Publications

By: Jassmine Girgis Case Commented On: Williams (Re), 2025 BCSC 1128 (CanLII) PDF Version: Disgorgement Orders as Non-Dischargeable Debt Re Williams, 2025 BCSC 1128, deals with a debtor who, prior to his bankruptcy, was found by the British Columbia Securities Commission (the Commission) to have masterminded a Ponzi scheme. The Commission imposed a penalty on […]

 By: Jennifer Koshan Case and Bill Commented On: Egale Canada v Alberta, 2025 ABKB 394 (CanLII); Bill 9, Protecting Alberta’s Children Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, 2nd Session, 31st Legislature PDF Version: The Nuclear Option: An Update on Alberta’s Legislation Targeting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth On November 18, 2025 the UCP government introduced Bill 9, […]

By: Drew Yewchuk Case Commented On: Northback Holdings Corporation v Alberta (Environment and Protected Areas), 2025 ABKB 617 (CanLII) PDF Version: The Queue-Jumping Problem with Mandamus:Northback v the Minister of Environment and Protected Areas In Northback Holdings Corporation v Alberta (Environment and Protected Areas), 2025 ABKB 617 (CanLII), Northback Holdings Corporation (Northback), (formerly known as […]

 By: David V. Wright Matter Commented On: Building Canada Act, SC 2025, c 2, s 4 PDF Version: Major Projects and the Building Canada Act: New list of PONIs or PHONIs? This week, Prime Minister Carney announced a second tranche of major projects for fast-tracking consideration under the new Building Canada Act, SC 2025, c […]

By: Jassmine Girgis Case Commented On: My Mortgage Auction Corp (Re), 2025 BCSC 1520 PDF Version: Ponzi Scheme Payouts as BIA Preference Payments When an insolvent debtor pays one creditor over others, it undermines the goal of ensuring a fair and equitable distribution to the bankrupt’s creditors, which is one of the goals of the […]

By: Nigel Bankes Matter Commented On: Responsive Records to Access to Information Requests re Mine 14 Decision-Making PDF Version: Mine 14: It’s Worse Than We Thought An earlier ABlawg post described the manner in which Rob Morgan, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) unlawfully intervened in the Mine 14 adjudicative […]