The federal government is legalizing recreational use of marijuana/cannabis effective October 17, 2018 – the Cannabis Act (Bill C-45).

The Ontario Court of Appeal has now ruled on the damages an employer owes to an employee upon early termination by the employer of a fixed term contract where the contract does not contain an early termination clause...

On November 23, 2012, the Ministry of Energy released a Direction regarding the Renewable Energy Program Re-Launch (the " November Direction").

Back in February of 2015, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced the introduction of the electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) for visa-exempt foreign nationals.

Q: What do I need to know about relief from termination? A: What rights do franchisees have when they face termination of their franchise agreements? Was the termination done in bad faith?

The Canada-European Union: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ("CETA") was intended to be signed on Thursday, October 27, 2016.

The federal government recently announced that is has partnered with the provinces and territories to deliver the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance program ("CECRA")...

As described in our previous bulletin linked here, the Canada Business Corporations Act (the "CBCA") was amended in June of 2019...

Put simply, a franchise relationship is an ongoing contractual relationship that is found to exist under provincial franchise legislation where the franchisor grants (for a certain period of time)...

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The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board’s (TRREB) Q4 2025 Commercial Report records commercial and retail average net lease rates at $29.97 per square foot, up 18.3 per cent year-over-year

The employee ownership trust (EOT) was first introduced in the 2021 Federal Budget as a potential vehicle to encourage employee ownership of a business and facilitate...

By now, many people are aware of the new Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy ("CEWS") introduced by the federal government at the beginning of the month.

Recent court decisions have held that many standard termination clauses in employment agreements are void and without effect.

In a directive issued April 5, 2012, Chris Bentley, the Minister of Energy, confirmed that the government is committed to the implementation of the recommendations outlined in Ontario’s Feed-in Tariff Program, Two Year Review.

The tenant and landlord relationship is one dictated by contract (e.g. the lease) and legislation (the Commercial Tenancies Act). It is typically a two-party relationship and while each lease is unique...

The Provincial Nominee Program was established to allow provinces the ability to nominate qualified workers, professionals and international students who wish to become Canadian...

On July 1, 2014, Canada’s new anti-spam legislation will come into force.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada has announced that as of February 28, more than 41,000 people have been naturalized as Canadian citizens during 2014.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour regularly conducts workplace inspection blitzes. Each year the Ministry announces the focus of its blitzes and initiatives and posts the schedules online.