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Supreme Court of Canada revisits the law of government liability in negligence

Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada held that a municipality could be sued for negligent snow-clearing.

Proposed amendments to the Québec Charter of the French Language – impacts on labour relations

Significant amendments have been proposed to the Charter of the French Language in Québec.

Government of Québec proposes stricter French language law: what franchisors need to know

Significant amendments have been proposed to the Charter of the French Language in Québec.

Effective digital governance requires close collaboration

Strong collaboration between the federal and provincial governments will be essential to establishing a robust national digital governance system in...

Three week countdown for Canadian digital asset trading platforms to start getting registered under securities laws

On March 29, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) jointly...

A new approach to deference? Quadrexx and appeals from the Ontario Securities Commission

In a recent decision, Quadrexx Hedge Capital Management Ltd v Ontario Securities Commission (the “Quadrexx Appeal”), the Ontario...

Osler comments on Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce consultation report

On September 7, 2020, in a comprehensive letter to the Government of Ontario Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce (the Taskforce), we expressed...

Class action dismissed against the REM: Limits on obligations owed to public transit users

Recently, in Barré v. CDPQ Infra Inc., the Quebec Superior Court dismissed an application for authorization to institute a class action relating to...