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Should you be retaining lien holdback under your repair or maintenance contract?

Stakeholders should pay close attention to the type of work under their maintenance or repair contracts, in order to determine if materials or...

Continued uncertainty fuels creativity in mining sector transactions

Although 2019 started off with significant fanfare with two of the largest Canadian mining M&A deals in recent memory, ultimately these deals did...

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...

Adjudication Authority selected

On October 1, 2019, adjudication will come into force in Ontario. Under the Construction Act, a single Authorized Nominating Authority was envisaged...

Appeal from denial of leave to appeal: Limits to the “jurisdiction exception”

There is an established line of authority that no appeal lies to the Court of Appeal for Ontario from a lower court decision denying leave to appeal,...

Government of Canada enacts changes to environmental assessment processes

On June 21, the federal government passed Bill C-69, new legislation that will materially reform the federal environmental assessment regime in...

Ontario Court of Appeal upholds constitutionality of federal carbon pricing regime

On June 28, 2019, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued a majority decision that the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act was constitutional. The...

Ontario prompt payment and adjudication: The final countdown

On October 1, 2019, prompt payment and adjudication under the Construction Act will come into force, and Ontario will be the first jurisdiction to...

Federal prompt payment legislation passed

The Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work Act (Federal Prompt Payment Act) sailed through as part of the larger federal budget Bill C-97 and...