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PE Points – winter 2026

PE Points brings you the latest legal insights and important news to keep you up to date on the ever-evolving private equity landscape.

Investment Canada Act and Competition Act Quick Reference – 2026

Investment Canada Act thresholds There are multiple thresholds for the net benefit review of direct acquisitions of control of a Canadian...

Navigating the new Competition Act: early impacts and emerging challenges

Transformative amendments to the Competition Act have been in force for just over a year and we are already seeing their impact in several areas.

How 2025 rewrote the rules of corporate governance for 2026 and beyond

Political and regulatory shifts in Canada, the U.S. and globally reshaped several pillars of corporate governance in 2025.

PE Points Newsletter

Osler’s National Private Equity Group has launched its quarterly PE newsletter: your source of private equity news and information.

Key competition law considerations when transferring portfolio businesses to continuation vehicles

Transferring a portfolio business to a continuation vehicle may be subject to mandatory notification under the Competition Act.

Canada announces ‘major’ additional sanctions on Russia

Canada’s recent “biggest-ever” package of Russia sanctions expand but do not fundamentally change Canada’s sanctions on Russia.

Competition Bureau releases updated guidance on enforcement approach to property controls

The CPC Guidance published by the Competition Bureau advocates that firms use property controls only where justified.

Private right of access for relief from anti-competitive harm now in force in Canada

The new right of access under the Competition Act represents the broadest expansion of private enforcement of Canada’s competition laws in a...

On guard for thee: update to the Canadian national security guidelines

The impact of a foreign investment on Canada’s economic security has been explicitly added as a factor of national security review.