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On November 16, 2021, Canada announced that it will proceed with negotiations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ("ASEAN") on a free trade agreement ("FTA").

Canada's inaugural Investment Summit in September 2026 aims to attract $1 trillion in investment across defence, infrastructure, Indigenous partnerships, technology, energy, critical minerals and agriculture. This analysis examines the federal measures shaping the Summit's agenda and outlines the key legal, regulatory and structuring considerations businesses and investors should evaluate when assessing nation-building opportunities in Canada.

The Canadian government has announced revisions to Canada’s foreign investment guidelines, which are intended to clarify the review process for investments by foreign state-owned enterprises ("SOE"s).

In this annual review of Canadian foreign investment law, we discuss developments over the past year, including proposed amendments to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and new government policies on the treatment of specific categories of investments.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has published the final version of rules proposed in September 2019 to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act adopted in August 2018

Negotiations for a bilateral Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement ["FIPA"] between Canada and China have been ongoing for over a decade.

The 2016-2017 annual report on the administration of the Investment Canada Act (the "Annual Report") was published on August 31, 2017.

Understanding national security reviews, exemptions, and compliance obligations under U.S. foreign investment laws...

This article provides a brief overview of recent developments in Canadian Tax Law.

Bienvenue à l'édition de septembre de l'infolettre Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes.

2024 was a watershed year for Canadian competition and foreign investment law reform. After incremental legislative and regulatory changes to the Competition Act and Investment Canada Act in 2022 and 2023, 2024...

Business leaders across the globe have focused foremost on continuity concerns amid the COVID-19 crisis. In this environment, M&A activity in Canada, along with the rest of the world, has unsurprisingly...

•The pre-existing Specified Gas Emitters Regulation (SGER) imposes a $30 per tonne carbon price on all industrial emissions over a pre-determined cap...

As artificial intelligence adoption surges across Canadian enterprises—from 6.1% to 19.2% in just two years—the infrastructure demands are creating unprecedented opportunities in AI data centre development. Meta's $13-billion Alberta facility signals Canada's emergence as a major player, but what legal and commercial complexities must lenders, sponsors and investors navigate in this capital-intensive asset class?

The extraordinary events of 2020 have amplified the profile of what was already expected to be a historic U.S. election. The pandemic and its many effects on the global economy...

"Hell or High Water" clauses are a type of effort undertaking unique to M&A. Most often tied to obtaining competition approval, they typically involve more onerous obligations than other efforts undertakings common in M&A...

As political pressure mounts in Washington to enact an ambitious infrastructure plan, new details are emerging about the sweeping U.S. tax law changes...

Over the past year, US and foreign investment funds and their managers have had an increasing presence in the Canadian retail market. This has largely been seen in initial public offerings of exchange-listed funds and retail offerings of deposit and other "exempt" notes linked to underlying investment funds.