MEPHISTOPHELES (leiser): Was gibt es denn? WAGNER (leiser): Es wird ein Mensch gemacht. —Goethe, Faust II

Failing to make a minimum payment on a credit card does not necessary trigger the limitation period.

@patrickkeenanme The knowledge economy is screwed. More people will be plumbers and carpenters until sufficiently humanoid robots take over that within ten years.

What is your favourite statute or legislation?

A party permanently complies with a demand in return for a forbearance and no release.

I have to rain on this parade. First, this plan ignores loss of transit routes between BC and the rest of Canada. Second, treaties in return for land is a bad deal. Canada already has treaties in place with US covering much of this plan: USMCA and NATO. The US has now put these treaties in play because they don't suit its national interest and it will do so again in the future. Third, adopting the US dollar means loss of monetary policy. It's not worth it. CAD is a resource based currency. It is valuable as long as Canada has a government that understands it. Fourth, Canada does not need financial relief. It is wealthier per capita than the US if it resumes mining and builds ocean terminals. Fifth, it's not credible for the US to offer any country to assume its national debt. The point of what's going on right now is to reduce the US national debt. I don't think the US even has the resources to give foreign aid, let alone assume 20% of Canadian national debt.

@EKTO11 No market in Canada operates without the government or central bank interference unfortunately. As for how bad this idea is, it's not so bad for exporters. But it's bad for importers and for those who hold their assets in CAD.

An interesting decision about rectification of corporate resolutions. Corporate restructuring resulted in a tax liability that accountants failed to identify. The corporation obtained a rectification order to revise the resolutions at issue and eliminate the tax liability. The Court of Appeal granted the appeal to CRA and confirmed that agreement trumped outcome for the purposes of rectification.

Some people are quietly working behind the scenes to save Canada right now.

Litigators are immune to AI: lawyers pitching to former lawyers to make binding orders that armed police will carry out. But the ecosystem serving litigators is a different matter.

RT @durov: China’s success in AI stems from its Soviet-style education system, which fosters strong competition — unlike Western schools th…

There is nothing worse than lawyers who think they are more important than law and justice.

Unfortunately, there are only two kinds of social media posts that get the most traction: 1) Posts that scare you because they repeat what you already fear. 2) Posts that reassure you because they repeat what you already believe. All other content is for the niches. If you like my posts, let me know why as I don't usually scare or reassure.

How I learned to practice law.

Subjective intentions of the parties do not count in contractual interpretation. Here is a recent example involving the duty free store at the Peace Bridge: Royal Bank of Canada v. Peace Bridge Duty Free Inc., 2025 ONCA 54 (CanLII),

Myers J. has a message for some litigants: "...efforts to hide documents, funds, and transactions are obvious and often strike at a party’s credibility as a witness. Untruths or evasion on procedural issues can then be used at the trial and lead to a loss of credibility on the real issues of substance." Debono v. JCD Property Ltd., 2025 ONSC 516 (CanLII),

Are you confused and worried by AI?

Are you on Mac and having trouble exchanging files with counsel on Windows?