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The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
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Blakes Continuity Podcast: COVID-19: The Regulatory Impact on Pensions
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All Canadian employers other than those in Quebec are required to: Deduct Canada Pension Plan (CPP) contributions from their employees’ pensionable earnings if the employee meets certain conditions; Contribute an...more
On June 22, 2023, Bill C-47 received royal assent, implementing a variety of amendments to the Income Tax Act (Canada) (ITA) and its regulations (ITA Regulations) tabled as part of the 2023 Federal Budget. As we previously...more
What You Need to Know About Draft Amendments to the Federal Income Tax Act and Regulations - On February 4, 2022, the Canadian federal government released draft legislation to implement a variety of proposed tax measures,...more
On December 11, 2020, Quebec’s National Assembly adopted Bill 68, with certain amendments made to its original text, thereby enacting An Act mainly to allow the establishment of target benefit pension plans (Act). The...more
Le 11 décembre dernier, le projet de loi n° 68, Loi visant principalement à permettre l’établissement de régimes de retraite à prestations cibles (la « Loi 68 »), a été adopté par l’Assemblée nationale avec certaines...more
On October 7, 2020, Bill 68, An Act mainly to allow the establishment of target benefit pension plans (Bill 68), was tabled at Quebec’s National Assembly by the province’s Minister of Finance, Éric Girard. Bill 68’s main...more
On September 21, 2020, the Ontario government filed O. Reg. 520/20 (Regulation), which, among other things, permits employers of certain pension plans to elect to defer one or more consecutive monthly payments of employer...more
On June 24, 2020, the Government of Alberta issued Order in Council 190/2020 to amend the Employment Pension Plans Regulation (Regulation) to provide additional forms of relief to administrators of Alberta-registered pension...more
Effective May 27, 2020, new Solvency Special Payments Relief Regulations, 2020 issued under the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985 provide funding relief to sponsors of federally regulated pension plans with solvency...more
On May 5, 2020, the Registered Plans Directorate (RPD) of the Canada Revenue Agency announced COVID-19 pandemic-related relief and guidance for plan sponsors and administrators....more
Welcome to the 22nd issue of the Blakes Pensions Newsletter. This newsletter provides a summary of recent jurisprudential developments that affect pensions and benefits and is not intended to be legal advice....more
On November 2, 2017, Quebec’s Minister of Finance, Carlos Leitão, tabled Bill 149, An Act to enhance the Québec Pension Plan and to amend various retirement-related legislative provisions (Bill), which aims to strengthen the...more
On April 14, 2016, the Ontario government introduced the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Act (Strengthening Retirement Security for Ontarians), 2016, as Bill 186 (Bill or Act) in the Ontario legislature. The government...more