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In an unusual development, a director of a medium-sized company has been personally found guilty and fined under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

As of February 1, 2012, most of the amendments to the "Act respecting health services and social services" brought under the "Act to improve the management of the health and social services network" (the former Bill 127) and applicable to institutions will be in force.

The numerous proceedings involving the former officers and directors of the United States (U.S.) and Canadian Hollinger-related corporations offer a recent high-profile example of the risks to the privilege against self-incrimination arising from cross-border parallel proceedings

The final amendments are similar to the proposals originally published for comment by the Ontario Securities Commission and other CSA jurisdictions earlier this year.

La Commission des valeurs mobilières de l'Ontario (la « CVMO ») a temporairement codifié une dispense portant sur certaines restrictions imposées aux initiés d'un émetteur aux...

On March 12, 2023, the Saskatchewan Government enacted new legislation governing business corporations in Saskatchewan, The Business Corporations Act, 2021, SS 2021, c 6 (the "New Act").

On March 22, 2017, the Trudeau Government unveiled its second budget, continuing the Liberal Party theme of job creation and helping the middle class.

As a new year begins, it is always a good time to take stock of the successes of the past year and look forward to doing even better in 2015

IFRIC recently examined how IFRS 5 Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations should apply when a disposal plan is intended to be achieved by means of an initial public offering, but the prospectus to make that happen hasn’t yet been approved by the securities regulator.

On April 21, 2020, the Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia issued a Ministerial Order (the "Order") permitting electronic attendance at meetings...

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently published its 2021 benchmark proxy voting policies and updated its board gender diversity policy

In November of 2020, we wrote about forthcoming changes to the Ontario Business Corporations Act (OBCA) proposed by the Government of Ontario in Bill 213 Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020.

If you are proposed as a director of a TSX-listed issuer, you will need a majority of the votes in order to be elected.

A nominee director of a corporation appointed by one of its creditors may encounter risk of liability where that creditor is engaged with the corporation in efforts to restructure its debt. Steps can be taken to minimize the risk of such liability.

The Supreme Court of Canada has held that the fiduciary duty is a "broad, contextual concept" that is not confined to short-term profit or share value.

On March 25, 2020 Miller Thomson held a special edition Coffee Talk Directors Series titled Governance in COVID-19: Key Actions for Health Provider Boards of Directors.

Under the Income Tax Act, the Employment Insurance Act, the Canada Pension Plan Act and the Excise Tax Act, a director of a corporation is jointly and severally liable for a corporation's failure to deduct and remit source deductions.

The Ontario government recently established an advisory body called the Business Law Modernization and Burden Reduction Council to make recommendations to the government.