Canada: Terrorism, Homeland Security & Defence

Multiple funding solutions will be necessary to enable Canada to achieve the ambitious goals in defence and national security which have been outlined by the current federal government.

Amendments to Canada’s Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLTFA), summarized in our previous bulletin, Canada’s New Border Bill to Combat Money Laundering...

The Government of Canada has introduced Bill C-30, proposing significant amendments to the Bank Act that would fundamentally alter how foreign bank investments in Canada are regulated. These changes would eliminate a decades-old exemption that has shielded certain foreign bank transactions from Investment Canada Act review, potentially subjecting them to both net benefit and national security scrutiny.

For infrastructure sponsors, lenders, contractors, institutional investors and Indigenous partners, the implications are less about the size of the pipeline—already well understood—and more about how projects will be advanced, financed and de-risked in practice.

On 16 February 2026, the Foreign Investment Review and Economic Security Branch of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada released its 2024-25 Investment Canada Act (ICA) Annual Report.

July 13, 2026 is the date Alberta market participants should be planning for. Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) has indicated that as of July 13, 2026, operators should have submitted their...

As we head into 2026, Canadian businesses confront a new era of international trade brought about by changes in US trade policy and Canada's own protectionist response...

The Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act of 2025 (the COINS Act), incorporated within the annual U.S. national defense legislation enacted on December 18, 2025...

The Canadian government recently formalized its commitment to the quantum computing sector with the launch of Phase 1 of the Canadian Quantum Champions Program (CQCP)...