FINTRAC is a Canadian administrative financial intelligence unit that operates independently from law enforcement agencies.

As previously discussed here, last summer represented a turning point in the consumer's "right to know" movement, with former President Obama approving a bill that...

On October 5, 2022, Alberta announced amendments (the "Amendments") to the Mental Health Services Protection Regulation, which are expected to come into effect on January 16, 2023.

On December 21, TMAC Resources Inc. announced that its proposed sale to Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd., a Chinese state-owned gold miner,...

On February 3, 2021, the Canadian government announced that it had placed the Proud Boys, along with 12 other new groups, on the list of terrorist entities.

The Contract Security Program (CSP) at Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) is implementing significant changes to the security screening process.

The Electricity Restructuring Act (the "ERA") received third reading and royal assent on December 9, 2004 to become law two years to the day after the Ernie Eves government froze the price of electricity with the highly controversial Electricity Pricing, Supply and Conservation Act, 2002.

British Columbia is consolidating natural-resource compliance and enforcement functions from multiple ministries into a single agency. The BC Compliance and Enforcement Agency launches July 1, 2026, bringing together over 400 staff under the Ministry of Environment and Parks to deliver more consistent oversight across the province's resource sector.

The Government of Canada recognizes that there is still a significant labour shortage in the high-skill tech sector of the Canadian job market and that Canada remains an attractive destination...

On April 1, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an application for leave to appeal in the matter of Séquestre de Media5 Corporation, a judgment rendered last summer by the Québec Court of Appeal...

On December 31, 2008, the Law Society of Upper Canada (the body which regulates lawyers practicing in Ontario) enacted new rules aimed at preventing inadvertent money laundering and terrorist financing through lawyers' trust accounts.

The British Columbia Court of Appeal recently upheld a lower court decision that two customers who signed waivers before embarking on a Zip-Trekking outing were prevented from suing Cougar Mountain Adventures Ltd.

On July 13, 2022, we informed you in our bulletin entitled Act 25 – First Draft Regulation, On Your Marks, Get Set, Go! that the first draft Regulation respecting confidentiality...

Upon receiving feedback from stakeholders regarding its consultation on transfers for processing and transborder data flows, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner

On September 2, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) released the findings of the third annual Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) Privacy Sweep, which took place May 11-15, 2015.

In the recent decision of Rankin Construction Inc. v. Ontario, the Ontario Court of Appeal clarified and provided some commentary on the complex law of tendering in construction projects.

In Budget 2016, the new federal Government announced its intention to abandon certain legislative proposals, previously announced in Budget 2015, that would have provided an exemption from capital gains tax in respect of certain dispositions of real property and private corporation shares ..

Non-competition agreements and other forms of restrictive covenants are common features of employment contracts, as well as a wide variety of other types of commercial transactions.

Last week, the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA") issued its annual report to Parliament. Among other matters, the CRA reported on the performance of its Voluntary Disclosures Program (the "VDP").

Non-resident investment funds have historically expressed concern that the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA") may assert that they are carrying on business in Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Tax Act"), and, consequently, are subject to Canadian income tax, by virtue of having retained Canadian service providers.