New grounds added to Export and Import Permits Act for restricting trade on economic security grounds

Pending amendments (not yet in force) will add new reasons for which the federal government can place goods on export and import control lists. Specifically, authorities will be able to restrict exports or imports to…

Transitional equal-pay complaint provisions removed from Canadian Human Rights Act consolidated text

Several transitional sections dealing with how equal-pay and wage-discrimination complaints were to be handled during the shift to the Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act regime have been removed from the consoli…

Federal public sector labour relations law consolidated: several pending amendments and transitional provisions removed

The consolidated text of the federal public sector labour relations statute has been updated to remove a number of provisions that were either transitional, superseded, or flagged as amendments not yet in force. Speci…