OSC’s Investor Advisory Panel releases 2018 Annual Report

The challenge of understanding the unique perspectives of consumer level investors led the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to establish the...

Important changes to Alberta’s workplace legislation

On May 27, 2019, Alberta's newly elected government executed an Order in Council, amending Alberta's Employment Standards Regulation by reducing the...

Recent cases

Summaries of two cases: Total Energy Services Inc. v. The Queen, 2019 TCC 112 and Renaud v. The Queen, 2019 CAF 154.

Québec Minister of Finance introduces additional measures to further counter aggressive tax planning

As part of its comprehensive strategy to combat aggressive tax planning, the Ministère des Finances du Québec released Information Bulletin 2019-5...

Court of Appeal dismisses appeal in beer price class action citing regulated conduct defence

On April 17, 2019, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in Hughes v Liquor Control Board of Ontario, 2019 ONCA 305, dismissing the...

Canadian Anonymization Network launched

CANON is an informal network, comprised of data custodians from across private, public and health sectors, whose primary purpose is to promote...

Supreme Court to hear arguments about enforceability of arbitration clauses

The Supreme Court granted leave to appeal in Uber Technologies Inc., et al. v. David Heller. At issue is an arbitration clause in the Uber driver...

MFDA boosts enforcement activity in 2018

Canada’s ‘other’ national self-regulatory agency is demonstrating its intention to police the mutual fund distributors it...

Changes to the planning and development system in Ontario

On May 2, 2019, the Government of Ontario released the results of its Housing Supply Action Plan consultation.

Health Canada announces changes to the federal cannabis licensing process

As of May 8, 2019, Health Canada will require new applicants for cannabis licences under the Cannabis Act to have a fully built site that meets all...