Patent Considerations in View of the Nearshoring Trends to the Americas
No Password Required: Education Lead at Semgrep and Former Czar for Canada’s Election Security
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
[Podcast] USMCA in Review, with C.J. Mahoney, Former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
Episode 4 - USMCA and the trade relationship between the U.S.A, Mexico, & China
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
Blakes Continuity Podcast: Cutting Through the Weeds: A Look at Environmental Issues Impacting Businesses
Balado continuité – Environnement : nouveautés du régime d’autorisation québécois
Blakes Continuity Podcast: What to Expect When Insolvency Crosses the Border
Infrastructure and Indigenous Engagement
A Way Forward: Energy Industry Ready to Fuel Canada's Recovery
Blakes Continuity Podcast: The Moving Landscape of Foreign Investments
Blakes Continuity Podcast: COVID-19: The Regulatory Impact on Pensions
Employment and Labour in the Time of COVID-19
Nota Bene Episode 70: Examining the USMCA: Is it Simply a Rebranded NAFTA? with Scott Maberry
This Week in FCPA-Episode 96, 2018 - the Opening Day edition
On September 5, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a direct final rule with a parallel proposed rule to delay the reporting period for the October 2023 final rule that...more
On July 17, 2024, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the official establishment of the Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF). This initiative will provide $30 billion over the next 10 years and up to $3 billion annually on a...more
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) published a consultation document on July 4, 2024, seeking input from stakeholders on a proposed roadmap for addressing plastic waste and pollution from the textile and apparel...more
Les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont récemment fait le point sur diverses initiatives en cours concernant les obligations d’information continue et les dépôts de prospectus des émetteurs...more
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently provided updates on various outstanding initiatives concerning continuous disclosure obligations and prospectus filings in respect of non-investment fund reporting...more
On July 4, 2024, Quebec’s financial sector regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), published its Climate Risk Management Guideline (Guideline). The Guideline aims to build the resilience of the financial sector...more
Le 4 juillet 2024, l’Autorité des marchés financiers (l’« Autorité ») a publié la Ligne directrice sur la gestion des risques liés aux changements climatiques (la « Ligne directrice »). Cette dernière vise à renforcer la...more
The new prohibition against greenwashing under the Competition Act took effect on June 20, 2024, while private actions for deceptive marketing practices will take effect next year. This prohibition merely codifies existing...more
Le 20 juin, le gouvernement fédéral a adopté des modifications à la Loi sur la concurrence (la « Loi ») qui ciblent l’« écoblanchiment » (c.-à-d. le fait de faire des déclarations non vérifiées ou non fondées concernant les...more
Les actions collectives en environnement sont devenues courantes pour réclamer un dédommagement devant les tribunaux en réparation d’un préjudice de nature environnementale. Cette tendance, d’ailleurs, s’accélère, notamment...more
On June 20, the federal government passed amendments to the Competition Act (Act) that target “greenwashing” (i.e., making untested or unsubstantiated claims about the environmental benefits of a product or business). These...more
Davies recently submitted a comment letter in response to public consultations initiated by the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) regarding their draft sustainability and climate disclosure standards, which aim...more
Environmental class actions have become common for addressing environmental damages and seeking compensation through the courts. This trend is growing, particularly with respect to climate change and chemicals in products,...more
Dans son arrêt récent dans l’affaire Altius Royalty Corporation v. Alberta (l’« affaire Altius »), la Cour d’appel de l’Alberta (la « CAA ») a statué que le plan mis de l’avant par le gouvernement de l’Alberta pour éliminer...more
Members of the Bennett Jones' Energy and Energy Regulatory groups attended the Calgary Chamber of Commerce’s recent “Alberta Next Series on Energy and the Environment” event, eager to hear from industry leaders and policy...more
Recently, British Columbia made changes to its industrial greenhouse gas emissions regime by implementing a mandatory carbon emissions output-based pricing system (OBPS) for major industrial operations. The OBPS replaces the...more
In its recent decision in Altius Royalty Corporation v. Alberta (Altius), the Court of Appeal of Alberta (Court of Appeal) ruled that the Government of Alberta’s plan to phase out coal-fired electricity generation emissions...more
Approximately 8,000 delegates (including energy executives, government officials and Indigenous leaders from Canada and around the world) attended the third annual Canadian Hydrogen Convention (CHC) which ran April 23 to 25...more
For World IP Day 2024, we asked three of our practitioners three questions, all related to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 2024 theme of IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and...more
Le 13 mars 2024, le Conseil canadien des normes d’information sur la durabilité (le « CCNID ») a lancé un processus de consultation au sujet de ses premières Normes canadiennes d’information sur la durabilité (« NCID »). Le...more
On March 13, 2024, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (“CSSB”) released proposed Canadian sustainability disclosure standards (the “CSSB Standards”) that are modelled after the sustainability disclosure standards...more
On March 13, 2024, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) initiated a consultation process on its first Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS). The CSSB has developed for comment two exposure drafts...more
On March 6, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new rules requiring public companies to disclose extensive climate-related information in their registration statements and periodic reports. The SEC has...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its widely anticipated climate-related disclosure rules (the Final Rules). The Final Rules require registrants to disclose certain climate-related...more
Recent legislative, procurement and governmental updates, including BC Hydro’s upcoming Call for Power and updates to the BC Clean Energy Act will create increased opportunities for renewable energy development in the...more