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The Toronto Stock Exchange adopted new rules relating to the election of directors and at the same time, proposed for public comment a rule requiring companies to adopt majority voting for the election of directors.

Priorities have shifted in light of the evolving COVID-19 crisis, and human and capital resources may have been reallocated.

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently decided that a corporate director who was found to have made negligent misstatements about the management team’s knowledge, expertise and competence to operate its business, was not personally liable in tort.

We previously reported on how British Columbia may become the first jurisdiction in Canada to permit benefit corporations. A private member's bill (Bill M 216) on benefit corporations was introduced in the 2018 Legislative Session

The proceedings arose in a contested fight over the future of Alternate Earth Resources Inc. (AER), a TSX-V listed company.

This is the last post in my series dealing with suggestions for the corporate secretary when drafting board minutes.

On October 12, 2012, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its decision in "Telus Corporation v. Mason Capital Management LLC",

The ministry is seeking comments from the public until October 16, 2015, on these recommendations as well as the recommendations relating to other statutes...

Sometimes deals are too good to be true. In Curridor v. Millstone Homes Inc., 2026 ONCA 571, a buyer claimed that he was entitled to buy a newly built property in Komoka, Ontario from a builder for the cost of construction under a special “friends and family deal.”

"One of our board members has gone rogue – what can we do?" While this is thankfully not a frequent question that we receive, it can be an extremely challenging situation for boards, ...

While until quite recently the security of information technology infrastructures was dealt with by a corporate IT team, today every organization knows that cyber threats constitute a major risk...

Charities and non-profits are often faced with the question of whether to incorporate. Our simple answer is this: prevention is the best medicine.

When incorporating a new business, budget-conscious entrepreneurs typically have a primary focus on minimizing costs.

In its Notice of Publication of the Policy (Notice), the CSA acknowledged that proxy advisory firms have already implemented most of the recommendations contained in the Policy.

In this second part of this blog series that examines key features of The Business Corporations Act, 2021 (the "New SBCA"), we will cover the changes that apply to fiduciary obligations...

Effective January 1, 2023, Ontario corporations governed by the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) will be required to maintain a register of individuals with significant control.

Non-share capital corporations in Ontario have just one year left to update their by-laws and other governing documents to be compliant with new not-for-profit legislation..

In its recent decision in NorthWest Copper Corp., 2023 BCSECCOM 602 (NorthWest Copper), the British Columbia Securities Commission (Commission) dismissed an application by NorthWest Copper Corp.