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The author would like to acknowledge the contribution of 2020 Summer Student and 2021/2022 Articling Student Kayla Cockburn. On July 9, 2020, the Ontario government announced “New Changes to Advance Equal Opportunity for Black, Indigenous and Racialized Students.” [1]  The announcement included a statement that as of September 2020, there would be a ban on […]

On May 19, 2020, the Competition Bureau (“Bureau”) registered a consent agreement with Facebook Inc. (“Facebook”) after investigating Facebook’s privacy claims in respect of its platform and Messenger service. The Bureau found that Facebook’s claims regarding a user’s ability to control the level of personal information that can be shared with third-party application developers were […]

The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat launched the Supply Chain Regulatory Review consultation through the Let’s Talk Federal Regulations engagement platform on November 7, 2023. This consultation is part of the third round of the government’s Targeted Regulatory Reviews. The first two rounds led to the development of Roadmaps, or action plans, which have subsequently […]

The reverberations of the recent CN railway blockades, which have caused delays in the movement of goods, as well as the impacts of the Coronavirus on the importation of goods from Asia, are being felt by businesses across Canada. If your business is experiencing a temporary decline as a result of the rail blockades or […]

On March 23, 2020, the Government of Quebec announced that all Quebec businesses that provide services and carry out “non-essential” activities will be required to suspend their activities from March 25, 2020, at 00:01 a.m. until April 13, 2020. Following this announcement, the Government of Quebec made available through its website a list of services […]

Contrary to recent media reports, cross-border truck drivers, regardless of their citizenship or place of residence, will be fully subject to the federal government’s vaccination mandate as of January 15, 2022.  In short, all Canadian drivers who are unvaccinated, or partially vaccinated, will have to quarantine on arrival.  Foreign drivers without sufficient proof of vaccination […]

The American Bar Association (“ABA”) recently published its updated Canadian Private Target M&A Deal Points Study. This is the ABA’s first release since 2018.  The new study analyzes 83 acquisition agreements from 2020 to 2022 involving Canadian private targets purchased or sold by public companies. The authors of this article contributed to this study. For […]

Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are seeking feedback to inform their development of voluntary guidance for businesses when selling food and beverages to consumers through e-commerce. The guidance would relate to food information, such as labelling and claims, that is presented to consumers by retailers and other businesses when purchasing food […]

A group of prominent lawyers have published an open letter urging the government to change the rules that govern how Canadian registered charities are permitted to work with third party organizations in Canada and around the world to further their charitable purposes. It is rare for a group of practicing lawyers to take the step of […]

Highlights The 2021 merger review thresholds under the Competition Act (“CA”) and the Investment Canada Act (“ICA”) (collectively, the “Thresholds”) are now in full effect until the next annual adjustment. The Thresholds assist in determining whether a proposed transaction triggers: a pre-merger notification obligation under the CA; and an obligation to file an application for […]