3,655 results found

On November 1, 2023, the Ontario government announced that it would increase the harmonized sales tax (HST) rebate on qualifying purpose-built rental housing (the enhanced Ontario HST rental rebate)...

In this decision (released on May 12, 2015), the Court of Appeal limits a municipality's jurisdiction to regulate quarries and declares the subject by-law invalid.

In Bundschuh v. MacDonald Development Corporation, 2018 ABQB 188, Master Mason dismissed a summary dismissal application brought by one of the defendants because the plaintiffs served a Standard of Care Report raising a triable issue.

The pre-emptive right is a right of first refusal allowing its beneficiary to acquire certain immovables located on its territory at the price and conditions of the proposed alienation...

Today, the Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (the "Ministry") announced that it will be postponing the prohibition on landfilling excess soil from January 1, 2025...

The Alberta Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act (the "Act") is set to be implemented on August 29, 2022. As this date approaches, we have some final notes on what businesses can expect as the...

Since 2012, WeirFoulds LLP has been monitoring and writing about the Competition Bureau’s increased focus on Canada’s construction industry.

On March 23 the Ontario and Quebec governments ordered that "non-essential" businesses close down, shortly followed by a list of "essential" businesses that were exempt from the mandatory closure.

Determining whether purported "change in law" claims resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic will be successful is not straightforward. Some construction contracts (for example, GC 10.2.7 of CCDC 2)

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).

As parties to construction contracts continue to navigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, we highlight below our top five things to look for in construction contract clauses dealing...

In response to the COVID19 pandemic, on March 24, 2020, the Government of Ontario released a list of workplaces that were deemed to be ‘essential services' that were permitted to continue to...

Due to the state of public emergency in Alberta arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 30, 2020, the Minister of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta issued a Ministerial Order which suspended the operation...

A new standard construction contract, called CCDC 30 — Integrated Project Delivery Contract, will soon be released by the CCDC ...

Dispute resolution clauses are rarely the subject of negotiation. In my view, they are badly overlooked.

Dans la décision Construction Intégral MT inc. c. 4198191 Canada inc. (Industries Cama), 2020 QCCS 1953 rendue le 26 juin 2020...

As previously discussed here, in 2009 a scaffolding accident resulted in four workers falling fourteen stories to their deaths.