Federal government releases draft digital services tax legislation

Draft legislation released by the federal government for the proposed digital services tax reaffirms Canada’s intention to impose a new tax if no...

Tools of the trade: OSC criminal and quasi-criminal charges result in jail terms for convicted securities fraudsters

With several tools at their disposal, Canadian securities regulators are showing their willingness to safeguard their capital markets however they...

Cineplex awarded $1.2 billion by Ontario court for ‘busted deal’

In a highly anticipated decision, an Ontario Court has held that Cineworld improperly terminated its December 2019 agreement to purchase Cineplex’s...

Alberta issues request for CCUS full project proposals

Signalling the next stage of its carbon strategy, the government of Alberta has issued a request for full project proposals from companies interested...

Supreme Court of Canada expands discretion of the Courts to allow pre-post compensation in ‘rare’ cases

Osler lawyers analyze a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision which provides courts with an additional tool to ensure fairness in the insolvency...

Decoding crypto – Providing regulatory clarity to cryptoasset businesses

In 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) brought much anticipated clarity to the regulatory landscape for cryptoasset businesses...

Speculating on the “new normal” in the post-pandemic global economy

When the pandemic started, we imagined an economy that could be stopped and then simply restarted, perhaps six months later.