On July 3, 2025, Québec’s financial institutions regulator – the Autorité des marchés financiers (“AMF”) – published draft guidelines (“Draft Guidelines”) on the use of artificial intelligence systems (“AI Systems”) by...more
The final amendments to the Québec Charter of the French Language (“Charter”) introduced by Bill 96 will come into force on June 1, 2025. These changes relate to how non-French trademarks can appear on commercial signage and...more
5/23/2025
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Product Packaging ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Trademarks ,
Trademarks Act
Two recent decisions by Québec’s data protection authority, the Commission d’accès à l’information (the “CAI”), should serve as cautionary tales for any business contemplating the deployment of biometric information...more
3/31/2025
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Canada ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Regulatory Requirements
Over the past few years, the Québec government has shown a renewed interest in establishing robust protections for consumers within the province. As part of this project, Bill 29, An Act to protect consumers from planned...more
On October 27, 2023, Québec repealed the provisions of the Act respecting lotteries, publicity contests, and amusement machines pertaining to publicity contests and abolished the Rules respecting publicity contests entirely....more
The province of Québec recently enacted Bill 29, An Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods. This legislation adds important new provisions on...more