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Federal Procurement Strategy For Indigenous Business (PSIB) Faces Further Scrutiny At The Human Rights Commission

The Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) has a problematic 30-year history. Launched as the Procurement Strategy for Aboriginal Business in 1996...

Canada Government

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Fasken

Jade Scrymgeour And Derren Roberts Write An Article For Water Canada

Jade Scrymgeour and Derren Roberts write an article for Water Canada's July/August 2025 Edition, entitled "Treaty in Limbo".

Canada Government

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Do "Nation Building Projects" Depend On Indigenous Consent?

There has been a great deal of media attention to the federal government's recent passage of Bill C-5 – the Building Canada Act – intended to expedite projects designated as in the "national interest".

Canada Government

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McMillan LLP

B.C. Government Launches Public Engagement On Infrastructure Projects Act: What You Need To Know

The B.C. Ministry of Infrastructure has officially opened a province‑wide public engagement to gather feedback on the implementation...

Canada Government

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Canada: Trends & Developments

Canada Government

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Fasken

Canada: Law & Practice

Canada Government

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Fasken

Guide 2025 de Chambers Global sur les affaires et les droits de la personne

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-14 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Navigating Ontario's Strong Mayor Powers: Practical And Strategic Insights

Canada Government

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Lerners LLP

The New "Significant": Lower Federal Threshold Will Require More Businesses And Organizations To Register In-House Lobbyists

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

United For Security And Defence: Canada And The EU Join Forces In A Strategic New Partnership

Canada Government

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Fasken

Structuring Energy And Indigenous Equity Projects – Critical Legal And Tax Considerations

Canada Government

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Fasken

Le gouvernement du Canada adopte une politique sur l'approvisionnement réciproque

Canada Government

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Pas assez canadiens ? La nouvelle politique d'approvisionnement réciproque pourrait avoir des répercussions néfastes sur des fournisseurs canadiens fédéraux

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

A Big Beautiful Betrayal For US Expats. Is Renunciation Of US Citizenship Now The Best (And Only) Option?

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Moodys Private Client Law LLP

Overview And Analysis Of The GENIUS Act

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McMillan LLP

A Canadian Tax Lawyer's Update On Voluntary Disclosure: Créations Guimel Inc. v. Canada (National Revenue), 2025 FC 814 – Reviewing CRA's Duty Of Procedural Fairness In VDP In Applications

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Rotfleisch & Samulovitch P.C.

Remedies For Reprisal: Reinstatement And The Duty To Mitigate Under The Employment Standards Act, 2000

Canada Employment

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Lerners LLP

Ontario Court Comments On AI Competency

Canada Technology

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

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Inward/ Foreign Investment

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Impacts On Canadian Businesses With U.S. Investments

On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the OBBBA), a comprehensive budget reconciliation bill that brings incremental...

Worldwide Government

TL

Torys LLP

Foreign Investment In Canada: Recent Trends And Future Outlook

The Investment Canada Act (ICA) applies to all investments in Canada by non-Canadians. The purpose of the ICA is "to provide for the review of significant investments in Canada by non-Canadians...

Canada Government

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Doing Business In Canada

Designed for executives, legal counsel, and potential US and international investors, the Goodmans LLP Doing Business in Canada guide offers a practical overview of Canada's legal landscape and key business legislation.

Canada Government

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Goodmans LLP

Important Changes To Canada's Foreign Investment Regime – What You Need To Know

Canada Government

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes : mise à jour de juin 2025

Worldwide Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Tax Credits In The Canadian Film Industry: Why Proper Corporate Structuring Matters

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Crédits D'Impôt Dans L'Industrie Cinématographique Canadienne : L'Importance D'Une Bonne Structuration De L'Entreprise

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

2025 Mid-Market M&A Update: Holding For Take-Off?

Canada Commercial

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Clauses d'« inconditionnalité » dans les F&A : le Delaware se prononce

Canada Commercial

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Fasken (French)

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Constitutional & Administrative Law

Do "Nation Building Projects" Depend On Indigenous Consent?

There has been a great deal of media attention to the federal government's recent passage of Bill C-5 – the Building Canada Act – intended to expedite projects designated as in the "national interest".

Canada Government

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McMillan LLP

Canada: Law & Practice

Canada's approach to business and human rights involves a mixture of law and policy and is very much grounded in – and influenced by – international treaties and standards, as well as the evolving expectations...

