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Five Questions, Five Answers: Electric Mobility Canada on Its Promises for a Cleaner Economy
Five Questions, Five Answers: The Voice of Canadian Automotive Parts Manufacturers
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Blakes Continuity Podcast: Cutting Through the Weeds: A Look at Environmental Issues Impacting Businesses
Balado continuité – Environnement : nouveautés du régime d’autorisation québécois
Blakes Continuity Podcast: What to Expect When Insolvency Crosses the Border
Infrastructure and Indigenous Engagement
A Way Forward: Energy Industry Ready to Fuel Canada's Recovery
Blakes Continuity Podcast: The Moving Landscape of Foreign Investments
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In OneMove Capital Corporation v Dye & Durham Limited, 2024 ONSC 5114 (OneMove), Justice Penny of the Commercial List division of the Ontario Superior Court concluded that shareholders may not submit a proposal under s. 99...more
Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne recently introduced the 21st-Century Business Act (Bill S-285), a Senate public bill that proposes substantive amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). The legislative proposal...more
Depuis le 1er janvier 2020, les sociétés ayant fait appel au public (en général, les sociétés ouvertes) régies par la Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions (la « LCSA ») sont tenues de fournir des renseignements sur la...more
Since January 1, 2020, distributing corporations (generally, public companies) governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) have been required to provide diversity disclosures regarding “designated groups,” as...more
In 2021, the Government of Canada proposed regulations that would change the director election process for certain corporations established under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). For more information with respect...more
On December 2, 2021, the Alberta Government's Bill 84: Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2021 (Bill 84) received Royal Assent. The amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (ABCA) contemplated by Bill 84 (which...more
Les sociétés canadiennes subissent de plus en plus de pression pour augmenter le nombre de femmes dans leur conseil d’administration et leur équipe de haute direction. Il semblerait, en fait, que les sociétés dont le conseil...more
Canadian companies are facing growing pressure to increase the representation of women on their boards and in executive officer positions. There is evidence that suggests that companies with a greater balance of women on...more
As of July 5, 2021, corporations incorporated under Ontario’s Business Corporations Act will no longer be required to have at least 25% of directors be resident Canadians. Effective July 5, 2021, subsection 118(3) of...more
À compter du 5 juillet 2021, les sociétés constituées sous le régime de la Loi sur les sociétés par actions de l’Ontario (la « LSAO ») ne seront plus tenues de compter des administrateurs « résidents canadiens ». Tel...more
Effective July 5, 2021 corporations governed by Ontario’s Business Corporations Act (OBCA) are no longer required to have any “resident Canadian” directors. As noted in our October 2020 Blakes Bulletin: Ontario Proposes...more
En mai 2018, le projet de loi C-25, Loi modifiant la Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions, la Loi canadienne sur les coopératives, la Loi canadienne sur les organisations à but non lucratif et la Loi sur la...more
Le 7 avril 2021, Corporations Canada a publié son rapport intitulé Diversité au sein des conseils d’administration et de la haute direction des sociétés ayant fait appel au public de régime fédéral (le « Rapport »). Il s’agit...more
In May 2018, An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act, the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act and the Competition Act (Bill C-25) received Royal Assent. Certain amendments to the...more
Dans un rapport publié récemment et intitulé 360º Governance: Where Are The Directors In A World In Crisis? (en anglais seulement) (le « rapport »), Peter Dey et Sarah Kaplan se penchent sur les pratiques modernes de bonne...more
On April 7, 2021, Corporations Canada published Diversity of Boards of Directors and Senior Management of Federal Distributing Corporations (Report). The Report is the first annual review of “comply or explain” disclosure...more
With the release of a report entitled “360º Governance: Where Are The Directors In A World In Crisis?” (Report), Peter Dey and Sarah Kaplan examine modern good governance from a practical and scholarly standpoint,...more
Certain amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) (ABCA) are now in effect. Corporations formed under the ABCA are no longer required to have any of their directors be "resident Canadians", as defined in the...more
Le 6 octobre 2020, le gouvernement de l’Ontario a présenté en première lecture le projet de loi 213, Loi de 2020 pour mieux servir la population et faciliter les affaires (la « Loi »), qui, s’il est adopté, apportera deux...more
On October 6, 2020, the Government of Ontario introduced for first reading Bill 213, Better for People, Smarter for Business Act, 2020 (Act), which, if enacted, will make two significant amendments to the Ontario Business...more
Effective May 1, 2020, all private companies existing under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (BCBCA), will be required to establish and maintain a transparency register of “significant individuals.” ...more
Companies governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act (the “CBCA”) should be aware and mindful of recent amendments to the CBCA related to directors’ and officers’ fiduciary duties and diversity disclosure requirements...more
A Canadian legal requirement to present an advisory “Say-on-Pay” shareholder vote—a shareholder vote approving a company’s approach to executive compensation—is potentially on the horizon for certain Canadian public...more
Public corporations incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) will soon be required to report the diversity of their directors and senior management....more
Beginning January 1, 2020, distributing corporations (generally, public companies) governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) will be required to provide additional diversity disclosure in connection with their...more