Reducing Regulatory Burden for Investment Fund Issuers – Phase 2, Stage 1

On September 12, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published for comment CSA Notice and Request for Comment Reducing Regulatory...

Transitioning (again) into the Construction Act: Managing compliance

As the flagship amendments to Ontario’s Construction Act come into effect on October 1, 2019, stakeholders in the construction sector are grappling...

Québec Court of Appeal limits the Court of Québec’s jurisdiction

Québec’s Court of Appeal rendered its ruling on the scope of the Court of Québec’s jurisdiction and concluded that the Court of Québec’s...

Diversity Disclosure Practices in corporate Canada: Is progress being made in 2019?

Our fifth annual comprehensive report on diversity disclosure practices by TSX-listed companies relating to women in leadership roles reveals a...

Ontario establishes a Serious Fraud Office

At the end of August the Government of Ontario launched a new organization tasked with investigating and prosecuting complex white-collar crime. The...

Becoming an adjudicator under the Ontario Construction Act

The Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (ODACC) will begin operations on October 1, 2019, and is now inviting individuals to...

Deviating from Whistleblower Programs may have more risk than payoff

The whistleblower at the heart of the multi-billion dollar Madoff fraud has set his sights on a new target; General Electric Co. Harry Markopolos is...

Franchisee or employee? The Supreme Court renders a decision

On May 3, 2019, the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed in majority the appeal filed by Modern Concept d’entretien inc. (Modern)...