Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (Minister), François-Philippe Champagne, has announced an update to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) National Security Review Guidelines (Guidelines) to expressly include...more
In June 2024, amendments to the Canadian Competition Act (Act) garnered significant attention (and criticism) from both business and legal communities in Canada for the introduction of new “greenwashing” provisions. The new...more
2/12/2025
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Canada ,
Canadian Competition Act ,
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Competition ,
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Consumer Protection Laws ,
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False Advertising ,
Greenwashing ,
Sustainability ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Significant amendments to Canada’s Competition Act (Act) dominated discussion about Canadian competition law policy and enforcement in 2022. Given the full implementation of the first round of amendments and the formal...more
In this annual review of Canadian foreign investment law, we discuss developments over the past year, including proposed amendments to the Investment Canada Act (ICA) and new government policies on the treatment of specific...more
2/6/2023
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Espionage ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Canada Act ,
Investors ,
Minerals ,
National Security ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Russia ,
Transparency
Canada’s Competition Bureau (Bureau) hosted a summit in late September, its first in-person event in more than two years. The summit explored the intersection between competition law and environmental and sustainability...more