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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...

OSC adopts pre-filing reviews for mining issuers

On June 6, 2019, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) announced by way of Staff Notice the adoption of a pre-filing review regime for mining...

Prompt payment and adjudication for federal projects

Building on the momentum of Ontario’s new Construction Act, the federal government now proposes the Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work...

Investment Canada Act Annual Report provides new insights into the small number of transactions that have raised national security concerns

On March 1, 2019, the Director of Investments filed the annual report on the administration of the Investment Canada Act for the fiscal year ending...

PDAC 2019: Lots to talk about

As a summary of PDAC 2019, we discuss all the rumours, speculation and hot topics amongst industry participants; from the gold sector and mega...

Court rejects deal price as indicator of fair value in dissent decision

In an extraordinary decision, the Supreme Court of Yukon in Carlock v. ExxonMobil Canada Holdings ULC (ExxonMobil), awarded dissenting shareholders a...

Climate change class actions come to Canada

As climate change litigation gains momentum, two recent developments show Canadian litigants turning to class actions to address climate-related...