receive reduced protection. Two-year limitation period applies.
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Prince Edward Island Vital Records: Birth, Death & Marriage Certificates
How to order PEI birth, death, and marriage certificates: fees ($25-$50), who can apply, confirmed processing times, and genealogy access rules.
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Probate in Canada: What It Is and How It Works
What probate means in Canada, when an estate needs it, how long it takes, and how fees compare by province, from Ontario's EAT to Quebec's notarial exception.
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Prohibited Weapons in Canada: Brass Knuckles, Tasers, Batons, Crossbows, and Airsoft Guns
What Canada's Criminal Code and SOR/98-462 prohibit: brass knuckles, stun guns, spring batons, nunchaku, short crossbows and replica airsoft guns.
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Property Lines and Fence Laws in Canada
How Canadian property boundaries are actually set by survey, Ontario's Line Fences Act, boundary trees, fence cost-sharing, and what to do about encroachment.
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Psychological Harassment at Work in Quebec: Definition, Employer Duties, and How to Complain to the CNESST
The legal definition of psychological harassment in Quebec, the employer's mandatory prevention policy, the 2-year complaint deadline, and the remedies the CNESST/TAT process can order.
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Quebec Car Seat Laws: Booster Rules Under Article 397 (2026)
Quebec requires a child restraint or booster until 145 cm or age 9 under CSR article 397. What the law sets, what SAAQ recommends, and what could not be verified on penalties.
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Quebec Child Support Laws: The Quebec Model Explained
Quebec uses its own child support model, not the federal tables. Learn how both parents' incomes, disposable income, and custody time determine amounts, plus Revenu Québec enforcement.
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Quebec Consumer Protection and Vehicle Defects
Quebec's legal warranty, anti-lemon rules, and vice cache protections for vehicle defects, plus why Quebec drivers rarely need CAMVAP.
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Quebec Court Records: How to Search Court Files, Plumitifs, and Decisions
Quebec court records: the free courthouse plumitif, $3.85/$0.60 per-page copies (SJ-1079, current Jan 2026), the paid SOQUIJ Portail, and the free citoyens.soquij.qc.ca decision search.
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Quebec Demerit Points (Points d'Inaptitude) Guide
How Quebec's SAAQ demerit-point system works: thresholds by age and licence class, speeding penalties, grand excès de vitesse rules, and licence revocation.
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Quebec E-Scooter Laws: The ATPM Pilot, Extended to 2028
Quebec's e-scooter pilot was extended to July 2028 just weeks before it would have expired. Age, helmet, no-fault insurance gap and enforcement, explained.
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