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On June 3, 2020, Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change (the Minister) issued the Regulation Respecting Excluded Physical Activities...

Canadian in-house legal departments are being asked to do more, cover more ground, and shoulder greater organizational risk than ever before, often without corresponding increases in time, staffing, or support.

For businesses that sell, lease, or license goods, services, digital offerings, or other products across Canada, charging the incorrect amount of federal goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax (“GST/HST”) and/or failing to charge the correct amount of provincial sales tax can lead to costly reassessments.

The Voluntary Disclosure Program (VDP) is designed to encourage taxpayers to come forward and report incomplete, inaccurate or unreported information to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

The first major reform of Alberta's policing act in over 30 years received royal assent on December 15, 2022. When brought into force, the Police Amendment Act, 2022 , among other things...

On June 23, 2022, Bill C-19, also known as the Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No.1 ("BIA"), received royal assent. As discussed in more detail in our previous blog post...

The Department of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency (the “CRA”) launched a public consultation on modernizing the federal tax framework for registered charities. The review is broad. It considers how charities become registered, interact with the CRA, file annual information returns, undergo audits and compliance action, and deal with objections and revocation.

Summaries of R v. Blyan, 2025 ABCA 213 and R v. Asantarajah, 2025 ONSC 3730...

The federal Cannabis Act, which received Royal Assent on June 21, 2018, makes recreational cannabis legal in Canada as of October 17, 2018. To prepare for this new reality, Ontario employers should take the time now to review, update and/or create new policies so all employees are clear about what is and isn't allowed when it comes to cannabis use in your workplace.

Most federally regulated employers with 10 or more employees have another pay equity deadline approaching on June 30, 2025. By that date, they are required to file their first annual statement. In our earlier Insight...

In 2021, the Ontario government passed the Working for Workers Act, 2021. This Act amended the Ontario Employment Standards Act, 2000, as amended (the ESA) to, among other things...

Our April 7 post on the report of the Expert Panel reviewing federal environmental assessment processes noted that the report contains recommendations for greater inclusion of Indigenous peoples in federal environmental assessment processes.

In March 2024, we wrote on anticipated reporting requirements coming for the import and use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as the next step in Canada's efforts to regulate these "forever chemicals."

In June 2025, my colleague, Michael G. von Keitz, wrote a blog titled ‘1,270 Days Later: The Sequel to Substantial Compliance in Ontario'.

As noted in our June, 2023 bulletin article, the Department of Finance Canada is considering sweeping amendments to Canada's anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regime...

The Provincial government announced on Friday, January 17, 2020, that it will be accepting feedback on two consultations to assist in its ongoing campaign to combat money laundering, tax...

Amendments to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act (FCAC Act) and to the Bank Act—introduced to strengthen the role and increase the powers of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada...