Against the current backdrop of global market uncertainty, on April 17, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) announced new incremental measures aimed at reducing regulatory burden for reporting issuers,…
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/ Securities Law
On April 17, 2025, the Ontario government introduced Bill 5, called the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025 (Bill 5), an extensive legislative proposal aimed at accelerating resource development and reducing…
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/ Administrative Law, Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade
Even amid the uncertainty of U.S. tariffs and a trade war, there was some positive PE activity in Canada in the first quarter of 2025. What lies ahead after President Trump announced his sweeping global tariff plans on April…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions
In Ocean Pacific Hotels Ltd. v Lee, 2025 BCCA 57, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia confirmed that the duty of honest performance in contract does not extend to pre-contractual negotiations…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Baker v Van Dolder’s Home Team Inc. (Baker) is the latest decision in Ontario to conclude that a termination provision permitting an employer to terminate, without cause, “at any time” is contrary to the Employment Standards…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Businesses are increasingly defrauded through common scams known as business email compromise scams (BEC scams) for which they do not have insurance to cover the resulting losses. Fortunately, there are easy-to-implement…
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/ Business Torts, Finance & Banking, Science, Computers, & Technology
Asking the right questions within your organization is key to effectively managing cyber risk. Here are 10 questions that you should ask your team..…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The 2025-26 Quebec budget, released on March 25, 2025, includes important (and adverse) changes to the deductions and exemptions available under the Quebec flow-through share regime, removing many of the additional provincial…
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/ Taxation
On March 11, 2025, the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware issued an order under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code recognizing and enforcing a restructuring plan under Mexican law that included nonconsensual…
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/ Bankruptcy, Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has published for comment proposed amendments to the TSX Company Manual (the Manual). The amendments are intended to support capital markets by..…
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/ Business Organizations, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
With the next federal election scheduled called for April 28, 2025, anyone considering making a financial contribution to a political party or candidate should be aware of the rules governing contributions and political…
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/ Administrative Law, Communications & Media Law, Elections & Politics
In light of recent caselaw, and despite popular belief, it may be time to reframe specific performance as a perfectly ordinary remedy rather than an extraordinary one. The decision of Justice Rees in The Decorators Choice Paint…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial
Private equity (PE) firms play a critical role in revitalizing struggling businesses by providing, among other things, financial support and operational expertise. PE transactions are often driven by a combination of strategic…
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/ Finance & Banking, Mergers & Acquisitions, Taxation
CDPQ Infra has launched two requests for expressions of interest (DEI) for progressive design-build (PDB) services for the 19-kilometre TramCité Project in Québec City…
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/ Construction Law, Government Contracting, Transportation
The Alberta Human Rights Commission (the Commission) recently published its annual report, highlighting trends in human rights complaints for the fiscal year April 1, 2023—March 31, 2024…
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/ Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
