Louis Century

Lawyer @GPLLP. Employment law, human rights, class actions, civil litigation. He/him.

[Simon Black @_SimonBlack]

Pizza Nova allegedly paid delivery drivers as little as $6 an hour after systematically misclassifying them as independent contractors.

@SaraMojtehedz on the delivery driver class action to proceed against Pizza Nova and franchisees /via @globeandmail https://t.co/xEOH4Anjuk

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

Great article by @GPLLP articling student Nina Patti in the @OBAlawyers class action bulletin this month — “Ensuring ‘Justice is Not Blocker by Provincial Borders’: The Supreme Court’s Resounding Endorsement of National Class Actions in Sanis Health”
https://t.co/2WhMhnWJOx

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

I’m grateful to @LawTimes for this generous profile. https://t.co/GxpyMQxI30

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

Some thoughts on @fordnation’s dangerous and reckless Bill 212 — ripping out bike lines and putting lives at risk because of ideology and the arbitrary whims of the Premier. As the Supreme Court said in Bedford:

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

Ford has had personal animus against downtown cyclists for years. Here he is describing cyclists on his morning commute as a “menace” in Ford Nation (2016). This new anti-bike lane law fulfills @fordnation’s longstanding disdain for cyclists. It will cost lives. Inexcusable.

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

Premier of Ontario openly admitting that his plan to force Toronto to rip up bike lanes on University Ave, putting lives in danger, is because it’s his personal commute.

“And it’s just a real nightmare going up University. When we go to Queen’s Park, for example, it’s insanity.”

[Doug Ford @fordnation]

We’re bringing sanity back to bike lane decisions to get drivers moving again.

The 1.2 per cent of people who commute by bike shouldn’t be clogging primary roads for the over 70 per cent of people who drive. It’s just common sense.

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

Congrats to Nader & team on this important win. The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mathur, especially its discussion of remedies, moves us a step closer to recognizing that dangerous climate policy may offend our Charter rights. I’m proud to represent @CAPE_ACME in this case.

[Nader R Hasan @Nader_Hasan_law]

Very proud to be counsel to these courageous youth advocates, along with my @stockwoodsllp colleagues @jay_saf and Spencer Bass, and the tremendous lawyers at @ecojustice_ca. The fight for a stable climate goes on but this is an important victory along the way!

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

Arwa Almsrawi, a Syrian trans woman, was given refugee status by Canada. She left Saudi en route to Toronto. During a layover in Istanbul, she was denied boarding, & Canada revoked her status, leaving her stranded & facing refoulement to Syria. Canada MUST intervene. @LandingsLaw

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

This Syrian trans woman has been stranded in an airport for seven months after Canada pulled her refugee status mid-journey.

Her lawyer said she has never seen a situation like this, where a person’s refugee status was revoked while en route to Canada. https://t.co/TW3tvEkUrs

[Judy Trinh @judyatrinh]

These brothers were hired from Jamaica to do construction. Now they are homeless and out thousands of dollars in lost wages https://t.co/w5Yoc3r1M9

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

This LinkedIn update has me sitting here stunned. Where does the time go?! Taking a moment to reflect on the opportunities @GPLLP has given me over the years, the clients I’ve been so privileged to represent, the friends I’ve made along the way. Onwards.

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

In Canada (Privacy Commissioner) v. Facebook, Inc., 2024 FCA 140, the Federal Court of Appeal found that Facebook’s actions in 2013-2015 relating to Cambridge Analytica violated federal privacy laws. @GPLLP’s Peter Engelmann & Colleen Bauman acted for the Privacy Commissioner.

[OPC @PrivacyPrivee]

Statement by the Privacy Commissioner welcoming the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision on Facebook: https://t.co/t4oH2c2dhx

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

On Friday, the Court of Appeal upheld Bill 104, The Tamil Genocide Education Week Act (2024 ONCA 657). Kudos to @GPLLP’s Adriel Weaver & Geetha Philipupillai (@ggeethaaa) who represented interveners @ncctonline and other Tamil Canadian groups arguing in support of the Act.

[NCCT @ncctonline]

BREAKING NEWS: Bill 104 - The Tamil Genocide Education Week Act has been upheld
at the Court of Appeal for Ontario

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

How do @LawMcGill alum feel about their former law school going rogue & engaging in scorched earth anti-union tactics described in this post? Consider making your views known to admin. Students and faculty deserve better. @AMPL_AMPD

[David J. Doorey🇨🇦 💙 @TheLawofWork]

New Post: McGill University has gone rogue in its fight to crush the law faculty union. The students are the victims.

"On McGill University's Scorched Earth Labour Relations Strategy"

https://t.co/qNqLnyxSyz

[John Howard Society @JohnHoward_Can]

Opinion: The revolution in online learning has skipped over our prisons – and that helps nobody /via @globeandmail https://t.co/27NgDSmmRL

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

Proud of colleagues @JodyNickBrown @ggeethaaa and their co-counsel @classactionscan for continuing the fight in this class action about unconscionable collect call fees charged to inmates in Ontario jails and their families.

[Toronto Star @TorontoStar]

Bell made more than $64 million in gross revenues from calls made by inmates at Ontario jails — at “exorbitant” rates, lawyers allege — and gave nearly $39 million of that to the province as commission, according to new disclosures from the telecom giant.
https://t.co/iD48OkL5cY

[Adil Haque @AdHaque110]

The ICJ's legal conclusions below.

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

@lex_is Mackin lives on!

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

Here’s the Notice of Application: https://t.co/Mx1djgYcp8

We allege that denying prisoner access to computers & internet for educational, vocational, cultural, rehabilitative & reintegrative purposes & purposes related to legal proceedings violates s 2(b), 7 & 15 of the Charter.

[Louis Century @LouisCentury]

Last week, our firm (@GPLLP) together with Paul Quick of the Queen’s Prison Law Clinic, commenced a Charter challenge to the denial of access to computers and the internet in federal prisons.

Here is @BKennedyStar’s story about the case.

[Brendan Kennedy (https://bsky.app/profile/bkstar) @BKennedyStar]

Internet ban in Canadian prisons is unconstitutional because it blocks access to education, new lawsuit alleges
https://t.co/xIBvbW8lXX