Canada Government

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Fasken

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-14 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 07/10 to 07/23...

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Navigating Ontario's Strong Mayor Powers: Practical And Strategic Insights

Canada Government

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Lerners LLP

The New "Significant": Lower Federal Threshold Will Require More Businesses And Organizations To Register In-House Lobbyists

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Impacts On Canadian Businesses With U.S. Investments

Worldwide Government

TL

Torys LLP

Important Changes: The Commissioner Of Lobbying Issues New Guidance Requirements To Registration Thresholds And Lobbying Bans

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Not Your Usual Ottawa Cutback – Lobbying Commissioner Cuts Registration Threshold Fourfold

Canada Government

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McMillan LLP

Maybe You're A Lobbyist After All: Strict New Federal Guidance Released

Canada Government

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

United For Security And Defence: Canada And The EU Join Forces In A Strategic New Partnership

This partnership reflects the government's commitments to build defence capabilities, reduce U.S. reliance and increase NATO defence spending.

Canada Government

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Fasken

Pas assez canadiens ? La nouvelle politique d'approvisionnement réciproque pourrait avoir des répercussions néfastes sur des fournisseurs canadiens fédéraux

Le 10 juillet 2025, le gouvernement fédéral a publié l'Avis sur la Politique des marchés 2025-5 (Réciprocité dans les marchés fédéraux et modifications apportées au Règlement sur les enquêtes...

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Foreign Investment In Canada: Recent Trends And Future Outlook

The Investment Canada Act (ICA) applies to all investments in Canada by non-Canadians. The purpose of the ICA is "to provide for the review of significant investments in Canada by non-Canadians...

Canada Government

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

What Bill C-2 Means For Financial Institutions: Key Changes To Canada's Anti-money Laundering Regime

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

FINTRAC Imposes Administrative Monetary Penalties On Securities Dealers

Canada Commercial

BL

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Doing Business In Canada

Canada Government

GL

Goodmans LLP

Important Changes To Canada's Foreign Investment Regime – What You Need To Know

Canada Government

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Federal Government Reintroduces Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security Bill

Canada Technology

GW

Gowling WLG

Beyond Borders: Government Grants Itself Powerful Access To Data, Reduced Oversight

Canada Media & IT

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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State Law

Doing Business In Canada: Some Key Differences In Employment And Labo(U)R Law In Canada And U.S.

Canada and the United States resemble each other closely: to the global family, the two are close cousins, if not siblings, sharing political and economic ties as well as similar laws in many areas.

Canada Employment

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McMillan LLP

New Teachers Act Aiming To Restore Public Confidence

On November 14, 2011, Bill 12, the new Teachers Act (the "TA") received Royal Assent. Introduced in the BC Legislature on October 26, 2011, the TA passed through the parliamentary debates in only six days.

Canada Government

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Fasken

Election-Time Reminder Of Political Contribution Rules

With five fixed-date provincial general elections and two territorial general elections occurring this Fall, businesses and others should ensure they are complying with the rules governing political contributions in each province and territory.

Canada Government

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Fasken

Toronto Transit Commission Labour Disputes Resolution Act, 2011

Canada Government

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WeirFoulds LLP

Important Information Regarding New City Of Toronto Zoning By-Law — Update Regarding Proposed Amendments And Potential Repeal

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

The Alberta Anomaly

Canada Government

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Bennett Jones LLP

Definition of "Designated Public Office Holders" to Change Under Federal Lobbying Act

Canada Government

GW

Gowling WLG

Consolidated Fastfrate – How A Recent Supreme Court of Canada Decision Will Assist Employers with Their National Labour Strategies

Canada Employment

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Dentons

Ontario Pension Reform: Time to Amend Your Pension Plan?

Canada Employment

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Dentons

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Latest Videos

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John Manley On The Implications Of A U.S. Shutdown For Canada (Video)

BJ

Bennett Jones LLP

Creating Partnerships With Indigenous Communities (Video)

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

5 Key Takeaways From The Economic Recovery Plan Discussion With Minister Of Jobs, Economy And Innovation, Doug Schweitzer (Video)

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Transforming Public Procurement

GW

Gowling WLG

Navigating Life Sciences Procurement And Responding To RFPs (Video)

TL

Torys LLP

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