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. Meurrens on Immigration 2. Excess Copyright 3. Legal Feeds 4. The Court 5. NSRLP
Meurrens on Immigration
The Post-Graduation Work Permit
Canada’s Post-Graduate Work Permit (“PGWP”) program (the “PGWPP“) allows international students who have completed certain Canadian post-secondary programs to obtain work permits after graduating. The work permits are open, meaning that the graduates can work for any employer in any Canadian province. It is a fantastic program that enhances the competitiveness of Canadian post-secondary institutions internationally, and is normally an essential transitory step for international graduates looking to eventually obtain Canadian permanent residency. …
Excess Copyright
The Copyright Board Once Again Rubber Stamps the Zombie Blank Audio Recording Media Levy
On November 7, 2025 three members of the Copyright Board of Canada, including its Chair, have once again “approved” a levy on blank CD-Rs and CD-RWs of $0.29 each for the period of 2025-2027. The revenues will go the Canadian Private Copying Collective (CPCC) – which has not posted any financial information about its revenues since 2017. At least, the Board expressed a scintilla of scepticism this time about the unopposed so-called “evidence” put forward by the CPCC and its veteran perennial expert. But it didn’t stop the rubber stamp. Here is some of the “reasoning”: …
Legal Feeds
SCC: Accused can challenge warrantless arrest if it does not comply with Criminal Code limits
An accused person can challenge the lawfulness of a warrantless arrest, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday, if the arrest does not comply with the limits set out in the Criminal Code. Writing for a unanimous court in the case of R v. Carignan, Justice Suzanne Côté found that the text, context and purpose of s. 495(2) of the Criminal Code show that the limits imposed on the power of arrest without warrant are mandatory in nature. Canada’s highest court, therefore, dismissed the prosecution’s appeal and upheld a Quebec Court of Appeal order for a new trial. …
The Court
Fresh Starts and Student Loans: Assessing the Supreme Court’s Approach in Piekut
The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Piekut v Canada (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 13 (“Piekut”) resolves a long-standing dispute over when student loans become dischargeable in bankruptcy. At issue was whether the seven-year waiting period in s. 178(1)(g)(ii) of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“BIA”) runs from any cessation of studies or only from a borrower’s final departure from school. The ruling clarifies an area of law marked by conflicting lower-court interpretations and has significant consequences for both debtor rehabilitation and the operation of public student loan programs. …
NSRLP
This Way for the Legal Wading Pool
If you’ve been adrift on the internet desperately trying not to drown in the flood of legal information, great news! You’ve found a raft! No, that’s not really funny. When you’re representing yourself, trying to get to the information you want does often feel like drowning. There’s so much info, mostly not what you need, so you wind up flailing about desperate to stay afloat while the currents try to pull you under. Or you get caught in whirlpools of misinformation. Or weighted down by too much case law. …
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