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On January 29, 2009, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-6, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (the “Act”). This follows the introduction of Bill C-52 relating to the same Act in April 2008.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal overturned the certification of a class action against the manufacturers of children’s cough and cold medicines.

The facts giving rise to this claim stem from a simple utility pole, belonging to Bell Canada, to which transmission lines were attached.

While the proposed Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (Bill C-52) and the corresponding amendments to the Food and Drugs Act do not provide for the extraction of teeth by non-qualified health practitioners, presumably without the benefit of an anaesthetic, Canadian businesses, including their officers, directors, agents and "mandataries", will risk penalties that are potentially equally as painful to their pocketbooks if they fail to comply with the new consumer product safety regime when implem

The defendant manufacturer recalled the affected vehicles and reprogrammed the emissions control system with the approval of regulators.

Product liability in Canada is evolving, with increasing government intervention likely in 2025 and beyond. This shift is fueled by new legislation enabling governments to sue for recovery of health

On June 3, 2021, Ontario enacted the Hazardous and Special Products Regulation (the "HSP Regulation") under the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 (the "Act")...

As cannabis legalization moves north of the border, cannabis companies in Canada will inevitably face similar legal issues as they have in the United States, where the decriminalization of cannabis in several jurisdictions ...

There have been several significant new developments in product-related class actions in Canada in the past two years.

In Price v. Smith & Wesson, 2021 ONSC 1114 ("Price") victims of the 2018 Danforth Avenue mass shooting in Toronto successfully defended their proposed $150 million negligent design class action ...

In 2022, courts in Ontario rejected plaintiffs' attempts to assert novel claims relating to future risks, and historical claims relating to pure economic loss. At the same time, Québec courts...

Active Fire Protection 2002 Ltd. v. B.W.K. Construction Co., the Ontario Court of Appeal recently decided that a contractor cannot enforce the indemnity provision in a subcontract against its subcontractor when the subcontractor’s negligence caused property damage and the contractor breached its own contractual obligations in failing to obtain property insurance when the loss would have been covered had the contractor done so.

In June 2014, our product liability group reported on a number of developments in the law of spoliation pertaining to product liability.

The Ontario legislature has taken the first step to pass provincial "right to repair" legislation for consumer products and motor vehicles.

The latest report from Gowlings relating to business and legal issues affecting the pharmaceutical and life sciences industries.

Daniel Dennett's masterwork From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds is a fascinating account of the evolution of human minds from bottom-up natural selection to top-down intelligent...

Seller beware. Or, more precisely, seller, manufacturer, distributor, importer, advertiser and tester beware. On April 8, 2008, the federal government introduced Bill C-52, the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act.1 This sweeping new legislation will implement a comprehensive regulatory regime for all consumer products other than those regulated under certain federal statutes (such as food, drugs, motor vehicles).

Consumer protection laws in Canada consist of a combination of federal, provincial, and territorial legal requirements that businesses must follow when contracting with consumers.