June 16, 2026
In Angus A2A GP Inc v. Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc., 2026 ABCA 156 (Angus A2A), the Alberta Court of Appeal recently upheld what it described as an “unusual” use of the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) (CCAA), in which equity investors, rather than the debtor companies or their creditors, initiated the proceedings.
June 16, 2026
Ontario and the United Kingdom have signed a statement of intent (SOI) to collaborate on developing an integrated critical minerals supply chain.
June 16, 2026
On Aug. 1, 2026, the remaining provision of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025 (Bill 4-2025) will come into force, following an announcement on Feb. 9, 2026, by the B.C. Ministry of the Attorney General.
June 16, 2026
Appeal and application for judicial review by the Attorney General of Canada (Attorney General). This was from a decision of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal) classifying imported surgical gloves as articles for use in surgical instruments, thereby qualifying them for duty-free importation. Medline Canada Corporation imported various models of sterile surgical gloves and initially classified them as surgical gloves of vulcanized rubber.
June 15, 2026
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a township’s short-term rental licensing bylaw, rejecting arguments from a property owners’ association that the regime unlawfully regulates non-commercial activity and effectively bans vacation rentals.
June 15, 2026
The Federal Court has ruled that misuse of copyright remains a novel but arguable defence to copyright infringement claims, rejecting arguments that the Supreme Court of Canada has already ruled out the doctrine in Canada.
June 15, 2026
The Federal Court has explained why two years ago it secretly issued the first cyber “threat reduction measures warrant” to enable the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) to protect domestic critical infrastructure and reduce the threat from two unnamed “foreign adversaries” that had infected with malware certain Canadian servers, small office or home office routers and “Internet of Things” devices (such as Ring video doorbells, security cameras, televisions and other Wi-Fi-enabled appliances).
June 15, 2026
A recent British Columbia Supreme Court decision adds to the developing body of Canadian privacy class action jurisprudence and may be of particular interest to organizations that collect, store or manage sensitive personal information.
June 15, 2026
This Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision (Souris Valley Lodging Inc. v. Edenwold No. 158 (Rural Municipality), [2026] S.J. No. 120) deals with issues relating to municipal law and the methods of assessment, finance and taxation of real and immovable property assessment. Two decisions were appealed by Souris Valley Lodging Inc. that arose from 2021 and 2022 assessment by the Saskatchewan Assessment Management Agency (SAMA) on two hotel properties.
June 15, 2026
Appeal by appellants from decision dismissing their motion to set aside an ex parte order. The Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner) initiated an inquiry into alleged deceptive marketing by Rogers Communications Inc. concerning its Infinite wireless plans.