Financial Institutions called upon to Assist in Fighting Alleged Client Fraud

On June 5, 2015 the Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments and ADR Chambers Banking Ombuds Office were approved as External Complaint Bodies for the banking sector by the Minister of Finance.

On October 26, 2015, CIC announced the replacement of IMM 5802 with an Employer Portal.

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) published a letter to Federally Regulated Insurers on August 7, 2020...

Insurers and other insurance professionals have traditionally been well positioned to drive improvements in risk management processes.

As of July 1, 2016, Canada has removed tariffs on imports of 54 high tech goods. It has undertaken to phase out all customs duties on another 49 items over the next three years.

The Supreme Court of Canada recently signaled that it intends to revisit standard of review.

A new Notice of Ways and Means Motion tabled by the Canadian government on November 13, 2007 proposes to accelerate the elimination of Canadian withholding tax on conventional interest payments made to arm’s length non-residents of Canada.

3iQ Corp. filed a preliminary non-offering long-form prospectus to qualify the Fund as a reporting issuer on October 30, 2018.

On January 31, 2022, the federal Minister of Transport hosted a National Supply Chain Summit. By March 25, 2022, the Minister appointed a National Supply Chain Task Force...

On January 10, 2008 the Canadian Transportation Agency (the "CTA") released a landmark decision that orders certain Canadian carriers, namely Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet, to amend their current air fare policies to implement a one-person, one-fare (1P1F) policy. This policy enables persons with a disability to pay one fare regardless of the number of seats that they require to accommodate their disability.

While the finalized Bulletin differs in a number of respects from the original Draft Bulletin, it continues the key aspects.

There has been a recent surge in merger and acquisition activity in the Canadian oil patch. This includes the recently announced blockbuster merger between Cenovus Energy Inc.

A product liability claim is based upon a product causing damages for failing to perform as it should.

Earlier today, the BC Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry announced significant changes to the Provincial COVID-19 mandates as part of what she called a ...

On October 5, 2021, the BC Public Service Agency announced that it is requiring mandatory vaccination for its 30,000 employees across British Columbia starting on November 22, 2021.

On July 29, 2011, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment proposed amendments which introduce a new regulatory regime for venture issuers (the Proposals).

On November 18, 2016, the Canadian Securities Administrators ("CSA") released the Oversight Review Report of the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA") (the "Report").

Ever since the Supreme Court of Canada's 2014 decision in Bhasin v. Hrynew, the duty of good faith in contracting has been an ever-present and heavily relied upon concept in commercial litigation.

On January 29, 2015, the Canadian Securities Administrators released Staff Notice 54-303 Progress Report on Review of the Proxy Voting Infrastructure.