Business
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June 02, 2025
Proposed changes to Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program
On May 28, 2025, the Ontario government introduced Bill 30, the Working for Workers Seven Act, 2025. If the bill is passed, it will implement policy and legislative changes related to employment law, occupational health and safety, administrative law and immigration. This article focuses on the proposed changes to the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP).
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June 02, 2025
Steel industry groups urge multi-pronged response to U.S. doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs
Canadian steel industry groups are calling on the federal government to act quickly to introduce retaliatory tariffs and clamp down on steel dumping following an announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump that U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum will double to 50 per cent on June 4.
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June 02, 2025
Legislation coming into force to develop N.L. offshore renewable energy, feds announce
On June 2, the federal government announced the coming into force of legislation to “enable the development of offshore renewable energy in Newfoundland and Labrador,” noting the global offshore wind market is “expected to draw $1 trillion in investments by 2040.”
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June 02, 2025
Guarantees and summary judgment: Court reviews important considerations
In Royal Bank of Canada v. HI & DQ’s Foods Inc., 2025 ONSC 2774, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice addressed several issues relating to personal guarantees in commercial lending. The decision confirms that summary judgment can be appropriate in a claim against a guarantor and clarifies the limited scope of fiduciary duties owed by financial institutions, the responsibilities of corporate directors acting as guarantors, and the narrow availability of the defence of non est factum.
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June 02, 2025
Clear as mud? Ontario courts provide context regarding waiver of OBCA dissent rights
In the context of shareholders’ agreements, contracting parties may waive their statutory dissent rights afforded under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (OBCA). In order for the waiver to be enforceable it must be made with clear and direct language.
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May 30, 2025
Report finds B.C. women earned 85 cents for every dollar earned by men in 2024
Women in British Columbia earned 85 cents for every dollar earned by men in 2024, making it the province with the fourth-largest gender pay gap, according to the province’s pay transparency report for 2024, released on May 30.
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May 30, 2025
Nova Scotia amends vehicle and building legislation for more trade
Nova Scotia is bringing new regulations to allow more types of commercial trucks and other passenger vehicles to enter and operate in the province for movement of goods and services across the country.
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May 30, 2025
OSC initiative aims to spur creation of new long-term investment products
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced the start of its OSC LaunchPad Long-Term Asset Fund Project, aimed at bringing new investment-fund products to market that are geared to long-term assets.
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May 30, 2025
SCC rules Quebec licensing law does not apply to firms providing airport, maritime private security
In a judgment that turns on the application of the constitutional doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 9-0 that Quebec’s Private Security Act (PSA) does not apply to two companies that engage in airport and marine port security in the province because the Quebec law impairs activities at the core of exclusive federal jurisdiction over aeronautics, navigation and shipping.
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May 30, 2025
B.C. Court of Appeal rejects lower court insurance ruling, restoring coverage to mining company
In the wake of a 2018 landslide in northern British Columbia, the B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court ruling, concluding that the judge erred by interpreting an insurance certificate and a broker’s actions too narrowly, cutting a mining company out of coverage for a lawsuit arising from the landslide.