Deceptive marketing provisions continue to be enforcement priority

Canada’s deceptive marketing practices regime has been the subject of incremental change since 2022 to strengthen the enforcement stance against...

Easing the burden for refusals to deal and the new right to repair

Historically, private parties have brought applications to the Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal) under the refusal to deal provision under section...

Commercial agreements: a new legal framework

For almost 40 years, only agreements between competitors (actual or potential) to rig bids, fix prices, allocate markets or restrict output and...

Leading firms and oligopolies: beware

The competition law landscape for businesses holding a dominant market position, as well as those operating within oligopolistic markets, has...

Increased rigour in merger enforcement

The Canadian merger review regime under the Competition Act (the Act) has undergone significant change from a substantive, technical and procedural...

Canada introduces sweeping bill to mandate tech and data interoperability in healthcare

On June 6, 2024, the federal Minister of Health introduced Bill C-72 — An Act respecting the interoperability of health information technology and...

Cannabis in safety sensitive positions: guidance from the Alberta Court of King’s Bench

The Alberta Court of King’s Bench found that employers have the right to enforce drug and alcohol policies, especially in the name of safety.

B.C.’s forever litigation: first tobacco, then opioids, now ‘forever chemicals’

On June 21, 2024, the B.C. government filed a proposed national class action in the Supreme Court of British Columbia against manufacturers of...

Securities and Exchange Commission approval of Ether ETFs

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a proposed rule change allowing major exchanges to list Ethereum exchange-traded funds.