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The licensing requirement applies both to businesses operating from physical locations and those operating online.

In September 2017, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB or Board) decided that Alexion's SOLIRIS (eculizumab) was sold at an excessive price.

Both sets of customers had executed agreements promising to resolve disputes exclusively by way of binding arbitration.

Ontario has announced new legislation that would replace the existing consumer protection laws, with amendments focusing on prohibiting dark patterns such as subscription traps...

This decision highlights the importance of the requirement for a class representative to demonstrate a valid claim against at least one of the named Defendants.

n January 30, 2019, Justice Prévost of the Superior Court of Quebec dismissed an application for authorization to institute a class action in Benamor v. Air Canada, 2019 QCCS 208...

As consumer protection legislation, one of the key safeguards that Ontario's Condominium Act, 1998 (the "Act") provides to prospective purchasers is the ability to request a status certificate.

Canada's new national AI strategy, 'AI for All,' promises sweeping regulatory reforms across privacy, online safety, and consumer protection. With ambitious economic targets and a commitment to modernize digital legislation, the government aims...

Cookies are small text files that your website sends to a visitor's browser to remember them the next time they visit – e.g., their username and password.

Canada's Competition Bureau recently signed a new competition enforcement agreement, the Multilateral Mutual Assistance and Cooperation Framework for Competition Authorities, with competition authorities ...

This article provides a quick synopsis of the current regulatory state of open banking in Canada, with a view towards its possible implementation.

A new Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner) is expected to be appointed in the first half of 2019.

The Ontario government recently proposed legislation to replace the existing Consumer Protection Act, 2002 with Bill 142, the Better for Consumers, Better for Businesses Act, 2023.

Effective the same date, a new Part will be added to the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Regulation, B.C. Reg. 294/2004, implementing the low value claim regime. While framed as consumer protection legislation, franchisors should take note: this change may affect how franchisees bring disputes and how franchisors manage risk.

On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, the British Columbia provincial government tabled Bill 4, the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (the "Bill").

As detailed in a prior Fasken bulletin, BC Bill 4 passed into law important amendments to the BPCPA that took effect in 2025, including new restrictions on mandatory arbitration clauses, class action waivers, and contractual limits on consumer reviews. This bulletin focuses on additional, consumer-contracting and direct-sales amendments, and regulatory requirements that will take effect on August 1, 2026, giving businesses limited time to adapt.

On July 9, 2013, the Court of Appeal for Ontario unanimously affirmed that consumers do not have to establish reliance on a false, misleading or deceptive representation when claiming a breach of Part III of the Consumer Protection Act (the CPA) which prohibits "unfair practices" in the course of consumer transactions.