May 15, 2026
Environmental law groups are denouncing the new Canada-Alberta agreement on carbon pricing and an oil pipeline.
May 15, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal involving an individual who was subject to a cryptocurrency scam but ignored warnings from trading platforms when carrying out the transactions.
May 15, 2026
Dentons has welcomed Michael Kershaw as a partner in its national real estate group in Toronto.
May 15, 2026
In R. v. Ordonio, 2025 ONCA 135, the Criminal Lawyers’ Association (CLA), as intervener, argued that Reid technique-induced statements from an accused person should be treated as presumptively inadmissible. The Court of Appeal thought otherwise, opining that the determination of whether (or not) the technique had been used would be a labour-intensive misuse of resources. The decision surveyed some of the criticisms of the practice from the criminology literature. It also considered how some Canadian courts have viewed the procedure. A more comprehensive and contemporary review might have given rise to a different result.
May 14, 2026
Canada has announced the launch of a new National Electricity Strategy that aims to double clean grid capacity by 2050 and supply reliable and affordable power to households.
May 14, 2026
The Government of New Brunswick has introduced a Mineral Resources Act that it says will be the “foundation for one of the most agile, predictable and timely regulatory frameworks for mineral development in Canada.”
May 14, 2026
A recent international cryptocurrency fraud investigation involving Canadian and foreign enforcement authorities highlights an increasingly important issue for Canadian taxpayers: whether losses arising from crypto scams are deductible under Canada’s Income Tax Act.
May 14, 2026
Canadian private sector organizations are subject to a combination of compliance requirements under federal and provincial privacy laws. These laws share some common features but also some differences. One privacy obligation that varies across jurisdictions is when an organization is required to notify the applicable regulatory authority of a privacy breach event. A privacy breach refers to those events that result in the loss of unauthorized access to, or unauthorized disclosure of, personal information.
May 14, 2026
The Canadian Program for Cyber Security Certification is not a single checkbox. It is a tiered structure, and the level that applies to your organization depends on what information you handle and the nature of the work involved.
May 14, 2026
Appeals by Rogers Communications Inc. and Rogers Communications Canada Inc. (collectively, Rogers) from two Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decisions. The decisions concerned Rogers’ carriage of three Corus Entertainment Inc. (Corus) discretionary channels.