Recent amendments to the British Columbia Employment Standards Act (ESA) limit an employer's ability to request medical notes for short-term employee absences. Effective as of November 12, 2025, employers in B.C...

By September 3, 2024, federally regulated employers subject to the Pay Equity Act (Act) are required to post the final version of their first pay equity plan.

On May 6, 2024, Bill 190, the Working for Workers Five Act, 2024 (Bill 190) was introduced in the Ontario legislature. If passed, Bill 190 will amend various...

Legislative and regulatory initiatives are reshaping the landscape for pension plans and employee benefits across Canada. In-house counsel and plan administrators should prepare for significant updates...

Dans cet épisode du balado Volumes d'affaires de Blakes, nos associés Bonny Murray et Jeff Sommers discutent des stratégies essentielles pour réduire les risques associés aux régimes de retraite enregistrés.

COVID-19 has brought significant changes to the way that we work, across all industry sectors.

Ontario's recently re-elected premier, Doug Ford, has introduced a 25% tariff on all electricity exported from Ontario to the northern border states of New York, Michigan and Minnesota, effective March 10, 2025.

With Canada's environmental landscape rapidly changing, staying up to date on related legislative changes and potential pitfalls is vital for businesses.

Further to our bulletin of October 2007, the Canadian Securities Administrators recently implemented proposed amendments to the proxy solicitation and information circular provisions of National Instrument 51-102 – “Continuous Disclosure Obligations” (NI 51-102) and its related companion policy.

As many of you know, on August 1, 2007, the Ontario government accidentally repealed section 46(3) of the Ontario Personal Property Security Act (the PPSA).

On November 8, 2025, Health Canada published the Regulations Amending the Medical Devices Regulations (Establishment Licences) (Draft Regulations) in the Canada Gazette...

Following the sky-high activity from 2021, M&A activity in the food and beverage industry slowed to more sustainable levels in 2022, inching closer to 2019 numbers in terms of deal volume and value.

On July 27, 2020, the Time Limits and Other Periods Act (COVID-19) came into force. This new law gives the Minister of Industry, Science and Innovation (Minister) the authority to extend national...

In 2018, several insolvency cases were litigated that will be of interest to commercial lenders in restructuring and insolvency proceedings.

On November 25th, 2005, Bill C-55, which proposes sweeping changes to Canada’s principal insolvency statutes, received Royal Assent – the final step in the Canadian legislative process before a bill is proclaimed in force. Prior to dissolving Parliament and calling a Federal election for January 23, 2006, the Liberal Government gave assurances to the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, which is charged with oversight and review of Bill C-55, that it would not proclaim the Bill in fo

On July 20, 2020, the Quebec Court of Appeal (Court of Appeal) released its decision in Séquestre de Media5 Corporation, overturning the lower court's decision and authorizing the appointment...

Amendments to the "Trade-marks Regulations” came into force on October 1, 2007 and apply to all trade-mark applications advertised in the “Trade-marks Journal” on or after October 1, 2007.

The Canadian government has announced new restrictions on its relationship with Zimbabwe in response to the recent election in that country.

Blakes regularly assists various mining clients on transactions involving many mineral and land tenures.

As part of our quarterly series on current trends across different industries, our second article for 2019 explores cross-practice litigation developments in Canada