The 2023 Federal Budget proposed tax rules to facilitate the creation of employee ownership trusts ("EOTs"), vehicles which can facilitate the purchase of a business by its employees.

The Federal Government released a set of proposals on July 18, 2017 that, in the government's words, are designed to "improve fairness in the tax system by closing loopholes and addressing...

On April 5, 2017 the Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change received her report from an expert panel of four, comprised of three lawyers with significant environmental and aboriginal law experience as well as a retired senior executive of a resource company.

On the evening of Friday April 24, 2020, the Ontario government expanded the scope of its emergency orders to now address various issues relating to condominium owner and board meetings.

With much uncertainty surrounding the rapidly growing marijuana industry following the rescission of the Obama-era Cole Memorandum, the Canadian Securities Administrators ...

On June 28, 2019 the Ontario Court of Appeal rejected the Province of Ontario's constitutional challenge of the Canadian Government's carbon pricing legislation, determining

The Ontario Government has ordered the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective as of Tuesday March 24th at 11:59 pm. for a 14 day period,...

As discussed in our previous articles, on April 7, 2020 The Lieutenant Governor in Council made an order under s. 7.0.2(4) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act...

The Application Judge, Justice McEwen, found that the Discount Fee was an interest charge and that it violated section 4 of the Act.

PRIVACY BREACHES raise majorreputational and legal liabilities for autodealers of all sizes.

Canadian individuals and businesses in all industries are experiencing financial hardships as a result of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease ("COVID-19").

On November 2, 2020, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-9, which sets out details of the new rent support program called the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy ("CERS")...

In late 2024, Bill 216, the Building Ontario For You Act (the "Bill"), which amends the Construction Act (the "Act") received royal assent.

As property managers or board members for a condominium, it can be complicated to follow the ever-changing provincial COVID-19 restrictions in your specific region.

In the summer of 2017, several news sources reported changes to the Ontario Disability Support Program Act, 1997 (the "Act") ...

The previous content of the Order is unchanged, but two additional subsections have been added dealing with the use of counterparts to sections 2 and 3 of the Order.

On October 25, 2022, the Ontario Securities Commission announced an 18-month pilot that provides a prospectus exemption that gives Ontario investors with qualifying education...

On January 5, 2022 the Canadian Government amended the Food and Drug Regulations to allow healthcare practitioners to apply, on a case-by-case basis, to the Minister of Health for special access to a certain class of "restricted drugs" ...

We recently researched the issue of whether a band member could claim another band member's allotted land within a reserve on the basis of exclusive possession.

The federal government has finalized revised reporting rules for bare trusts, significantly narrowing the original requirements. While bare trusts are generally exempt from filing for 2023-2025, certain arrangements involving separated legal and beneficial ownership will face new filing obligations starting with the 2026 taxation year, with specific exemptions for family trusts, joint ownership arrangements, and principal residences.