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Canada's proposed Bill C-36 would fundamentally transform private-sector privacy law by replacing PIPEDA with the Protecting Privacy and Consumer Data Act. Organizations face stricter data collection tests, new consent exceptions, explicit AI governance rules, and penalties reaching $25 million or 5% of global revenue for knowing violations.

On June 12, 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that the Government of Canada would establish new mandatory reporting standards for Canadian extractive companies in order to enhance transparency regarding payments made to domestic or foreign governments. On October 23, 2014, the Government of Canada finally introduced the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (the "Act"), as part of Bill C-43, Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2.

The CRA is offering flexibility in audits, appeals and collections in wake of COVID-19 outbreak and the Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court and Supreme Court have pushed back deadlines.

Over the course of almost three years, the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked unparalleled, economic havoc across the world. Those in the insurance industry questioned, quite early on, how insurance...

On June 13, 2019, important changes are coming to the record keeping requirements applicable to private corporations incorporated pursuant to the Canada Business Corporations Act

Bill 88, An Act to enact the Digital Platform Workers' Rights Act, 2022 and to amend various Acts came into force in April of 2022 and introduced a new requirement that Ontario employers...

Due to the continued rise of COVID-19 infections in the City of Toronto, Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto's Medical Officer for Health issued a Letter of Instruction on January 4, 2021 requiring...

Human rights complaints filed by employees can be expensive for employers, both in investigating the complaints and defending a complaint before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal (the "Tribunal").

Cummins: In North America many cannabis companies are being listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange because other North American stock exchanges

Nortel filed for bankruptcy protection in January, 2009. The proceedings involved thousands of hours of detailed argument.

As eagerly anticipated, the proposed changes to Ontario's Construction Lien Act were tabled in the Legislature on May 31.

On March 23, 2020, the TSX published Staff Notice 2020-0002, and the TSXV published a Notice to Issuers which provide temporary relief for listed issuers from certain regulatory filings, as a result of COVID-19.

Employee embezzlement and fraud cost Canadian employers hundreds of millions of dollars in losses every year.

On October 27, 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada released its long-awaited decision in Teva Canada Ltd. v. TD Canada Trust. In a 5:4 decision...

On April 13, 2017, the Canadian Government introduced Bill C-45 (the "Cannabis Act") in the House of Commons.

For some time now, I have warned Canadians about the dangers of Bill C-23, also known as the Preclearance Act, 2016. Many other Canadians have expressed their concerns to the Canadian Government as well.

Two Court of Appeal decisions and a settlement of an appeal have set off alarm bells for owners, past owners and would-be buyers of contaminated properties.

There was only one civil decision released by the Court of Appeal this week long enough to summarize.