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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Canada's Medical Devices Compliance Program ("MDCP") pivoted resources to address urgent needs, such as ventilators and test kits.

The Vermont Genetically Engineered Food Labeling Act ("Vermont Act") was passed on May 8, 2014 and was the first act of its kind to come into force in North America, taking effect on July 1, 2016.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has significantly increased the scrutiny of foreign investments....

As described in our December 2022 bulletin, once passed, the Bill will confer the Government of Canada additional national security review powers over inbound investments.

Government procurement is rarely considered swift, especially in the defence sector. Stories in the media about defence procurement typically lament lengthy inflexible administrative...

If a complainant is successful in a challenge of a federal procurement decision, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal, or, CITT) will recommend a remedy.

In an effort to attract promising foreign entrepreneurs to Canada and to stay ahead of competitors, the federal government created an innovative visa program called the Start-up Business Class, which was launched in April of 2013.

The global COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with an ill-timed crude oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, has in a matter of mere weeks materially disrupted the global marketplace.

On Friday, April 2, 2004, the Ontario Court of Appeal released a decision that may have a significant effect on how receivers and trustees in bankruptcy realize on the assets of a business where a trade union holds bargaining rights for employees of an insolvent company

On May 3, 2018, the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators and the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations released a joint draft guidance paper setting out their expectations for insurers and intermediaries ...

On December 14, 2020, the trademarks and industrial design branch of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office ("CIPO")

Patent applicants need to be aware of a subtle, but key difference between Canada and other jurisdictions like the United States when relying on the grace-period for inventor disclosures.

On November 9th, 2016, the Government of Quebec released into the Quebec Official Gazette the final version of amendments to the Regulation respecting the language of commerce and business.

On June 17, 2019 major changes to Canada's Trademarks Act will come into force.

The entry into force of the Canada-China FIPA has been delayed by political controversy and a legal challenge by a B.C. First Nation.

On June 21, 2019, Global Affairs Canada ("GAC") imposed targeted sanctions against nine Nicaraguan senior public officials in response to the Government

The Canadian government provides many opportunities for importers to receive refunds relating to customs duties previously paid.