On October 6, 2021, Monte McNaughton, the Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, announced a number of proposed changes that, if passed, will help employers across the province of Ontario cope with the economic hardship imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last year's regulations exempted employers from certain provisions of The Employment Standards Act during what was labelled as a "public emergency period".

The BC Government has introduced a bill to make September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a provincial statutory holiday. The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation...

In part one of this two-part series, Inna Koldorf examines Ontario's Working for Workers Act and outlines the new requirements and amendments of Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 (WFWA 2021).

The Ontario Government has extended the maximum period of COVID-related temporary layoffs until January 1, 2022.

On Monday, October 25, 2021, the Ontario Government introduced the Working for Workers Act, 2021.

In this news article, Bruno Caron discusses Bill C-59, an innovative Canadian law aimed at combating greenwashing, which requires companies to substantiate their environmental claims using...

Jason Kroft and Ghazal Hamedani co-author an article in The Lawyer's Daily that provides a high-level summary of key provincial carbon regimes.

AI and machine learning ("ML") is redefining operational models and client interactions within Canada's financial services sector.

Jason Kroft and Ghazal Hamedani co-author an article in The Lawyer's Daily that discusses Canada's federal carbon pricing regime.

In recent weeks, the federal government of Canada has increasingly indicated that COVID-era type supports would be established as part of Canada's broader response...

In July 2023, we published a newsletter detailing proposed legislative changes affecting suppliers of agricultural products and lenders working with borrowers in the agricultural supply chain.

For those employers that hire employees through the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program, the government late last year legislated some "housekeeping" changes that will have to be considered.

The Province of Quebec is the only jurisdiction in Canada that administers a registration regime regulating contests and sweepstakes.

Our office has been successful in the recent case of TSCC 2519 v. Emerald PG Holdings et al, 2021 where the Honourable Justice Vella of the Superior Court of Justice confirmed that when a unit owner...

You are contacted by a client who is owed money on a construction project and wants to commence a statutory adjudication under the Construction Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30 (the "Act").

A non-charitable, non-profit organization is required by the Income Tax Act of Canada to be "operated for a purpose other than profit."

Effective July 1, 2021, major changes to the GST/HST regime as it relates to e-commerce and the digital economy came into effect. We previously reported on these measures when they were first announced in the...

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security identified two prominent types of ransomware in its September 2021 awareness series: Ransomware: How to prevent and recover (ITSAP.00.099):

The Public Health Agency of Canada ("PHAC") has announced that effective October 1, 2022, the Government of Canada will remove all remaining COVID-19 entry restrictions...