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On November 20, 2008, the Ontario Expert Commission on Pensions released its final report, A Fine Balance: Safe Pensions, Affordable Plans, Fair Rules (Report).

In a decision that will be of interest to employers, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Li v. Wayfair Canada Inc. upheld a termination clause in an employment...

Prohibitions against wage-fixing and no-poach agreements will come into force in June 2023.

In an interview with Canadian Lawyer, partner and head of Torys' Mining and Metals practice Michael Pickersgill addressed the different trends...

Federal and provincial policies, such as Canada's Critical Minerals Strategy, are helping to strengthen Canadian production of critical minerals.

On July 18, 2011, Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) issued its highly anticipated decision in Erickson v. Director, Ministry of the Environment, finding that the appellants who had challenged the issuance of a renewable energy approval (REA) for the Kent Breeze Wind Project (the Project) had failed to show that it will cause serious harm to human health.

Ontario's Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009 (GEA) is a far-reaching bill that introduces the Green Energy Act and amends 15 existing provincial statutes.

This bulletin highlights two recent developments relating to the federal and Alberta governments' respective efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and transition toward a low carbon economy:

On June 25, 2010, Syncrude Canada Ltd. was found guilty of two charges stemming from the April 2008 death of approximately 1,600 ducks in its Aurora Settling Basin, a tailings pond serving part of the company’s Fort McMurray–area oil sands operations.

On April 5, the federal government's appointed Expert Panel released " Building Common Ground: A New Vision for Impact Assessment in Canada," a detailed report, which recommends key changes to current federal environmental assessment processes.

Municipality held liable for damages relating to purchase of contaminated property

On December 16, 2010, Ontario’s Expert Advisory Panel on Occupational Health and Safety released its report.

A recent decision of the Delaware Court of Chancery (<I>In Re Tele-Communications, Inc. Shareholders Litigation</I>) focuses on issues that boards should consider when establishing a special committee and retaining financial advisers. While the deficiencies of the particular committee in the case are obvious, the deficiencies in the retention of the financial advisers are more complex.

On April 19, Parliament tabled the federal budget (Budget 2021), which included a number of measures to be introduced affecting financial institutions.

Canada's bank recapitalization (bail-in) regime has officially taken effect.

This supplement is for Canadian cross-border issuers that make filings with the SEC.

On June 23, 2011, the Canadian Securities Administrators released CSA Consultation Paper 91-402, the first in a series of eight proposed public consultation papers relating to the proposed sweeping regulatory reform of the Canadian over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market.