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The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act sets out five potential tracks for federal EA depending on the nature of a project: (i) no assessment; (ii) screening; (iii) comprehensive study; (iv) mediation; and (v) review panel.

On January 21, 2010, the "scoping to triggers" approach employed by federal responsible authorities (RAs) under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) was decisively rejected by the Supreme Court of Canada.

On November 3, 2015, the BCSC released the reasons for its decision in Red Eagle, affirming that private placements can be made by target companies to a white knight in the context of a hostile bid where there is a legitimate need for the financing and where the purpose of the private placement is not to serve as a defensive tactic to thwart the competing bid.

In recent years, Canada has faced criticism for a perceived lack of anti-corruption enforcement. Much has been written about this, including in our Risk Blog...

Under section 163 of the regulations to the Securities Act, summonses issued pursuant to the Securities Act are required to be personally served.

On October 20, 2016, Mr. Arthur Potts, the Liberal MPP for Beaches – East York, introduced a Private Member's Public Bill, Bill 47, Protecting Rewards Points Act (Consumer Protection Amendment), 2016.

On March 29, 2014, the Alberta Energy Regulator became the entity responsible for issuing approvals pursuant to the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act for energy projects.

On March 3, 2014, the federal department of Public Works and Government Services introduced significant amendments to its Integrity Provisions, which govern all government procurement.

The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is a route available to Canadian patent applicants for accelerating prosecution of those applications for which a corresponding foreign patent application has already been deemed allowable.

The primary goal for defendants at the outset of a class proceeding is refusal of certification.

The individual lifetime capital gains exemption limit of $750,000 will be increased to $800,000 effective for the 2014 taxation year, and will be indexed to inflation for taxation years after 2014.

Section 4062(e) of ERISA was a forgotten and largely unenforced provision of ERISA until the PBGC issued regulations and began aggressively pursuing plan sponsors for liability.

As of October 31, 2017, facilitation payments will no longer be excluded from the bribery offence under Canada's Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (the CFPOA).

On May 11, 2021, the British Columbia government introduced amendments to the Employment Standards Act, RSBC 1996, c 113.

A recent split decision of the Supreme Court of Canada carries significant implications for construction project owners. As a result of the split decision, a 2021 Ontario Court of Appeal decision...

The laws of supply and demand have not been revoked: if home prices and rents are rising faster than the price of everything else, then demand for housing is outstripping supply...

The phenomenon of private credit has come to Canada in the last few years, and its presence is expected to increase here as in the rest of the world.

Multilateral Instrument 51-105 was adopted in 2012 by most of the provinces in Canada.