Business
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May 23, 2025
CSA announces proxy delivery relief if postal service suspended
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has announced that regulators will offer temporary relief from current requirements to deliver proxy-related materials for shareholder meetings if a Canada Post strike completely suspends postal service.
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May 23, 2025
Court allows appeal to change convenient forum from B.C. to Alberta
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal challenging the jurisdiction of B.C. in a case where the respondent engineering company’s principal brought an action in Alberta despite the company being successful on a forum selection application for B.C.
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May 23, 2025
B.C. judge rejects proposed class action over alleged mall privacy breaches by Cadillac Fairview
A proposed class action against Canadian mall owner Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd., alleging the covert collection of biometric data from visitors to its shopping centres, has been denied certification by the British Columbia Supreme Court.
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May 23, 2025
Five new associates at Harper Grey
Harper Grey has welcomed five of its 2024–25 articling students as associates: Jayden Friesen-Kehler, Jasmine Kang, Charlotte Lam, Haiger Ye and Jordan Yonge.
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May 23, 2025
Kosta Kostic joins Dentons as partner in Montreal
Dentons has announced the addition of Kosta Kostic as a partner in its corporate group in Montreal.
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May 23, 2025
At a fork in the road: Politics and the Canadian regulatory landscape
To say we are in a new era of regulatory enforcement is beyond understatement. These days, in almost every realm, the Canadian regulatory world has been transformed.
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May 23, 2025
CEOs expect economy to ‘weaken’ over next six months, BCC survey suggests
A survey conducted by the Business Council of Canada (BCC) notes that business leaders across the country are “concerned about global instability and trade uncertainty.”
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May 23, 2025
G7 finance ministers, central bank governors release communiqué emphasizing ‘unity’
On May 22, G7 finance ministers and central bank governors reached an “agreement on a communiqué which emphasized, above all, the importance of G7 unity in the face of complex global challenges.”
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May 23, 2025
Manitoba introduces legislation to decrease interprovincial trade barriers
The Manitoba government has brought in new legislation to break down interprovincial trade barriers and help grow the province’s economy, as announced on May 22 by Business, Mining, Trade and Job Creation Minister Jamie Moses.
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May 23, 2025
Clicking beyond death: Who gets your digital life after you’re gone?
In Jamaica, where I’m from, there’s often a mix of amusement and uneasy reverence when people discuss what to do with a person’s “belongings” when their “number has been called”: dead leff. Now, here’s the modern twist: what happens when your dead leff isn’t just a house or jewellery, but an entire digital life?