Briana MacEachern and Adam Rempel examine how two recent decisions from the Alberta Employment Standards Appeal Body bolster earlier jurisprudence uph…
Alberta presses ‘pause’ on renewable energy projects
The Alberta Utilities Commission will pause approvals on new renewable energy projects over one megawatt until February 29, 2024.
Ontario’s Bill 27: a new licensing regime for recruiters and temporary help agencies
Ontario’s Bill 27 introduced new licensing and record-keeping requirements for recruiters and temporary help agencies, many of which came into e…
Ontario Court of Appeal clarifies duty to mitigate damages in fixed-term independent contracts
A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision provides new clarity on the mitigation of damages in fixed-term independent contractor engagements, write Da…
Amendments to British Columbia’s Securities Act grant BCSC new powers
On July 17, 2023, legislative amendments to British Columbia’s Securities Act, targeted at “modernizing” the statute and impr…
Streamlining enforcement of minor infractions: the British Columbia Securities Commission’s ‘traffic ticket’ style mechanism
On April 26, 2023, the B.C. Securities Commission introduced its newest mechanism for levying administrative monetary penalties without a hearing for …
CIRO outlines first steps in bulletin on priorities for FY2024
Having closed the transaction which saw the amalgamation of Canada’s two self-regulatory organizations effective January 1, 2023, the Canadian I…
The state of corporate climate litigation
The 2023 Global Climate Change Litigation Report indicates that, between July 2020 and December 2022, there were 630 climate change l…
Government of Canada releases draft Clean Electricity Regulations aimed at achieving net-zero emissions from Canada’s electricity grid by 2035 – Obligations for electricity generators
The federal government has released draft regulations designed to limit carbon emissions produced by electricity generated using fossil fuel.
Canadian securities regulators publish results of review of conflicts of interest practices
On August 3, 2023, Canadian securities regulators released the findings of their joint review of conflicts of interest practices at 172 investment fir…
