La pandémie de COVID-19 a donné lieu à une série de mesures sanitaires mises en place par les divers paliers de gouvernement, dont la création d’un passeport vaccinal, lequel soulève bien des questions relatives à la...more
10/25/2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about a wave of government-led public health measures including vaccine passport regimes with implications for digital privacy, as identified by Canada’s Federal, Provincial and Territorial...more
10/20/2021
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Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
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Public Health Emergency ,
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Vaccine Passports
L’économie numérique a transformé nos modes de vie ainsi que la façon dont les organisations exercent leurs activités. Elle soulève également des enjeux inédits au chapitre de la protection de la vie privée; des enjeux qui...more
The digital economy has changed the way we live and the way organizations carry on business. It has also raised unique privacy challenges that were not imaginable when Canada’s private-sector privacy laws were originally...more
As of June 1, 2020, the Supreme Court of British Columbia has resumed some operations, and therefore businesses with operations in British Columbia should be aware of the Frustrated Contract Act (British Columbia) (Act). The...more
As part of our continuing series on the amendments to the British Columbia Securities Act (Act), we turn to amendments that increase the ability of the B.C. Securities Commission (Commission) to take action involving third...more
On March 27, 2020, sweeping changes to the British Columbia Securities Act (Act) will be coming into force, giving the British Columbia Securities Commission (Commission) some of the strongest investigation, enforcement and...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has amended its Dealer Member Rules to require mandatory reporting by dealer members (Dealers) in the event of a cybersecurity incident. The amendments are...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) recently released its Annual Enforcement Report (Report), which highlights IIROC’s efforts to increase its rate of collection on monetary fines, including...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) is engaged in a three-year strategic plan to expand its portfolio of enforcement options. As part of this initiative, IIROC has proposed two potential new...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) and the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA) have each released statements of priorities for 2018.
Taken together, and in conjunction with...more
As part of Canada’s 2013 significant overhaul to its foreign corrupt practices regime, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (CFPOA), Canada indicated an intention to repeal the exception for facilitation payments....more
Earlier this month, Alberta became the first province to grant the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) express, direct legal authority to collect evidence during the course of its investigations and...more
The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) has released its priorities for 2018 (Priorities). The Priorities address issues related to policy development, enforcement and IIROC’s general supervisory...more
On October 24, 2016, the Securities Commissions of British Columbia (BCSC) and Ontario (OSC, together with the BCSC, the Commissions) released the reasons for their decision in Re Hecla Mining. The Commissions had previously...more
Canadian securities regulators often cooperate with their counterparts abroad due to the increasingly global nature of securities regulation. Canadian securities regulators have entered into several agreements or memoranda of...more
On April 29, 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) upheld archival and personal immunities of an international organization (the World Bank Group) and its anti-corruption investigators. The SCC’s decision in World Bank...more
On January 27, 2016, Transparency International published its Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2015. The 2015 edition ranks 168 countries based on the perceived level of corruption in the country’s public sector....more
The British Columbia Supreme Court (Court) recently considered certain issues relating to a proxy battle involving a TSX Venture Exchange-listed issuer, Kobex Capital Corp. (Kobex). The Court’s decision in Kingsway Financial...more
The hearing process before the British Columbia Securities Commission (Securities Commission) will be influenced by two important decisions: one from the Securities Commission itself, relating to televised hearings; and...more