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Québec adopts Bill 81, amending most of the province’s environmental laws

Bill 81 amends the environmental impact assessment and review procedure, reconciliation between provincial and municipal regulations and other issues.

Québec adopts its regulation prohibiting motor vehicles and internal combustion engines by 2035

On December 16, 2024, Québec adopted the Regulation prescribing certain prohibitions as regards motor vehicles and internal combustion engines (the...

Québec introduces Bill 81 to amend various environmental laws

On November 20, Québec tabled Bill 81, which would amend the majority of the province’s environmental legislation.

Québec Court of Appeal underscores the evolving nature of environmental standards in transactions

In a recent decision dealing with groundwater contamination at a shopping centre, the Québec Court of Appeal highlighted the importance of...

Law 25: a new enforcement scheme for protection of personal information in the private sector in Québec

On September 22, 2023, the majority of the amendments to the Québec privacy legislation introduced in the Act to modernize legislative...

Law 25: a new enforcement scheme for protection of personal information in the private sector in Québec

Last fall, several significant amendments to Québec’s privacy legislation, Law 25, came into force. What do organizations need to consider when...

Widening the lanes? Supreme Court of Canada weighs in on the territorial reach of Québec’s securities regulatory tribunal

On November 17, the Supreme Court of Canada directly addressed for the first time the question of whether provincial administrative tribunals have...

The Superior Court of Québec denies certification of a proposed worldwide securities class action

Osler lawyers review a Québec court decision in which a proposed securities class action was solely based on a short seller report.