On June 13, 2025, the Government of Canada registered three significant packages of amendments to the Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (the Regulations) under SOR/2025-141, SOR/2025-142 and SOR/2025-143. Officially…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade, Maritime Law
On June 11, 2025, two new pieces of legislation in Alberta came into effect: (1) the Protection of Privacy Act; and (2) the Access to Information Act. Both pieces of legislation are expected to significantly impact public-sector…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy
On June 12, 2025, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) formally released a Request for Comment on proposed sweeping changes to National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, marking the first…
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/ Environmental Law, Indigenous Peoples, Securities Law
On June 5, 2025, the Competition Bureau (the Bureau) published its final Guidelines for environmental claims under the Competition Act (the Act). The Guidelines were created to help businesses and the public understand the…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law
The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently reaffirmed in Ross v. Luypaert 2025 ONCA 236 that a co-owner of a jointly owned property located in Ontario may bring an application for a partition or sale under Section 3 of the…
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/ Civil Remedies, Real Estate - Residential
On May 28, 2025, the Government of Ontario introduced Bill 30, Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025 (Bill 30), representing the latest addition to a series of legislative initiatives that Ontario has seen introduced under the…
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/ Administrative Law, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
The growing data centre industry continues to be a focal point of the Alberta Government’s economic diversification strategy. Policy work aimed at attracting data centre investment to the province is ongoing and interest in data…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Science, Computers, & Technology, Zoning, Planning & Land Use
On May 6, 2025, Hydro-Québec launched a call for tenders (A/O 2025-01) for the acquisition of a 300-megawatt (MW) block of electricity generated from photovoltaic solar energy. This is the first commercial call for tenders…
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/ Energy & Utilities, Environmental Law, Government Contracting
In Cleaver v The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited, 2025 BCSC 910, the BC Supreme Court refused to certify a class proceeding alleging privacy breaches of biometric data, concluding that the plaintiffs had failed to…
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/ Civil Procedure, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In the glow of negotiating a commercial lease, no landlord or tenant wants to think about how it might end early. But recent developments again remind us that a nuanced termination clause will significantly affect if, when and…
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/ Business Torts, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Commercial
Global private secondary market transaction volume hit an all-time high of US$160 billion in financial year (FY)-2024, which is up 41 percent from 2023 and has surpassed projections. Private market secondaries have been gaining…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has recently reaffirmed the importance of good faith—or the lack thereof—and reasonableness in real estate transactions, particularly when disputes arise over title defects, third-party…
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/ Civil Remedies, Commercial Law & Contracts, Real Estate - Residential
There is much happening in North America and internationally that is disrupting the traditional patterns of trade and investment. Yet, conversations around the world and in Canada remind us of some basic truths.
There is…
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/ Finance & Banking, International Law & Trade
Opportunities for private equity (PE) investment were front-and-centre at CVCA Invest Canada ’25 in Calgary from May 27 to 29. The event is Canada’s biggest showcase of PE and venture capital and Bennett Jones was a Platinum…
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/ Energy & Utilities, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is undertaking a significant overhaul of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (the Instrument), Form 43-101F1 – Technical Report (the Form) and…
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/ Environmental Law, Indigenous Peoples, Securities Law
