Companies have won a reprieve that prevents class action lawyers from launching lawsuits over alleged breaches of Canada’s anti-spam law.
Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) was passed by Parliament back in 2010, but the federal government has been bringing various parts of the law into force in stages.
The third and final set of those provisions was supposed to enter into force on July 1, and they would have set up a statutory regime under which class action lawyers could sue companies for breaches of the law.
But a cabinet order dated June 2 indefinitely repeals that July coming-into-force date so Parliament can examine the legislation.
Drew Hasselback – Financial Post – June 7, 2017.
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