Canada: Franchising

The American Franchise Act ("AFA"), a bipartisan bill currently moving through U.S. Congress, could help bring clarity to franchising as a business model, with implications for Canadian operators.

Applications to set aside international arbitral awards often raise a familiar tension. As no appeal on the merits is allowed in such cases, the applicant will often claim the arbitral tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction by not applying the terms of the contract or that it failed to give adequate reasons for its award.

The tenant and landlord relationship is one dictated by contract (e.g. the lease) and legislation (the Commercial Tenancies Act). It is typically a two-party relationship and while each lease is unique...

In 2022, the Plaintiff sought to invest in a Sharetea franchise in Alberta. The Defendant was the master franchisee for Sharetea in Alberta, operated and controlled by an individual.

As noted in our previous Insight, Saskatchewan is enacting its first franchise legislation, The Franchise Disclosure Act (the Act) and The Franchise Disclosure Regulations (the Regulations)...

Kate Byers spoke at the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Franchise Law Program on "Protecting Franchisor Goodwill: What You Need To Know" on April 3, 2025, in Toronto, Ontario.

As written in a previous Osler Update, Saskatchewan's first and only comprehensive franchise statute, The Franchise Disclosure Act (the Saskatchewan Act)...

On May 1, 2025, the Accessible Information and Communication Standard Regulation (the "Regulation") under The Accessibility for Manitobans Act, C.C.S.M. c. A1.7 (the "AMA")...

The headline decision of the week was Afolabi v. Law Society of Ontario, which involved the bar exam cheating scandal from a few years ago.