Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 72 - Cultural Roots, Belonging, and the Fear of Change: What’s Next for Inclusion?
Daily Compliance News: June 24, 2025, The Questions, Questions, and More Questions Edition
Hot Topics in International Trade - Tariff Mitigation Strategies
Everything Compliance, Shout Outs and Rants: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
Adapting to Tariffs and Other Trade Policy Shifts Under the Trump Administration
A Brief Primer on Tariffs Under the Trump Administration
Protect, Prepare, Prevail: Navigating a Complex Cybersecurity World
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Patent Considerations in View of the Nearshoring Trends to the Americas
Examining E-Discovery in Competition Law
No Password Required: Education Lead at Semgrep and Former Czar for Canada’s Election Security
Shifting Dynamics in Private Equity
4 Key Takeaways | Major U.S. Supreme Court Trademark & Copyright Decisions
Hidden Traffic : New Human Trafficking and Child Labor Regulation in Canada with Sean Stephenson
[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
[Podcast] USMCA in Review, with C.J. Mahoney, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Episode 4 - USMCA and the trade relationship between the U.S.A, Mexico, & China
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
Canada’s financial sector is facing unprecedented scrutiny, rising enforcement, and evolving compliance risks – are you ready? Join top regulators and industry leaders at CI's 24th Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money...more
L’année 2025 pourrait se révéler porteuse d’importants changements dans le secteur des paiements au Canada en raison de l’élargissement de l’admissibilité à participer aux systèmes de Paiements Canada, ainsi que du...more
2025 may prove to be a year of significant change to the Canadian payments landscape due to the expansion of Payments Canada membership and further development of the Real-Time Rail (RTR) payment system....more
The recent Fall Economic Statement announced the intention of the current Canadian federal government to materially increase the financial (and other) penalties faced by designated individuals and entities doing business in...more
Le 12 novembre 2024, la Cour d’appel du Québec a rendu une décision importante dans l’affaire Autorité des marchés financiers c. Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec. Cet arrêt concerne l’article 17.0.1 de la...more
This post is a follow-up to our earlier blog, Upcoming Retail Payment Activities Act Regulation—Updates from the Bank of Canada, where we summarized the four-step test under the Retail Payment Activities Act (RPAA) to...more
Le 16 novembre 2024, le ministère des Finances a publié le projet de Règlement modifiant le Règlement sur le régime de protection des consommateurs en matière financière (le « projet de règlement ») et a lancé une période de...more
La réglementation du secteur des services financiers et des paiements au Canada a fait l’objet de plusieurs modifications récemment, lesquelles ont des répercussions sur le plan de la conformité, notamment en lien avec le...more
Vers la fin du mois de septembre, le Bureau du surintendant des institutions financières (le « BSIF ») et l’Agence de la consommation en matière financière du Canada (l’« ACFC ») ont publié un rapport conjoint dans lequel ils...more
On November 16, 2024, the Department of Finance released Proposed Regulations Amending the Financial Consumer Protection Framework Regulations (Regulations) and opened a 30-day consultation period that closes on December 16,...more
In late September, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) and the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) jointly released a report describing the evolving risk landscape related to the use by...more
Canada’s financial services and payments sector is experiencing a surge of regulatory updates, impacting the Code of Conduct for the Payment Card Industry (Code), criminal interest rate laws, open banking, consumer protection...more
CSA Extends Deadline to Delist Stablecoins - The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has once again extended the deadline for registered crypto-trading platforms to address trading in value referenced crypto assets...more
In recent years, the landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) financing in private equity (PE) has experienced significant changes. Rising costs of debt and fluctuating availability have compelled PE firms to reassess...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (“CSA”) and the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (“CIRO”) recently published the Annual Report (“Report”) of the Joint Regulators Committee (“JRC”) of the Ombudsman for...more
Canada's Consumer-Driven Banking Act (CDBA) has become law. It was enacted on June 20, 2024, when Bill C-69, the Budget Implementation Act, 2024 received royal assent....more
If your company is a fintech operating or hoping to operate in Canada with a business model that offers financial products, you should be aware that Canada’s federal government has announced its intention to enact legislation...more
Introduction Le 30 avril 2024, le gouvernement fédéral du Canada (le « gouvernement fédéral ») a déposé l’avis de motion de voies et moyens pour présenter la Loi d’exécution no 1 du budget de 2024 (le « projet de loi ») afin...more
In response to high-profile concerns about foreign interference in Canadian elections, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety has proposed a new Bill C-70, the Countering Foreign Interference Act (Bill). The Bill makes a number...more
On April 16, 2024, the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister presented the Canadian Government’s 2024 budget. The government reiterated that it was “reinforcing its efforts to crack down on predatory lending, and moving...more
Introduction - On April 30, 2024, the federal government tabled a Notice of Ways and Means Motion to introduce the Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 (Bill) to codify many of the provisions of the 2024 budget (Budget...more
Le 16 avril 2024, la vice-première ministre et ministre des Finances du Canada, Chrystia Freeland, a dévoilé le budget fédéral de 2024 (le « Budget 2024 »). Intitulé « Une chance équitable pour chaque génération », le Budget...more
On April 16, 2024, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled Budget 2024 (Budget). The Budget, titled “Fairness for every generation,” sets out the federal government’s policy initiatives...more
As we highlighted in our last quarterly Fintech update in 2023, a new regulatory framework under the Retail Payments Activities Act (RPAA) will soon affect all retail payment service providers (PSPs) doing business in Canada....more
Hosted by the Canadian Institute, the 23rd Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime returns for another exciting year. The event features carefully curated programming providing practical guidance...more