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As we continue to celebrate Data Privacy Week, it is a great time to review the most recent, significant privacy and data protection developments in Canada.

With security breaches being on the rise, the requirement to have organizations notify the relevant privacy commissioners and affected individuals upon a security breach taking place is becoming increasingly important.

Under Canadian privacy laws, organizations that transfer personal information ("PI") about customers, employees or other parties to a third party vendor for processing remain responsible for the protection of that PI.

Under Canadian privacy laws, individuals have certain rights with respect to their personal information ("PI"). Depending on the privacy law(s) that apply in a particular circumstance...

In the recent decision, Ross-Clair v. Canada (Attorney General) the Ontario Court of Appeal reaffirmed and clarified the necessity to follow the provisions in a construction contract to properly advance a claim for compensation in excess of the contract price.

On November 30, 2020 the Land Owner Transparency Act ("LOTA") came into force. LOTA introduced mandatory disclosure of the beneficial ownership of land with the purpose of ending anonymous land ownership in British Columbia.

This article is an update to our December 2017 article, where some of the most significant substantive changes to the Construction Lien Act (the "CLA") are considered.

A growing number of municipal administrations in Québec are concerned about protecting the environment.

In May 2018 we reported on the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Keatley Surveying Ltd. which held that a land surveyor did not own the copyright in a plan of survey presented for registration or deposit in Ontario's land registry system.

On November 12, Québec's Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy (the Ministry) announced the immediate suspension of three funding programs for Québec startups...

The Alberta Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal brought by three municipalities (the "Municipalities")

The Income Tax Act (Canada) (the "Tax Act") contains rules (the "loss trading rules") limiting the ability of a corporation to utilize losses and other tax pools that have arisen or were acquired prior to the acquisition of control of the corporation by an unrelated person.

In several jurisdictions, regulated emitters are required by law to deliver "emissions allowances" to the government.

In the recent decision "Morguard Corp. v R.", 2012 TCC 55, the Tax Court of Canada ("TCC") considered the proper tax treatment of a break fee.

On November 20, 2008 the Supreme Court of Canada rejected an application by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet for leave to appeal a Canadian Transportation Agency (the “CTA”) 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.

In Ontario, the purchase of a new (or substantially renovated) house or condominium (collectively a "Home") is subject to Harmonized Sales Tax ("HST").

On January 11, 2012, the Competition Bureau published a revision of its Merger Review Process Guidelines.

The Government of BC announced today the following important changes to the Employment Standards Act in response to the COVID-19 emergency: