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
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Canada’s Bill C-64, An Act respecting pharmacare (the “Pharmacare Act”) received royal assent on October 10, 2024 and established a framework for national pharmacare. On February 27, 2025, the Hon. Mark Holland, Canada’s...more
We previously reported on Canada’s first-ever National Strategy for Drugs for Rare Diseases, which included up to $1.4 billion in funding for provinces and territories, to be negotiated through bilateral agreements. This...more
In recent years, growing attention and effort has been placed on studying Indigenous economies in Canada with the aim of closing gaps in business, project, community and housing financing, ultimately closing the...more
On July 17, 2024, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the official establishment of the Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF). This initiative will provide $30 billion over the next 10 years and up to $3 billion annually on a...more
On October 1, the Government of Canada announced the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s (CIB) $10-billion plan to invest in major infrastructure initiatives (the Growth Plan), as a part of the $35 billion allocated to the CIB under...more
In Washington - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised guidance for coronavirus testing is confusing and alarming many. The CDC now says people who have been in close contact with a person infected...more
On August 7, 2020, the Government of Alberta launched Period 4 of the Site Rehabilitation Program (SRP) and released further details about the SRP, including information about the submission process for abandonment work and...more
On May 11, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that, as part of its COVID-19 Economic Response Plan, the federal government will establish the Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF) program. ...more
As described in our previous blog posts, COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Economic Stimulus for Canadian Businesses published on April 8 and an update post published on April 16, the Canadian federal government and most provincial...more
The lack of readily available funds that often exists within a growing small or medium technology enterprise (Tech-SME) can result in management having to juggle many competing priorities; unfortunately, this sometimes means...more
Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn problems now extend to the United States, where the Securities and Exchange Commission has opened a probe into the accuracy of the company’s financial disclosures and internal controls....more
LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - USDA Releases GMO Labeling Standard - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Agricultural Marketing Service has released the final National Bioengineered Food Disclosure...more
On June 22, 2018, federal Ministers Amarjeet Sohi, of Infrastructure and Communities, and Ahmed Hussen, of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced a new Community Employment Benefits Initiative (Initiative) to...more
In his fall economic statement on November 1, Mr. Morneau, the federal Minister of Finance, committed the federal government to deliver an additional $81 billion between 2017 and 2027 to fund public infrastructure with an...more
Shortly after the election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, we summarized the infrastructure promises made on the Liberal campaign trail in our October 2015 Blakes Bulletin: Under Construction: Infrastructure Plans and...more
CFTC Chairman Calls for Increased Funding and Discusses Priorities During Congressional Testimony - Timothy Massad, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, appeared before members of the House of...more
On December 9, 2014, Ontario’s Auditor General released her 2014 Annual Report, sharply criticizing Ontario’s Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP or P3) program and suggesting a return to using the traditional method...more