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On December 12, 2024, Alberta's Superintendent of Insurance ("Superintendent") released a Bulletin providing a new interpretation of sections 27 and 28 of the Captive Insurance Companies Act ("Act")...

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

Further to our previous bulletins,and pursuant to a recently published Order in Council dated November 17, 2022 ...

On April 26, 2018 Minister Bains announced Canada's Intellectual Property ("IP") Strategy.

The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has introduced a new pilot program offering accelerated patent examination for innovations in two critical areas. What technologies qualify for expedited processing, and how can patent applicants take advantage of this limited opportunity?

This bulletin is a brief report on our experiences with requesting expedited examination of Canadian trademark applications.

During the February 2012 state visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to China, the countries announced the completion of negotiations on a Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement ("FIPA").

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.

We discussed the well-publicized case involving the interpretation of a "thumbs up" emoji by the Saskatchewan courts (South West Terminal Ltd. v Achter Land, 2023 SKKB 116 is discussed here and the subsequent appeal of that decision, 2024 SKCA 115, is discussed here).

The questionnaire builds on the CFIA's prior phases of engagement in connection with the Food Labelling Modernization initiative.

A number of recent developments suggest that momentum for significant reform to Canadian privacy and data protection laws is building.

On February 20, 2018, the current BC Government introduced its 2018 British Columbia Provincial Budget (the "Budget") which contained a number of measures targeting the local real estate market.

Aboriginal claims have become a crucial consideration to developers and others in the construction industry seeking to manage risk effectively and deliver successful development projects.

On November 14, 2016, as part of its fall fiscal update, the Government of Ontario announced a number of changes to the Land Transfer Tax.

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.

Budget 2018 moves forward with the Government's plans for the taxation of cannabis.

Budget 2021 proposes to grant the Canada Revenue Agency the authority to demand oral responses in the course of an audit.