Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.

This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. CCLI Knowledge Hub 2.BCLI News Blog 3. Blogue SOQUIJ 4. Canadian Combat Sports Law Blog 5. The Trauma-Informed Lawyer

CCLI Knowledge Hub
Submission to Finance Canada as part of its Pre-budget Consultations in Advance of the upcoming 2025 Fall Federal Budget

In alignment with Prime Minister Carney’s call to have “a climate policy that is unifying, credible, and predictable; that reduces emissions, drives investment, and builds the economy of the future”, the following recommendations can amplify federal action in attracting capital towards sustainable economic activities and strengthening Canada’s economy by enhancing the management of climate-related financial …

BCLI News Blog
Irreparable harm in the spotlight as injunction denied in commercial-lease dispute

In Naghmeh v 1530378 B.C. Ltd., 2025 BCSC 1673, the BC Supreme Court declined to grant commercial tenants the injunction they sought against their landlord in a dispute over parking at a “a multi-unit commercial centre”. The case allowed the court to consider the legal framework for granting injunctions set out in RJR‑MacDonald Inc. v Canada (Attorney General), 1994 CanLII 117, [1994] 1 SCR 311 (SCC), focusing in particular on the need for an applicant to show it would suffer irreparable harm if the application were denied. …

Blogue SOQUIJ
Le traitement jurisprudentiel de situations qui mettent en cause un animal de soutien émotionnel

En juin 2024, l’Office des personnes handicapées du Québec a produit un rapport portant sur la reconnaissance des chiens d’assistance au Québec, rappelant qu’il n’existe actuellement pas un processus officiel de reconnaissance. Selon les auteurs du rapport, en raison de leur popularité croissante, et dans la mesure où la personne qui utilise un chien de soutien émotionnel pourrait bénéficier de la protection de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne, l’encadrement des animaux de soutien émotionnel devrait faire l’objet d’une future réflexion au Québec. …

Canadian Combat Sports Law Blog
Representative Petterson – Ali Revival Act “Undermines” Protections of Ali Act

The deceptively named Ali “Revival” Act is actually the Ali Destruction Act. It is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. If passed it harms protections the Ali Act gives professional boxers. Colorado’s Brittany Petterson, the US representative from Colorado’s 7th congressional district recently confirmed this “undermining” aspect of it in response to concerns raised by a …

The Trauma-Informed Lawyer
Unbroken: Angela Sterritt on Survival, Storytelling, and Holding onto Hope

In this episode, Myrna sits down with Angela Sterritt, award-winning journalist and author of the bestselling memoir Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls. Angela shares her powerful personal story of hope, survival, her path into journalism, and the responsibility she carries when amplifying stories from Indigenous communities. Together, they explore the intersections of trauma, colonialism, and healing, as well as the role storytelling plays in truth, accountability, and justice. …

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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.