November 27, 2025
In a move the Liberal government says will help make Canada an “energy superpower,” Ottawa and Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that the two governments agreed would facilitate the construction and expansion of pipelines, thus enabling Western Canada to produce and sell more oil and gas (including liquefied natural gas), as well as expand the development of renewable energy, critical minerals, and other resources that the world needs.
November 26, 2025
The Government of Alberta has introduced amendments to “key pieces of legislation,” such as measures to “strengthen securities laws and combat contraband tobacco,” as well as a levy on AI data centres
November 26, 2025
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) have launched a “new online tool” to make it easier for “stakeholders to submit their comments on regulatory policies and rules.” The CSA, which is a council of the securities regulators of Canada’s provinces and territories, “coordinates and harmonizes regulation for the Canadian capital markets.”
November 25, 2025
The Ontario Superior Court has approved a $26-million settlement resolving claims that CIBC improperly paid trailing commissions to discount brokers on behalf of investors in CIBC and Renaissance mutual funds.
November 19, 2025
The Carney government’s 2025 legislative to-do list got longer with the rollout of its first budget implementation omnibus bill, which proposes dozens of tax and other statutory measures.
November 14, 2025
The Federal Court has upheld a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) decision to deny a company’s request for waiver of tax penalties and interest, finding that the agency reasonably rejected claims that the sole director’s mental health and financial difficulties impaired his tax compliance during the relevant period.
November 13, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Justice Daniel Dumais, a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec for the district of Quebec, as the court’s new senior associate chief justice.
November 12, 2025
The Supreme Court of Canada is denying recent requests from six intervener attorneys general — as well as counsel for The Advocates’ Society and dozens of other intervener groups — to allow them to make their arguments in person in the upcoming historic Bill 21 appeal, Law360 Canada has learned.
November 11, 2025
Zachary Masoud has joined Miller Thomson as a partner in the firm’s financial services group in Toronto.
November 07, 2025
The B.C. Supreme Court has allowed plaintiffs in a closet indexing class action against RBC to amend their pleadings to expressly disclaim fraud and refocus their case on the defendants’ alleged failure to disclose the fund’s closet indexing strategy and related risks.