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Judicial Review Notwithstanding the Charter’s “Notwithstanding” Clause? Yes, Says Saskatchewan’s Court of Appeal

On August 11, 2025, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA) released a major decision about section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Charter), which is colloquially referred to as the “notwithstanding”...more

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No “Wait and See,” Says Supreme Court of Canada: Statutes May Be Constitutionally Inapplicable on the Basis of Potential Effects...

In Opsis Airport Services Inc. v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 17 (Opsis), the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) held that a statute can be declared constitutionally inapplicable to an enterprise carrying on activities...more

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Supreme Court Approves Constitutionality of Multi-Crown Class Action

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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has endorsed the constitutionality of British Columbia (BC) legislation empowering the province to seek recovery of opioid epidemic healthcare costs in a proposed class action brought on...more

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La CSC annule les plafonds liés aux dépenses de publicité politique faite par des tiers en période préélectorale en Ontario

Les tiers qui exercent des activités de publicité politique en Ontario devraient s’attendre à des changements dans l’avenir, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») ayant rendu sa décision dans le cadre de la contestation...more

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SCC Strikes Down Ontario’s Pre-Election Third-Party Political Advertising Spending Limits

More changes are coming for third parties looking to engage in Ontario elections, after the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) settled the constitutional challenge to the province’s third-party pre-election political advertising...more

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Federal Impact Assessment: Legislative Amendments and Cabinet Directive

The Canadian government recently enacted the highly anticipated amendments to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA). These amendments, which came into force on June 20, 2024, address the constitutional overreach in the IAA, as...more

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La CSC statue que la partie de la Loi sur l’évaluation d’impact traitant des « projets désignés » est inconstitutionnelle

Le 13 octobre 2022, la Cour suprême du Canada (la « CSC ») a rendu sa décision dans l’affaire Renvoi relatif à la Loi sur l’évaluation d’impact. Les juges majoritaires de la CSC ont déterminé que la loi fédérale intitulée Loi...more

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SCC Rules Federal Impact Assessment Act’s “Designated Projects” Component Is Unconstitutional

On October 13, 2022, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) issued its decision in Reference re Impact Assessment Act. The majority of the SCC determined that the federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA) and associated Physical...more

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Majority of Supreme Court Finds Federal Impact Assessment Act Largely Unconstitutional

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On October 13, 2023, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) released Reference re Impact Assessment Act,2023 SCC 23 (“SCC Reference”), in which the majority found a large portion of the federal Impact Assessment Act, SC 2019, c...more

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Canada Given Green Light to Carbon Pricing: Why the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision Should Matter to Those South of Our...

On March 25, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (“GGPPA”), which establishes a national pricing benchmark for greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions. Reference re Greenhouse Gas...more

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Supreme Court of Canada Upholds Constitutionality of Challenged Provisions of Federal Genetic Non-discrimination Act

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On May 4, 2017, the federal government enacted the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GNDA). On July 10, 2020, in Reference re Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (Reference),2 the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) rendered a split...more

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Expatriate Voting Restrictions: No “Social Contract” Justification

On January 11, 2019, a majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruled in Frank v. Canada (Attorney General) (Frank) that certain provisions in the Canada Elections Act (CEA), which denied federal voting rights to...more

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SCC Renders Judgment on Cooperative National Securities Regulator

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Is the End in Sight? On November 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) unanimously ruled that a proposed pan-Canadian securities regulator is constitutionally acceptable. The decision, Reference re Pan-Canadian...more

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5 Business Cases to Watch in the Supreme Court’s Winter Session

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With the beginning of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Winter Session on January 8, the Supreme Court of Canada entered a new era following the retirement of former Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin and the appointment of Chief...more

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Rx IP Update - 2017 Highlights in Canadian Life Sciences IP

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The year 2017 was one of the most significant years for Canadian Life Sciences IP and Regulatory Law in Canada’s history. The year saw major developments in patent linkage, patent term, and substantive patent issues. As we...more

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Rx IP Update - December 2017

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PMPRB News - PMPRB releases scoping paper relating to proposed amended Regulations - As previously reported, on December 2, 2017, Canada’s Governor-in-Council published proposed Regulations Amending the Patented...more

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