Budget 2016 announces the Government's intention to reverse proposals made in Budget 2015 with respect to donations of the cash proceeds from sales of real estate and private company shares.

When we last reviewed fiscal pressures on governments to look for sources of cost-containment and restraint, the pressures were many.

The federal government has commenced a national consultation process to inform the development of new planned federal accessibility legislation...

In our January 16, 2015 Communique, we advised you that the Federal Conservative Government of the day had passed the Employees' Voting Rights Act...

With the introduction of the new Safe Foods for Canadians Act, more than 50,000 participants in the food sector will come under Federal jurisdiction for the first time.

With the pending changes to the SABS, tort adjusters will undoubtedly be called upon by Plaintiff counsel to make advance payments to cover such things as medical expenses, lost wages and attendant care.

In the recent decision of Saadati v. Moorhead, 2017 SCC 28 (CanLII), the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the argument that claims for mental injury are subject to a different test than claims for physical injury...

The Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act (the "Act") took effect in January. The Act bans "non-Canadians" from buying "residential property" for two years...

On November 30, 2020, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, released Supporting Canadians and Fighting COVID-19: Fall Economic Statement 2020 (the "Economic Statement").

Un crédit d'impôt remboursable temporaire, pouvant atteindre un maximum de 175 000 $ par année d'imposition, est instauré pour les sociétés propriétaires d'un établissement hôtelier...

As a result of the June 23, 2022 amendments (the "Amendments") to the Canadian Competition Act (the "Act"), drip pricing is now expressly recognized as a deceptive marketing practice...

The Superior Court of Quebec considered whether certain officers of the Students' Society of McGill University sufficiently abided by the society's internal elections process.

In July 2017, a 15-year-old boy named Jeremiah Perry drowned in Algonquin Park while on a canoe trip with his high school.

On October 1, 2020, Ontario passed Regulation 544/20 under the Corporations Act (the "Regulation"), extending the ability for corporations to hold Member, Board and Board Committee meetings electronically until May 31, 2021.

Coverage under a typical insurance policy for business interruption is initiated by the insured sustaining a loss caused by "direct physical loss or damage to buildings, equipment or stock".

Recently, a number of initiatives have been unveiled that will provide free rapid antigen testing to small and medium-sized businesses.

This afternoon, Premier Doug Ford declared that the Province of Ontario issued a second Emergency Order under s. 7.01(1) of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMPCA).

The Government of Ontario has passed an amendment to Regulation 965 under the Public Hospitals Act.

The Federal Government has announced the introduction of Bill C-2, An Act relating to economic recovery in response to COVID-19, to create three new temporary Recovery Benefits for Canadians

The maximum number of weeks of benefits for CRB has been increased from 26 to 38 weeks.