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In a landmark constitutional reference released in late 2023 (IAA Reference), a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada found Canada's federal scheme for assessing and regulating major resource and infrastructure developments largely unconstitutional.

The government of Ontario has made amendments to Ontario’s franchise regulations which will come into effect on July 1, 2005. These amendments will change the mechanism by which franchisors may gain exemption from the obligation to include their financial statements in disclosure documents.

In our previous column we looked at some global examples of how the emergence of Clean Technology (Clean Tech) has changed the way business and industry look to do business.

The framers of the U.S. Constitution wrote that government "shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech."

New lobbying legislation came into force in Alberta effective September 28, 2009.

On April 14, 2026, the Government of Alberta (Alberta) introduced Bill 30, the Expedited 120-Day Approvals Act, 2026 (Bill 30).

On May 30, Bill C 13, which makes several changes to strengthen, protect and promote the French language, received its second reading before the House of Commons.

Bill C-30 has amended Canada's Pest Control Products Act, potentially streamlining emergency pesticide approvals while raising concerns about international trade implications.

On March 7, 2023, the British Columbia government introduced Bill 13, the Pay Transparency Act (the "Act"), designed to help close the province's gender pay gap by imposing new disclosure and reporting obligations on certain employers.

Premier Doug Ford continues to be the target of Integrity Commissioner complaints by opposing members of Ontario's legislators. Although there is value in having a complaint process to oversee...

The BC Supreme Court's August 2024 decision in Cowichan Tribes v Canada recognized Aboriginal title over part of the Cowichan's ancestral village, even beneath existing third-party interests.

The battle over the interpretation and implementation of section 35 rights guaranteed by the Constitution Act, 1982 has played out primarily in Canadian courts, with Indigenous communities and individuals ...

­­­Energy transition has led to an inevitable shift in government land use plans.

In a significant announcement made in yesterday's federal budget, the federal government proposed the creation of a national securities regulator by way of negotiated agreement with the provinces, but also indicated that it would act unilaterally and introduce federal legislation if a negotiated resolution could not be reached in a timely manner.

Canada's federal Access to Information Act (ATIA) provides individuals and corporations present in Canada with a right to access records under the control of 265 government institutions.

Although Part 1 of Canada's Constitution Act, 1982, being Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK), 1982, c. 11 references "the supremacy of God", this does not in any way mean that the law of God...

Justice Bale of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently dismissed a motion to certify an action as a class proceeding for plaintiffs who claimed to have suffered damages as...

Bill 51 is the current result of this process.