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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently released its decision in R v Resolute Forest Products Canada Inc., 2019 SCC 60. In a 4-3 decision, the SCC overturned an Ontario Court...

On Friday, December 07, 2012, the Government of Canada issued its long-awaited decisions under the Investment Canada Act ("ICA") regarding the takeover of Canadian oil and gas giant Nexen Inc., by CNOOC Limited, a state-owned enterprise ("SOE") of the People’s Republic of China, and of Progress Energy Resources by Petronas International Corporation Ltd., a Malaysian SOE.

Successful cleantech ventures often bring together different industry and professional sectors.

On November 29, 2018, the Government of Ontario released its proposed Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan (the "Plan").

On May 22, 2024, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) released its Annual Risk Outlook – Fiscal Year 2024 - 2025 (the "ARO")...

Starting July 1, 2026, Ontario landowners gain new statutory rights to dedicate encumbered parkland to municipalities, including stratified parcels and land with easements or below-grade infrastructure. These long-awaited amendments to section 42 of the Planning Act, first introduced through Bill 23 in 2022, provide a formal mechanism with appeal rights to the Ontario Land Tribunal for accepting partial interests in land toward parkland dedication obligations.

The Government of Canada is planning to enact significant changes to the current patent rules in an effort to modernize the Canadian patent regime and better align it with the regimes of Canada's major trading partners, including the U.S., U.K., France and Australia.

On December 12, 2003, Prime Minister Paul Martin was sworn in as Canada's 21st Prime Minister. After taking his oath of office, Prime Minister Martin appointed his first Cabinet; and announced his plans to "change government", "build a twenty-first century economy" and "secure Canada's public health and safety.

The Federal Court of Appeal has now fully reversed a judgment of the Federal Court of Canada that had threatened to devastate the business of Evolution Technologies Inc., a Canadian-owned designer and manufacturer ...

Last week, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada determined that Loblaw Companies Ltd. initially collected more personal information than it needed with respect to the $25 Loblaw gift cards it made available to customers ...

The Panel's recommendations, though sweeping in scope, are relatively short on details.

On May 30, 2017, the Government of Ontario introduced legislation that would, if enacted, effect major changes to how land use planning decisions are made in the province.

On November 7, 2006, Canada’s Parliament passed a motion approving the Minister of Finance’s proposals to introduce an entity-level tax on distributions from income trusts and certain publicly-listed Canadian partnerships. The proposed rules, which were announced on October 31, 2006, are intended to eliminate the tax imbalance created by income trusts and aim to tax such entities in the same general manner as corporations. In doing so, the government sought to stem the tide of corpor

A number of recent cases decided by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal are changing the likely outcomes of wrongful dismissal litigation in Canada

On October 31, 2024, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) introduced temporary relief from certain derivative data reporting requirements under the Trade Reporting Rules identified below.

The Government of Canada has proposed legislation to amend the Competition Act (the "Act") to, among other things, (i) expand the scope of what constitutes...