Banks in Canada have been continuously recognised as amongst the soundest and safest across the globe.

British Columbians will soon be shaking off the winter blues with a new statutory holiday called Family Day which will be celebrated on the third Monday in February of each year.

When Bill C-45 came into force in 2004, it introduced major modifications to the Canadian penal law system concerning the participatory liability of organizations for the commission of criminal offences.

In October 2020, we reported that the Ontario government had proposed amendments to Ontario's Business Corporations Act (the "OBCA")...

To help find a reasonable middle ground or to resolve a thorny point of negotiation in a share or asset purchase agreement...

As we noted in our May 2016 bulletin, caution may continue to delay these activities until a decision on an appeal is made.

Although Canada is bordered by three oceans, the majority of trade moves by rail, and not by sea.

The statement was followed by further communication from SAFE, and other developments to slow renminbi (RMB) outflows...

A federal election was called yesterday and Canadians will head to the polls on Monday, September 20, 2021. During the 36-day election period, for profit and non-profit companies and charities...

The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal brought by the Alberta Energy Regulator and the Orphan Well Association from the decision of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta...

AccelerateIP has opened applications for its 2026 intake, offering financial support for companies to develop and implement intellectual property strategies. Meanwhile, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has released updated guidance on patentable subject-matter, introducing a new two-step test that could significantly impact how patent applications are evaluated in Canada.

In October 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") released three groundbreaking decisions on antitrust class actions.

The Ontario government has updated its regulations under the Employment Standards Act, 2000 ("ESA") to further extend Ontario's "COVID-19" period to July 3, 2021.

The Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") recently provided an update stating they are not proceeding with proposed National Instrument 51-103 Ongoing Governance and Disclosure Requirements for Venture Issuers (the "Instrument").

The new "Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act" came into force on October 17, 2011.

As discussed in our previous bulletin, in 2015, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada ("OSFI") substantially revised the Minimum Capital Test Guideline

A couple of months ago I received a panicked call from a prospective client in the southern United States. His company had been served with a Complaint issued in Ontario and he had just realized that its Answer was due the next day. He was desperate to buy some time, and, in a surprising display of knowledge of Ontario's rules of court, he suggested filing "one of those notices that provides you with an extra ten days to file an Answer".

The Canadian Intellectual Property office ("CIPO") has just announced that sound marks will now be allowed in Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently delivered a "Mandate Letter" to the new Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, that summarized the Prime Minister's policy goals and included a lengthy listing of priorities to be pursued by the Finance Minister.

Make regulations specifying what constitutes "operational terms" for the purposes of service level arbitrations under the CTA.