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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
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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
Amendments to the Canadian Competition Act (Act) that came into effect on June 20, 2025 significantly expand the rights and incentives for private parties to seek orders from the Competition Tribunal (Tribunal). Among other...more
On February 19, 2025, Québec Minister of Labour Jean Boulet introduced Bill 89, which would amend the Québec Labour Code and related provisions to safeguard the well-being of the population by maintaining necessary services...more
Le Tribunal des marchés financiers de l’Ontario (le « Tribunal ») a publié les motifs qui ont motivé sa décision en juillet 2024 d’interdire les opérations à l’égard du régime de droits des actionnaires adopté par Bitfarm...more
The Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal (CMT) has released reasons for its July 2024 decision to cease-trade the shareholder rights plan adopted by Bitfarms Ltd. (Bitfarms)....more
The Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal recently released its highly anticipated reasons for cease trading a shareholder rights plan adopted by Bitfarms Ltd. (Bitfarms) with a 15% trigger (15% Rights Plan). In Riot Platforms,...more
The Ontario Capital Markets Tribunal (Tribunal) recently dismissed enforcement proceedings brought against several respondents by the Ontario Securities Commission (Commission) in Cormark Securities Inc (Re). The Commission...more
Canada’s Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) recently released its reasons in the first contested case to apply the amended misleading representations provisions of the Competition Act (Act). The Tribunal’s decision assessed...more
In Aguele v. Family Options Inc., 2024 HRTO 991, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) dismissed an employee’s application alleging discrimination with respect to employment because of family status and reprisal...more
Parliament recently passed Bill C-59 (the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023), which include important changes to Canada’s Competition Act, many of which are now in force. These amendments follow the already...more
The Minister of Finance recently introduced Bill C-56 to implement certain proposals announced by the Prime Minister designed to lower prices and “make life more affordable” for Canadians. The bill provides details of the...more
Canada’s Commissioner of Competition filed an application under the deceptive marketing provisions of the Competition Act (Act) on May 18, 2023, alleging that Cineplex Inc. is making false or misleading representations to the...more
On May 25, 2023, the Québec government tabled a bill to replace the current Expropriation Act. Like the current law, the bill will apply to expropriations initiated by both the provincial and municipal governments. The bill...more
The Rogers Communications Inc. deal to buy Shaw Communications Inc. after Shaw sells its Freedom Mobile business to Videotron Ltd. will increase competition, Canada's Competition Tribunal found....more
The Canadian Commissioner of Competition’s appeal from a decision of the Competition Tribunal allowing the Rogers-Shaw-Videotron deal to go ahead is likely to fail. On New Year’s Eve, the Competition Tribunal dismissed the...more
La demande déposée par le Bureau de la concurrence (le « Bureau ») visant à bloquer la fusion de Rogers Communications Inc. (« Rogers ») et de « Shaw Communications Inc. » (« Shaw ») (la « fusion »), d’une valeur de 26 G$ CA,...more
The Competition Bureau (Bureau) has lost its challenge to the C$26-billion merger between Rogers Communications Inc. (Rogers) and Shaw Communications Inc. (Shaw), given the divestiture of the entirety of Freedom Mobile Inc....more
On October 31, 2022, the Competition Tribunal issued its long-awaited – and indeed nearly forgotten – decision in Canada (Commissioner of Competition) v. Parrish & Heimbecker, Limited....more
As we look ahead to the trends and issues likely to be at the forefront of Canadian competition law policy and enforcement in 2022, it is clear that discussion of significant potential legislative reforms will be an important...more
Is the Court of Justice Opinion 1/17, in response to Belgium’s concerns over the compatibility of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Tribunals and EU law, a further step towards investor-state dispute...more
On July 26, 2017, the Supreme Court released two seminal decisions that clarify the role of administrative tribunals, such as the National Energy Board ("NEB"), in fulfilling the Crown’s duty to consult with Indigenous...more
On July 26, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released two decisions on the role of the National Energy Board (NEB) and other regulatory tribunals in aboriginal consultation: Clyde River (Hamlet) v. Petroleum...more
When can a court review a tribunal's decisions, other than the decision under review, in determining whether the decision should be subject to a remedy on judicial review? This question arises from the recent Supreme Court of...more
On June 23, 2016, the Federal Court of Appeal delivered the Northern Gateway Project another procedural setback in its decision on Gitxaala Nation v Canada (2016 FCA 187). In a 2-to-1 split decision, the court overturned the...more
KEY TAKEAWAYS: - The Competition Tribunal (Tribunal) requires that consent agreements disclose the basis of the conduct being remedied and the remedy’s rationale. The Tribunal confirms a previous holding that mere...more
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has granted leave to appeal in two cases concerning the ability of a regulatory tribunal to discharge the Crown’s duty to consult. In Hamlet of Clyde River v. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical...more