On May 14, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") announced a temporary increase to the limits prescribed by the "listed issuer financing exemption" in Part 5A of National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions.

Effective February 28, 2024, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario ("AGCO") has amended the Registrar's Standards for Internet Gaming (the "Registrar's Standards")...

On October 19, 2017, the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") announced amendments to Part IV of the TSX Company Manual (the "Manual"), relating to the introduction of website disclosure...

Following Finance Minister Bill Morneau's magical misdirection on Monday, October 16, 2017 (whereby the federal Liberal government made us look one way in their announcement ...

In our prior update entitled Cryptocurrencies and Tax: Five Things Every Canadian Needs to Know, we explained the CRA views on the taxation of cryptocurrency...

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario (the "Court of Appeal") has shed light on parking rights for both landlords and tenants under a commercial lease.

On September 5, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed amendments to National Instrument 51-102 Continuous Disclosure Obligations

In each of its previous three budgets, the federal Liberal Government has acted to close certain tax loopholes.

At the end of the day on June 17, 2019, while the rest of Canada was watching the Raptors parade, the Government of Canada released its anticipated changes to the taxation of stock options in the form of a motion to the House of Commons.

On June 12, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") published a notice and request for comment (the "CSA Notice") to repeal and replace the current National Instrument 43-101...

In the 2017 Federal Budget, the Liberal Government vowed to tighten tax rules that allow some Canadians to utilize private corporations to unduly reduce the payment of income taxes

On June 7, 2018, Ontario made an "about-face" and elected a majority Progressive Conservative (PC) government under PC Leader and premier-elect Doug Ford for the first time in 15 years.

On February 8, 2018, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the "CSA") released CSA Staff Notice 51-352 (Revised) - Issuers with U.S. Marijuana-Related Activities (the "Notice"), which provides further guidance on CSA staff's disclosure expectations for issuers with U.S. cannabis-related activities.

On October 21, 2019, Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party (the "Liberals") won a contested election as Canadians elected a minority government. A divided Canada, from the Conservative stronghold in...

On June 20, 2024, the securities regulatory authorities in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec and Saskatchewan (collectively, the "Provinces") announced that exempt market...

While most borrowers will, prior to the date their mortgage becomes due, shop around for a better interest rate or negotiate a better rate from their existing mortgage lender...

Since the federal government announced the proposed legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada, it has been well known that the plant will be taxed–at approximately $1-a-gram, or a 10% excise duty rate.

The Minister of Finance unveiled his long-awaited federal budget on February 27, 2018. Long-awaited because the tax community has been in a tizzy since the Liberal government announced changes...

Budget 2019 highlights that most of the stock option deduction is being utilized by executives earning over $200,000.

The Government of Canada is taking immediate, significant and decisive action to help all Canadians who are dealing with financial hardship as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.