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The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our day-to-day lives. In the outdoor/adventure industry, it has led to the cancellation of pre-scheduled bookings,...

After parties enter into a contract, changes to general economic, financial and commercial conditions can leave the parties dissatisfied with the agreed upon price.

On May 13, Québec's government introduced Bill 96 (the Bill), An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec.

Barrie-area litigator Steve Rastin says he is hopeful the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will agree to weigh in on a recent court of appeal decision that he believes...

In its recent 5-4 decision in Telus Communications Inc v. Wellman,[1] the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that courts must enforce valid arbitration agreements

The 2024 federal budget (the "Budget") includes a number of measures directed to the financial services sector, including: (i) developments in respect of a Consumer-Driven...

As Canada awaits the coming into force date of its federal Financial Consumer Protection Framework (FCPF), the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), on May 14, 2021...

Fraud rates continue to rise in Canada, with recent Statistics Canada data showing a 12% increase in police-reported fraud from 2022 to 2023.

Le 15 mars 2021, la Cour d'appel du Québec a rendu sa décision, rédigée par l'honorable juge Stéphane Sansfaçon...

On July 16, 2025, the Québec government published a draft of the Regulation to amend the Regulation respecting the application of the Consumer Protection Act (the "Regulation"), which will come into force...

On November 7, 2024, the Québec National Assembly gave its assent to An Act to protect consumers against abusive commercial practices and to offer better transparency with respect to prices and credit (the Act).

Canada's electric vehicle (EV) market is at a turning point. Prime Minister Mark Carney's new strategic partnership with China reverses the previous 100% tariff on Chinese-made EVs...

Le Bureau de la concurrence n'entend pas rire avec l'achat de commentaires positifs et rappelle que les représentations de gratuité d'un produit ou d'un service ne peuvent pas être fausses ou trompeuses.

Le 6 février 2026, Canadian Tire a été condamnée à payer près de 1,3 M$ après avoir plaidé coupable à 74 chefs d'accusation...

On February 6, 2023, the Ontario Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery released a consultation paper entitled Modernizing Consumer Protection in Ontario: Strengthening the Consumer Protection Act, which proposes substantive changes to the province's Consumer Protection Act, 2002.

The British Columbia (B.C.) Reporter provides a monthly summary of B.C.'s legislative and regulatory developments of relevance to provincially regulated financial institutions.

In July, the International Financial Consumer Protection Organisation ("FinCoNet") (see our previous FinCoNet blog post here) issued its long-awaited report, Financial Product Governance and Culture...

These proposed amendments represent a major change in federal financial services consumer protection regulation.