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If you own shares in a public company, you’ve likely never laid eyes on a share certificate for those shares. Nowadays when you buy publicly traded securities through a broker the only evidence of ownership you have is a trade confirmation and an account statement. That’s because the vast majority of transactions in publicly traded securities today are settled electronically through "clearing agencies" such as The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited, or CDS.

On May 19, 2016, Health Canada published a decision approving the first genetically engineered animal for human consumption in Canada, the "AquAdvantage Salmon".

As of May 3, 2012, Bill 13, Accepting Schools Act, 2011, has passed second reading, and referred to the Standing Committee on Social Policy. Bill 14, the Anti-Bullying Act, 2012, a parallel private member's bill, was ordered re instated at the Standing Committee on Social Policy, also to be considered in the public debates.

Mr. Raturi had accepted permanent full-time employment as a cook.

The tension between a trustee seeking to facilitate a proposal for the benefit of all creditors and a single creditor being forced to release its rights for the "greater good" was front and center in a recent case before the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

We previously wrote about the decision in The Queen v. Callidus Capital Corporation of the Federal Court of Appeal in our Restructuring and Tax Bulletin.

On July 7, 2008 specific provisions of the Insolvency Reform Act, 2005 and the Insolvency Reform Act, 2007 were proclaimed into force by Order in Council.

On October 27, 2021, the Alberta legislature introduced the Captive Insurance Companies Act[1] (the "Act"). If passed, the Act will expand insurance options for Alberta businesses; ...

In the recent decision of Onex Corporation v American Home Assurance Company, the Ontario Court of Appeal discussed two prominent issues relevant to the interpretation of directors' and officers' (D&O) liability insurance policies.

Insurers offering commercial general liability policies have a new cautionary tale after the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled that insurers may be required to compensate their insureds for unusable products.

On December 23, 2024, the Alberta Superintendent of Insurance and the Alberta Insurance Council released bulletins providing guidance on the treatment of motor vehicle protection products.

A technical analysis of the paper is outside the scope of this practice note.

On April 25, 2024, the British Columbia Financial Services Authority issued Regulatory Statement RS 24-008: Product Warranty, Vehicle Warranty, and Automobile Insurance ...

In early January 2024, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) and the Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) announced by way of a memorandum of understanding their continued collaboration ...

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (the "Act") was passed by the U.S. Senate on September 8, 2011, without amendment, and is expected to be ratified by President Obama within the next week.

In a surprise move, the federal government announced as part of its 2012 Budget Speech, its intention to introduce legislation to consolidate Canada's trade remedy investigation functions into one organization, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal ("CITT").

This is the last week for Canadian and international businesses to file their annual supply chain reports. With minimal changes from last year's reporting obligations...

Canadian restaurants serving pizza may have access to lower priced Mozzarella cheese, effective June 1, 2013.