OCA overrules itself

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The fate of a controversial section in Canada’s anti-spam legislation that allowed consumers the right to sue for breaches, before it was put on hold, remains unclear. The section was abruptly suspended last June, a month before it was to be enacted, when businesses, charities and organizations expressed concerns about the section, which would allow consumers to the private right of action to sue under s. 51 of CASL.

Lawyers say that the federal justice minister’s response to recommendations by a Commons committee on how to improve legal aid in Canada is disappointing. Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould tabled a response to the Commons justice committee’s report on legal aid at the end of February, in which she promised more data collection on who uses legal aid, but she would not commit to separate funding transfers for legal aid to the provinces.