Interview – Everything You Need To Know About Predictive Markets

Expanding a payment business into Canada requires navigating FINTRAC's Money Services Business registration framework. Understanding the regulatory requirements, compliance obligations, and practical steps for MSB registration helps international payment providers establish compliant operations in one of the world's most established financial markets.

The Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA) recently released the third version of its principles (Principles 3.0), as well as a form of limited partnership agreement (model LPA, and...

The Ontario Securities Commission's 2026 survey reveals significant shifts in Canadian cryptocurrency adoption, awareness, and sentiment. With ownership rates more than doubling since 2023 and a growing belief that crypto will play a key role in Canada's financial system, the findings paint a picture of an evolving landscape where traditional financial advisors increasingly recommend crypto investments, yet regulatory awareness remains surprisingly low among the general population.

Canadian securities regulators have established a limited framework for prediction markets, restricting which event contracts can be offered to investors and under what conditions. While certain economic and financial forecasts may be traded through authorized dealers, contracts based on political events, sports, or entertainment remain prohibited, and compliance with securities law does not resolve potential exposure under criminal gambling provisions.

Dye & Durham Standard Charge Terms 200033 are the standard charge terms that are included in commercial mortgages, which include standard mortgage provisions.

This bulletin summarizes the key provisions of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (the "CLARITY Act"), a U.S. federal bill that establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for the classification, offering, trading, and supervision of digital assets.

The Bank of Canada (the Bank) has begun to exercise its enforcement powers under the Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA), publishing its first enforcement decisions involving Notices of Violation against payment service providers (PSPs). Each published enforcement decision to date has involved a zero dollar administrative monetary penalty (AMP).

2012 will mark the third year of recovery for the Canadian economy.

The governments of Canada, Ontario and British Columbia have reached an agreement in principle to establish a cooperative capital markets regulatory system.

Infrastructure projects delivered through collaborative models like alliances and IPD face a fundamental challenge: reconciling shared-risk governance with traditional project finance requirements. This analysis examines practical financing structures—from progressive P3s and government backstops to catalytic capital and holdco arrangements—that bridge the gap between collaborative delivery principles and lender bankability expectations.

On May 13, 2021, the Minister of Justice and Minister Responsible for the French Language, Simon Jolin-Barrette, tabled Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec ("Bill 96").

Starting October 20, 2026, federally regulated employers in Canada must comply with new equal treatment requirements that prohibit wage differences based on employment status for comparable work. The regulations establish specific criteria for comparing employees, outline permissible exceptions to equal treatment, and impose new obligations on temporary help agencies.

On April 25, 2025, the Financial Markets Administrative Tribunal (the "FMAT") issued its first ruling on the admissibility of expert reports on cryptocurrencies.

Les 13 et 14 avril prochains, nos collègues Marie-Douce Huard et René-Martin Langlois, associés, participeront aux Journées stratégiques sur la construction avec un donneur d’ouvrage public et parapublic au Québec, présentées par Open Forum Ouvert.

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The amendment of the Act respecting labour standards, which requires employers to adopt and make available to their employees "a psychological harassment prevention and complaint processing policy...

The facts of the matter are as follows: 9160-0569 Québec inc. had acquired various vacant lots from the city of Sainte-Catherine with the intent of constructing a number of residential housing units.

On November 29, our colleagues Antoine Brylowski and Olivier Drapeau will speak at the first edition of the Crypto Asset Conference of the Université Laval...

Our colleague and partner Marianne Plamondon joined Pierre-Yves McSween on his show McSWEEN to discuss today's most pressing workplace topics: remote work, artificial intelligence, and technological changes.

Under Quebec's Labour Standards Act, the second Monday of October is a statutory general (and paid) holiday. This year, Thanksgiving will be on October 12.