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Financial services regulation: Toward integrated consumer protection initiatives

In the decade that immediately followed the financial crisis, financial services regulatory reform largely focused on solvency and capital adequacy.

Technology highlights: AI, financial services, PropTech and blockchain

Over the past year, the trends we wrote about in 2018 have continued. We have also seen the development and adoption of new technologies in...

FINTRAC updates guidance regarding identity verification methods permitted under amendments to anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing regulations

Updated FINTRAC guidance on identity verification indicates that reporting entities are expected to use software or other technological tools to...

Competition Tribunal confirms business justification is the paramount consideration in an abuse of dominance case

On October 17, 2019, the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) rendered its decision in CT-2016-015 Commissioner of Competition v. Vancouver Airport...

CSA finalizes client focused reforms to Canadian securities registration rule

On October 3, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published Reforms to Enhance the Client-Registrant Relationship (Client Focused...

Health Canada releases final regulations for new classes of cannabis

Health Canada recently released the final regulations governing three new permitted classes of cannabis: edible cannabis, cannabis extracts, and...

Transitioning (again) into the Construction Act: Managing compliance

As the flagship amendments to Ontario’s Construction Act come into effect on October 1, 2019, stakeholders in the construction sector are grappling...

Becoming an adjudicator under the Ontario Construction Act

The Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (ODACC) will begin operations on October 1, 2019, and is now inviting individuals to...

Listing in the REIN: Cruel and unusual punishment under the Charter?

Does the automatic listing in the Register of enterprises ineligible for public contracts constitute cruel and unusual punishment within the meaning...