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Digging Deeper: Canadian Mining Sector Tax Update
Canada’s mining sector is at an important inflection point. Against a backdrop of growing global demand for critical minerals and increased competition for investment capital, the Canadian federal government has recently introduced a series of tax measures designed to encourage investment and strengthen the competitiveness of Canada’s mining industry. For investors, these measures may meaningfully influence the after-tax economics of projects and financing structures across the mining value chain.
Canada Energy
BC
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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Le Gouvernement Fédéral Retire Certains Projets Énergétiques De La Liste Des Projets De La Loi Sur L’Évaluation D’Impact
En conséquence, certains pipelines internationaux et interprovinciaux, lignes de transport d’électricité et autres projets régis par la Loi sur la Régie canadienne de l’énergie (la LRCE) ne seront plus assujettis à une évaluation fédérale d’impact en vertu de la LEI. Ces projets feront plutôt l’objet d’un examen par la Régie canadienne de l’énergie (la RCE) en vertu de la LRCE.
Canada Energy
MT
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Energy Sector Momentum Drives Demand For Specialized Legal Services
Growing activity in Canada's energy and infrastructure sectors is driving demand for legal work, with law firms expanding their capabilities through strategic hiring and talent development. Torys' Calgary and Vancouver offices are responding to increased momentum across oil and gas, LNG, nuclear, critical minerals, and data centres by assessing client needs and building capacity in energy infrastructure.
Canada Energy
TL
Torys LLP
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From Projects To Scale: Six Takeaways On Financing Building Decarbonization
Gowling WLG's Energy Innovator Roundtable explored how infrastructure finance can transform building decarbonization from isolated projects into scalable investments. Industry experts from infrastructure, lending, and building sectors identified six critical strategies for structuring bankable projects, from evaluating complete investment economics to addressing institutional conservatism in the building power sector.
Canada Energy
GW
Gowling WLG
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Digging Deeper: Canadian Mining Sector Tax Update
Canada’s mining sector is at an important inflection point. Against a backdrop of growing global demand for critical minerals and increased competition for investment capital, the Canadian federal government has recently introduced a series of tax measures designed to encourage investment and strengthen the competitiveness of Canada’s mining industry. For investors, these measures may meaningfully influence the after-tax economics of projects and financing structures across the mining value chain.
Canada Energy
BC
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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Le Gouvernement Fédéral Retire Certains Projets Énergétiques De La Liste Des Projets De La Loi Sur L’Évaluation D’Impact
En conséquence, certains pipelines internationaux et interprovinciaux, lignes de transport d’électricité et autres projets régis par la Loi sur la Régie canadienne de l’énergie (la LRCE) ne seront plus assujettis à une évaluation fédérale d’impact en vertu de la LEI. Ces projets feront plutôt l’objet d’un examen par la Régie canadienne de l’énergie (la RCE) en vertu de la LRCE.
Canada Energy
MT
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Canadian Mining Journal: New Policy Roadmap May Help Miners Navigate Chinese Investment Landscape
Canada's approach to Chinese investment in the mining sector may be shifting following the release of the Canada–China Economic and Trade Cooperation Roadmap in January 2026. While recent years have seen significant barriers to Chinese investment in critical minerals, the new roadmap suggests a more nuanced stance that could open opportunities in less strategically sensitive mining segments such as base and precious metals.
Canada Government
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Bennett Jones LLP
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Digging Deeper: Canadian Mining Sector Tax Update
Canada’s mining sector is at an important inflection point. Against a backdrop of growing global demand for critical minerals and increased competition for investment capital, the Canadian federal government has recently introduced a series of tax measures designed to encourage investment and strengthen the competitiveness of Canada’s mining industry. For investors, these measures may meaningfully influence the after-tax economics of projects and financing structures across the mining value chain.
Canada Energy
BC
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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Productivity Mega Deduction Could Reshape Mining Flow-through Financings
Canada's proposed Productivity Mega Deduction introduces significant changes to the tax treatment of Canadian development expenses in mining flow-through share financings. The new rules would allow immediate 100% deductions for qualifying CDE incurred after September 15, 2026, potentially reshaping how mining companies structure their exploration and development financing strategies.
Canada Tax
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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Le Gouvernement Fédéral Retire Certains Projets Énergétiques De La Liste Des Projets De La Loi Sur L’Évaluation D’Impact
En conséquence, certains pipelines internationaux et interprovinciaux, lignes de transport d’électricité et autres projets régis par la Loi sur la Régie canadienne de l’énergie (la LRCE) ne seront plus assujettis à une évaluation fédérale d’impact en vertu de la LEI. Ces projets feront plutôt l’objet d’un examen par la Régie canadienne de l’énergie (la RCE) en vertu de la LRCE.
Canada Energy
MT
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
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Energy Sector Momentum Drives Demand For Specialized Legal Services
Growing activity in Canada's energy and infrastructure sectors is driving demand for legal work, with law firms expanding their capabilities through strategic hiring and talent development. Torys' Calgary and Vancouver offices are responding to increased momentum across oil and gas, LNG, nuclear, critical minerals, and data centres by assessing client needs and building capacity in energy infrastructure.
Canada Energy
TL
Torys LLP
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Canada Issues Section 71 Notices To Obtain Information On Certain Substances, Will Hold First Information Session In October 2026
Canada has published two mandatory notices under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act requiring manufacturers, importers, and users to report information on 200 priority substances for chemical management purposes. Companies must determine if they meet reporting thresholds and gather supply chain data, with Phase 1 responses due March 2027 and Phase 2 responses due September 2027. Will your organization's chemical activities trigger reporting obligations under these new requirements?
Canada Environment
BC
Bergeson & Campbell
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Canada’s 2026 Chemicals Management Plan Notices: What Manufacturers, Importers And Users Must Know
Environment and Climate Change Canada has issued mandatory Section 71 notices under CEPA requiring Canadian businesses to report 2025 calendar year activity data for 200 chemical substances across two deadlines in 2027. The notices cast a wide net beyond bulk chemical producers to manufacturers, importers, distributors and retailers handling components, mixtures or finished goods containing targeted substances, with penalties of up to $500,000 for non-compliance.
Canada Environment
BL
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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Nouvelles exigences canadiennes générales visant la déclaration des produits chimiques
Le 29 août 2026, Environnement et Changement climatique Canada a publié deux avis obligeant certaines entreprises ayant fabriqué, importé ou utilisé 200 substances spécifiques en 2025 à déclarer des renseignements détaillés. Ces exigences de déclaration s'appliquent largement aux importateurs, fabricants et utilisateurs de produits contenant ces substances, avec des seuils quantitatifs et des échéances strictes à respecter.
Canada Environment
BC
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
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