Companies operating in the oil and gas sector take note. Standard limitation periods for third party environmental claims can be extended, at the discretion of the Court, under the EPEA.

The story is familiar. On August 30, 2018, the Federal Court of Appeal (the FCA) quashed the Governor-in-Council's (the GIC)

The Alberta Court of Appeal (ABCA) has overturned the Alberta Energy Regulator's (AER) approval of Prosper Petroleum Ltd.'s (Prosper) Rigel bitumen recovery project.

On December 23, 2024, the Competition Bureau (Bureau) published updated guidelines (the Draft Guidelines) with respect to the application of Canada's new Competition Act (CA) greenwashing provisions enacted last June.

On February 6, 2019, the Alberta Court of Appeal released an eagerly awaited decision resolving a rift among Alberta judges on the test for summary judgment:

When can a Canadian court assume jurisdiction over a tort case that involves either interprovincial or international elements?

Recently, in Valard Construction Ltd v Bird Construction Co (Valard), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decided that the trustee of a labour and material bond (the L&M Bond) ...

In November 2015, the newly elected New Democratic Party in Alberta released its Climate Leadership Plan (Climate Plan) introducing a multitude of policy changes intended to limit...

In BD&P's July 2015 Business Immigration Newsletter, we took readers through the significant changes made to the Citizenship Act by Bill C-24.

On November 15, 2021, the Government of Alberta introduced Bill 84 (the Bill) for its first reading. The Bill includes significant changes to the Business Corporations Act (the ABCA).

On February 25, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administration (CSA) published Staff Notice 51-362 – Staff Review of COVID-19 Disclosures and Guide for Disclosure Improvements (CSA Notice).

Many employees in Alberta have arrangements where bonuses (and other forms of incentive compensation, such as stock options and share units) form a significant part of their total compensation.

On April 17, 2020, the federal government announced financial relief measures for Canada's oil and natural gas industry.

On December 5, 2025, the British Columbia Court of Appeal (the Court of Appeal) released its decision, Gitxaala v British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) (Gitxaala)...

In recent years, there has been a growing trend of joint ventures between project proponents and Indigenous groups in Canada.

Just about everyone in the legal profession has made a small mathematical error in front of others and quipped, "well, that's why I went to law school". Clients hire lawyers for our legal reasoning...

Cybersecurity threats pose a great risk to businesses, individuals, and national security. On June 18, 2025, Parliament tabled Bill C-8, An Act respecting cyber security...

On June 1, 2015, the federal government enacted new reporting and transparency obligations for the extractive sector — the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act (ESTMA).

Since COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in Canada in early 2021, many employers in Canada have been contemplating whether mandatory vaccination policies would be desirable, necessary, and legal.

On April 13th, 2023, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued a notice and request for comment (the Notice)[1] regarding proposed changes to diversity and board nomination...