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Canada is about to significantly increase the reporting requirements for all corporate and consulting lobbyists active at the federal level as the new Conservative Government's top legislative priority is one step closer to a fait accompli with the approval by the House of Commons to what the Harper Administration calls the Federal Accountability Act.

The main features of the new rules are highlighted below.

On September 20, 2021, Canadians cast their ballots.

Courts generally give great deference to the democratic mandate of local governments.

On March 9, 2017, the N.S. Court of Appeal stopped building inspection claims in their tracks when it decided that a defence based section 504(3) of the N.S. Municipal Government Act imposes a firm...

On March 29, 2012, the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, presented the 2012 Federal Budget.

On April 27, 2012, the federal government announced two proposed amendments to the Investment Canada Act, the legislation that regulates foreign investment in Canada.

With polls now closed and the longest federal campaign in recent Canadian political history officially over, a Liberal government is the new reality for Canada.

On April 25, 2024, the Government of Alberta tabled Bill 20, the Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act.

Which entities are impacted by rules governing the public sector can vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Whether access to information and lobbying laws affect schools and hospitals...

Prime Minister Mark Carney has nominated Chief Justice Glenn D. Joyal of Manitoba's Court of King's Bench to fill the Western Canada seat on the Supreme Court of Canada. This historic appointment marks Manitoba's first representation on the nation's highest court in over a decade and maintains the tradition of regional representation and functional bilingualism at the Supreme Court level.

On March 4, 2019, the Canadian federal government published amendments (the Amendments) to certain regulations reducing reporting requirements

In the recent decision Wushke v Rural Municipality of Rocanville No. 151, 2025 SKKB 19, the Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench determined that a resolution disqualifying a councillor was void ab initio due to breaches...

In Opsis Airport Services Inc. v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 17 (Opsis), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) held that a statute can be declared constitutionally inapplicable to an enterprise...

The Government of Ontario has commenced a consultation on a new proposed Unclaimed Intangible Property Program.

On Tuesday February 19, 2013, the Lieutenant Governor delivered the government of Ontario’s Speech from the Thorne setting out the new Premier’s priorities for the coming legislative session.

Saskatchewan's highest court has ruled that the federal carbon pricing legislation is constitutional.