On March 22nd, the Canadian government unveiled its national budget for 2017. Billed as the "innovation budget," the budget is part of the federal government's Innovation and Skills Plan.

In May 2016, the Quebec National Assembly enacted section 12 of An Act respecting mainly the implementation of certain provisions of the Budget Speech of 26 March 2015, L.Q. 2016, c. 7...

The UN Human Rights Office is the latest body to condemn France's decision to ban Olympic athletes from wearing headscarves at the 2024 Paris Games.

WhatsApp Messenger is a popular instant messaging app that allows users to send text messages, pictures, voice notes and videos (among other things) over an Internet connection using cellphones and now, PCs.

In the 16 months since CASL came into effect, there have been less than a handful of findings by the regulators stemming from complaints under CASL.

On Friday, November 20, 2015, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that Rogers Media Inc. (Rogers) paid $200,000...

Bill 139 (Building Better Communities and Conserving Watersheds Act, 2017) is expected to return to Queen's Park for Third Reading and receive Royal Assent in November 2017.

The Home Construction Regulatory Authority ("HCRA"), the provincial administrative authority responsible for licensing all new residential construction builders and vendors...

On January 20, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada denied leave to appeal from the dismissal of a proposed class action seeking $40 million in damages over a cancelled condominium development.

In recent years, Canada's innovation landscape has grown to rival that of our southern neighbour.

Collision, one of North America's largest tech conferences, is coming to Canada.

In the fall of 2016, the Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee issued a report on the CRA's voluntary disclosures program, which Report was endorsed by the Minister of National Revenue in December.

On July 19, 2021, the Department of Finance ("Finance") released a statement (the "July 19 Announcement") acknowledging that the amendments contained in Bill C-208 form part of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and are now law.

On Thursday, February 18, 2016, the Ministry of Finance (Ontario) (the "MOF") quietly filed an amendment to the land transfer tax regulations which has potentially far reaching consequences.

The Tax Court of Canada ("TCC") recently released the much-anticipated decision in DAC Investment Holdings Inc. v. The King, 2024 TCC 63 ("DAC").

The Underused Housing Tax Act (the "Act"), which came into effect on January 1, 2022, implements an annual 1% tax on the value of vacant or underused residential property in Canada...

We've covered Slack before. As most tech startups are likely aware, it is a market-leading workplace communication platform.

This week Toronto plays host to the Elevate Toronto Festival, a three-day tech festival aimed at showcasing the city's vibrant and innovative tech community.

In a news release dated August 7, 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation has confirmed the preferred route for a new 400-series highway and transportation corridor...

Indigenous law is the law and legal orders Indigenous peoples have always had or that has been made or developed by Indigenous peoples. Aboriginal law is the law that public governments...