Alberta primed to pursue public-private partnerships

On December 1, 2020, the Alberta Ministry of Infrastructure released an updated Public-Private Partnerships Framework and Guideline (the...

Honesty is the best policy: The Supreme Court of Canada seeks to clarify the duty of honest contractual performance

Don’t mislead your contracting counterparties about matters linked to the performance of a contract. That is the apparently simple message from the...

Implementation of Alberta’s new liability framework for oil and gas reclamation

In July 2020, the Alberta government issued its new Liability Management Framework (the Framework), aimed at reducing the province’s inventory of...

Federal government announces Canada’s hydrogen strategy

On December 16, 2020, the Canadian government released its much-anticipated Hydrogen Strategy for Canada, which sets an ambitious framework to cement...

Legal speak: Securities lending and repo 101 – Global Peer Financing Association Podcast

Lisa Mantello, a partner in Osler’s Banking and Financial Services Group, recently participated in a Peer Connections podcast presented by the...

Franchise operations trends 2020

The global business landscape has changed rapidly in 2020. Here are four key issues currently facing franchisors in Canada.

OSC-FINTRAC MOU for information sharing

On December 3, 2020 the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) and Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) announced that...

CPD Cinema: Preventing and Responding to Incidents in the Workplace

Workplace harassment is a business-critical issue in all places of work and should be taken extremely seriously.

Jurisdiction and tolling agreements with the SEC: Watching the Fowler Case through Canadian eyes

Regulatory investigations can be time consuming. Uncertainty surrounding ultimate outcomes is disruptive to the personal and business decision-making...