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Amendments to electricity legislation in Atlantic Canada will create new opportunities for developers, investors and lenders, and allow for more efficient procurement of renewable power projects in these jurisdictions....more
Le 5 octobre 2023, le Conseil du Trésor du Canada a publié de nouvelles lignes directrices relativement à l’approvisionnement en services professionnels contractuels et à l’utilisation de tels services, y compris les...more
On October 5, 2023, the Treasury Board of Canada published new guidance on the procurement and use of contracted professional services, including management consulting. This update is in response to recent controversy about...more
On February 3, 2022, the Quebec government (Government) tabled Bill-12, An Act mainly to promote Québec-sourced and responsible procurement by public bodies, to reinforce the integrity regime of enterprises and to increase...more
On March 28, 2020, the Government of Ontario (Government) announced that it had passed regulations under the Supply Chain Management Act (Government, Broader Public Sector and Health Sector Entities), 2019 (Act) related to...more
As part of its most recent budget legislation (Bill 138), the Government of Ontario introduced the Supply Chain Management Act (Government, Broader Public Sector and Health Sector Entities), 2019 (Act) in support of the...more
In 2018, courts made significant rulings about what fairness means in procurement law from the perspective of owners and bidders alike. For example, in one case a court reaffirmed the long-standing principle that there is no...more
After more than a year of sometimes contentious negotiations, the United States, Mexico, and Canada (the “Parties”) reached an agreement late Sunday night to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”)—renaming...more
In December 2017, the Ontario Legislature passed the Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017 (the "Act"). The Act introduces significant changes to Ontario’s construction lien regime and is intended to reduce delays in...more
In its December 21, 2017 Contract Policy Notice, the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat published an updated set of procurement thresholds that have been indexed for inflation and came into effect on January 1, 2018. ...more
Humber College students and Toronto West residents will soon be able to access Canada’s largest subway system in five years. The CA$1 billion Finch West LRT project is slated to open in 2022. The new dedicated light rail...more
Canada’s public-sector entities include all levels of government, Crown corporations, government agencies, boards and commissions, public utilities, and a wide variety of public institutions, including hospitals and...more
On April 4, 2016, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) (formerly known as Public Works and Government Services Canada) made a number of important amendments to the Integrity Regime governing procurement and real...more
Canada’s public sector entities include federal, provincial, municipal and territorial governments, Crown corporations, government agencies, boards and commissions, public utilities, and a wide variety of public institutions,...more
This is the second of two posts about the recent Infrastructure Ontario 2015 Track Record Report. As mentioned in the earlier post about Infrastructure Ontario’s 2015 Track Record Report, 98% of the infrastructure...more
The Integrity Regime replaces the Integrity Framework initially introduced by PWGSC in 2012 and amended in March 2014, which was heavily criticized as being unfairly harsh for its lack of due process and failure to account...more
The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) recently published its final Large Renewables Procurement (LRP) recommendations to the Ministry of Energy. The report follows the OPA's interim recommendations published in August 2013 and...more