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Canadian businesses are facing unprecedented challenges in light of the rapid spread of COVID-19. Supply chains are under significant strain and Canadians are worried ...

On July 6, 2020, the Competition Bureau released its annual plan, which sets out the Bureau's priorities and initiatives for the year ahead.

2020 was quite the year for all of us, including employers. As COVID-19 walloped the globe, many businesses were forced to temporarily close due to regional or provincewide lockdowns.

As a response to the increasing risk that the COVID-19 virus poses to Albertans, on March 27, 2020, the Alberta Government made several announcements affecting business,...

As COVID-19 cases decline, the Government of Canada is easing some of its more restrictive travel requirements. Changes to the federal government's COVID-19 testing requirements for all fully vaccinated travellers...t

On Friday, April 24, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the federal government had reached an agreement in principle with all provinces and territories to implement the CECRA program to provide rent relief ...

Effective January 7, 2021, all passengers five years of age or older will be required to provide a negative COVID test prior to being able to travel by air to Canada.

As we reported in our March 19, 2020 Update, Canadian Securities Regulators Offer Filing Relief for Market Participants and Support Virtual Meetings, the Canadian Securities Administrators...

This week, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published blanket orders providing non-investment fund Canadian reporting issuers ("Reporting Issuers") with a temporary 45-day extension in...

Just in time for the 2021 proxy and continuous disclosure season, the Canadian securities regulators have published guidance for improved disclosures related to COVID-19.

Please join us for the first in a series of Coffee Break with BLG events – short learning sessions on topics relevant to financial institutions and their legal departments.

Business corporations laws and stock exchange policies mandate that issuers hold annual general meetings (AGM) and set requirements for when and how those meetings must take place.

In its recent decision in Yee v. Hudson's Bay Company, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the reasonable ...

Saskatoon lawyers, Caroline J. Smith and Cole J.N. Wilson, provide a discussion about the many aspects the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our personal and professional lives.

The Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loan is now available to eligible small businesses and not-for-profits (collectively, Eligible Businesses)

Certain foreign investments will be subject to enhanced scrutiny under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) until the economy recovers from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian government announced on April 18, 2020.

On March 20, 2020, the Lieutenant Governor in Council of Ontario made an order under s. 7.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act suspending limitation periods and procedural time periods (the Suspension Order).

When in doubt, public health authorities will not hesitate to close workplaces.