It is very common for a new business owner to avoid incorporation, in an effort to minimize start-up costs and to enable initial losses to be offset against personal income.

Many Manitobans create a corporation to conduct their business. This applies to those who are starting a new business and those who are already conducting business and decide ...

The Accessibility for Manitobans Act (the "AMA") has established certain standards to achieve accessibility for Manitobans disabled by a barrier.

By the time this article goes to print, Manitoba is expected to have a new legislative regime that will not only settle uncertainty as to who owns and who has the use of subsurface pore rights...

The current Liberal Federal Government is moving full-swing in its promised amendments to the legislation governing the federal environmental assessment process and the environmental...

The BC Supreme Court's August 2024 decision in Cowichan Tribes v Canada recognized Aboriginal title over part of the Cowichan's ancestral village, even beneath existing third-party interests.

Trademarks are everywhere. A trademark is a sign or combination of signs that is used by a person in order to distinguish their goods or services from those of others.

By way of a five-four split decision, the Supreme Court of Canada judgment issued November 4, 2016 in City of Edmonton v. Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Ltd., made those appeals that much tougher.

In 1850 the Anishinaabe of Lake Huron and Lake Superior made treaties with the Crown. In exchange for ceding their land, the Anishinaabe received, among other things...

Whether an organization suffers a cyber incident is no longer a question of "if" but "when" and as such, cyber security is a risk to be managed not solved.

In a previous article, we highlighted the 2021 Manitoba Court of King's Bench decision of Bird Construction Group v. Trotter and Morton Industrial Contracting Inc., which called into question...

Drafting contracts, agreements and other corporate documents is a significant element of in-house practice and a function that in-house counsel must perform well.

A 2022 decision from the Manitoba Court of King's Bench highlights the potential consequences owners face in wrongfully removing a contractor from a project.

Consumers and investors alike have become increasingly concerned with ethical supply chains, particularly as the appeal and importance of ESG intensifies in many sectors.

According to a 2019 Survey by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, only half of all Canadians have wills. The number is even lower for Canadians under the age of 35 (only 22%!).

In Canada, legislative responsibilities are split between the federal and provincial level of government.

It has been almost 5 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), led by former Justice and now Manitoba Senator Murray Sinclair...

The Quebec provincial government adopted a new language law on May 24, 2022 called Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec ("Bill 96").

The Small Business Capital Venture Tax Credit ("SBCVTC") offered by the Manitoba government is a valuable program designed to encourage investment in local businesses by providing substantial tax incentives to investors.

As provincial governments in Canada carefully lift restrictions, employers must be cognizant of new workplace considerations and how their employees will return to work safely and smoothly.