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Canada has launched its first national sovereign wealth fund, the Canada Strong Fund, with $25 billion in federal capital to co-invest alongside private and institutional investors in infrastructure, energy...

Canada continues to seek foreign investment and remains an attractive destination for international investors. Foreign investors should assess the potential application of the Investment Canada Act early in the transaction-planning process, particularly where the Canadian business operates in a sensitive sector or possesses valuable technology, infrastructure or data.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) represents a transformative opportunity for Canada-Japan trade relations, with Japanese foreign direct investment in Canada reaching $54.8 billion as of 2025. This free trade agreement between Canada and 11 Pacific economies eliminates customs duties and streamlines market entry processes, creating significant advantages for international businesses seeking to expand into the Canadian market.

Welcome to the February issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides...

The federal governments of Canada and the United States (U.S.) have both made efforts to put in place incentives and credits to attract and develop a domestic electric vehicle ("EV") battery manufacturing...

Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) is currently considering expanding the countries covered by its bilateral investment protection agreements.

Globalization is a tool. It can be well used and therefore be to the advantage of those affected – i.e. affected in a very positive way. It may also be ill used and therefore be to the disadvantage of those affected – initially this will have the negative effect upon the weaker countries or regions of the world but eventually all will have the problem of letting an opportunity slip through their collective fingers of sharing a maximized wealth.

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

Canada's competition and foreign investment law regimes entered 2025 with substantial momentum.

Although Canadian winters may be cold, the investment climate is almost always warm. There would be no other way for a country of 33 million people to maintain its relative wealth and G8 status without strategically and effectively engaging the world in the areas of trade and finance.

L'adhésion du Royaume-Uni à l'Accord de partenariat transpacifique global et progressiste (PTPGP) crée de nouvelles opportunités commerciales majeures entre le Canada et le Royaume-Uni. Les investisseurs des deux...

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

Le Canada commence l'année 2026 dans un contexte caractérisé autant par l'incertitude que par des occasions quant à l'orientation future des mesures d'application...

On March 12, 2009, Canada's Parliament passed legislation incorporating the most significant amendments to Canada's Competition Act (the "Act") since the statute was first enacted in 1986.

Welcome to the January issue of Blakes Competitive Edge, a monthly publication of the Blakes Competition, Antitrust & Foreign Investment group. Blakes Competitive Edge provides an overview of recent developments...

On January 27, 2009, The Honourable James Flaherty, Minister of Finance, introduced the Conservative Government’s 2009 Budget, entitled Canada’s Economic Action Plan, promising to implement sweeping changes to the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act.

Section 88(1)(d) of the Canadian Income Tax Act (the Act) provides the ability to "bump up" the cost of non-depreciable capital property (generally shares of subsidiaries, interests in partnerships or land) owned by a Canadian corporation, all of the shares of which are acquired in an arm’s length transaction.

The numbers are in—2010 results prove that the first decade of the millennium belongs to the mining sector!