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Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (ISS) has released its 2018 Americas Proxy Voting Guidelines Updates effective for meetings held on or after February 1, 2018.

The Ontario Securities Commission has initiated a public consultation process regarding women on boards and in senior management, responding to a request by the Ontario provincial government which had highlighted gender diversity as a priority in its 2013 budget.

The Toronto Stock Exchange has released guidance on the use of the “financial hardship exemption” to avoid securityholder approval requirements for certain transactions.

On May 1, 2020, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued blanket relief orders (the "Blanket Relief") extending the deadlines for public companies to file and/or send certain materials to their security holders.

Procedurally, the TSX recommends that issuers request a pre-filing meeting before submitting an application to the sandbox.

Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada, in Google v. Equustek Solutions Inc., ruled that Google could be ordered by a Canadian court to delist worldwide the website of an organization...

On May 12, 2011, Ontario Bill 173, Better Tomorrow for Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2011 received Royal Assent, making a number of notable changes to the 1998 Estate Administration Tax Act.

The Competition Bureau announced yesterday that it has entered into an agreement with Empire Company (the parent company of Sobeys, IGA and others grocery chains) to remove a ‘property control.x

The decision of whether to make an application for immunity or leniency to the Competition Bureau must made carefully yet quickly, as it is literally a race against the clock.

This initiative will complement other clean technology programs under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change and the Innovation and Skills Plan.

A universal proxy would extend the flexibility afforded to shareholders who attend meetings to shareholders who vote by proxy.

Ontario's Bill 213 - the Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020 (the "Act") - recently received Royal Assent, and its provisions, as they pertain to Ontario's Business Corporations Act...

The federal government is amending the requirements of the Canada Business Corporations Act ("CBCA")...

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced amendments to the continuous disclosure and governance obligations of issuers listed on the TSX Venture Exchange ("Venture Issuers") in three national instruments.