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The Canada Media Fund (CMF), with the support of Telefilm Canada (Telefilm), has announced a further new funding initiative to support the Canadian audiovisual industry...

On April 15, 2020, the Prime Minister announced that the government will be expanding access to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and will be offering wage support to low-income essential workers.

In a much anticipated press conference this morning, Prime Minister Trudeau released further details of the wage subsidy the government had indicated on March 27, 2020...

The Government of Ontario has temporarily extended the time frame in which a corporation existing under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act

The CMF and Telefilm Canada have each announced how they will distribute the $115.8 million dollars allocated to them by the federal government out of the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations.

Over the past two months, the COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for employers across Canada. Many have had to contend with mandatory workplace closures, unexpected workforce reductions, and/or a rapid ...

The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench recently granted summary judgment to a franchisor in a claim for unpaid rent and other charges during an overholding period, following the expiry of a sublease and franchise agreement.

The franchise in question was a "grab and go" food service counter business located in a British Columbia grocery store.

Last month we discussed the release of the regulations that accompany British Columbia's new Franchises Act, S.B.C. 2015, c. 35 (the Act).

The Finance Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2) which came into force on May 20, 2021, amends the Business Corporations Act...

In the secondary market class action context, we examine the implications of the Supreme Court of Canada's clarification of the leave threshold, and review some recent examples of successful defence strategies.

Are the directors of a corporation which has been placed into receivership entitled to retain counsel on behalf of the corporation without prior approval of the Receiver or the court?

On August 15, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) issued Multilateral CSA Notice 32-302 – Notice of Revocation for Certain Local Orders Providing Registration Exemption ...

A recent lower court decision in Manitoba (found here) provides further guidance in determining whether a business arrangement ...

In the recent case of France v Kumon, 2014 ONSC 5890, the Superior Court of Justice found that a franchisor was required to provide a longstanding franchisee with 18 months termination notice...

Exempt Market Dealers (EMDs) in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia can now, under certain conditions, participate in prospectus offerings as part of a selling group.

On October 21, 2019, the BC provincial government announced the first major amendments to the BC Securities Act in almost a decade.