In January 2025, former Federal Minister of Health, the Honourable Mark Holland, released a Letter to provinces and territories on the importance of upholding the Canada Health Act – 2025. We wrote about it here.

Earlier today, Premier Doug Ford followed through on his promise to revisit the previous Liberal government's labour reforms by introducing legislation...

Canadian trade law counsel have schooled their Canadian manufacturing clients well on the strategic merits of using anti-dumping or countervailing duty litigation to block U.S.-sourced imports as part of a strategy to maintain or grow market share. Recent rulings by the Canadian government on imports of U.S. grain corn, while in some ways simply the latest manifestation of a 20-year battle, point to two often overlooked responses U.S. exporters and their Canadian and U.S. trade advisers can use

After six years, one trial, two decisions of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, two decisions by the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a decision...

The federal government's recent omnibus budget bill, Bill C-86 tabled October 29th, 2018, proposes significant changes to Canada's IP laws.

The old saying "you can't fight City Hall," is badly in need of a rewrite.

The Regulation respecting compensation for adverse effects on wetlands and bodies of water (Regulation), enacted on August 17, 2018, was published in the Gazette officielle du Québec on September 5, 2018.

The first wave of legalization came into effect October 17, 2018, and was limited to fresh and dried cannabis, oil, plants, and seeds.

Canada is at the centre of two new disputes at the World Trade Organization (WTO) which threaten to impact a number of sectors of the Canadian economy, including alcoholic beverages, livestock, ethanol, snack foods, soft drinks, and other foods and beverages containing sweeteners.

Ontario Court of Appeal warns against getting too comfortable with partial summary judgment motions

In a May 22, 2008 decision, the Federal Court of Appeal closed the door on non-Canadian suppliers using the Agreement on Internal Trade ("AIT") as a basis to challenge federal government contract awards before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal ("CITT"). The Court held that a party can only seek access to the CITT procurement complaint procedure if it can demonstrate that it is a "Canadian supplier".

On September 27, 2018, Bill 36, the Cannabis Statute Law Amendment Act (Bill 36), which enacts the Cannabis Licence Act (CLA) and makes amendments to various other pieces of legislation,

Given the unstable global business climate, and the ongoing trade negotiations with the United States, governments across the globe are looking for ways to shelter domestic industries and workers.

In our December 2005 Bulletin, we described how Chinese imports were causing a flurry of trade safeguard cases.

On December 12, 2003, Prime Minister Paul Martin was sworn in as Canada's 21st Prime Minister. After taking his oath of office, Prime Minister Martin appointed his first Cabinet; and announced his plans to "change government", "build a twenty-first century economy" and "secure Canada's public health and safety.

The crunch on the global supply chain is bearing intense impacts daily in every sector. Gridlock rises from practical pandemic impacts and on-the-ground realities of manufacturing capacity...

On October 26, 2007, the Federal Court of Appeal issued a decision that solidifies the ability of foreign companies to initiate procurement complaints under the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), an agreement between the Canadian federal government and the provinces intended to regulate trade.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Occidental) filed a request on May 17, 2006 for arbitration claiming USD 1 billion in damages under the Ecuador-U.S. bilateral investment treaty (BIT). The request came two days after Ecuador unilaterally cancelled Occidental’s contracts and assumed control of its oil and gas operations in the country. Occidental claims that the cancellation and additional taxes recently imposed on oil revenues amount to an expropriation of its investment.