September 11, 2026
The federal government is set to introduce legislation to speed up major-project reviews and modernize trade, transportation and labour rules in the next sitting of Parliament, according to a Sept. 9 release.
September 11, 2026
Nova Scotia has introduced new legislation in the name of greater public safety — including laws supporting those who have been misrepresented by intimate images created or altered by AI.
September 10, 2026
Canada has announced amendments to the Physical Activities Regulations (the Project List) under the Impact Assessment Act to streamline the review process for projects including pipelines, international and designated interprovincial power lines, and some offshore renewable energy projects.
September 10, 2026
Appeals by Attorney General of Canada (Canada), the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and former Ministers Jordan and Murray (collectively, Ministers) from an order refusing to strike claims for misfeasance in public office, negligence and negligent misrepresentation brought by corporate plaintiffs involved in the aquaculture industry in the Discovery Islands.
September 08, 2026
The Federal Court has ordered Canada to pay the Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) $27 million in equitable compensation, finding that it breached its fiduciary duty by approving the 1964 expropriation of a Manitoba reserve for the Grand Rapids dam without securing mitigation or compensation for the dam’s effects on the First Nation’s traditional way of life.
September 03, 2026
Ottawa has unveiled what it calls “a nationally recognized baseline” of five principles — backed by major U.S. and Canadian artificial intelligence and other technology industry players — to help municipal governments and communities assess proposals to build AI data centres in their localities.
September 02, 2026
To help address Canadians' rising costs from global oil disruptions and U.S. tariffs, the federal government has extended to next year its temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and aviation fuel, including leaded and unleaded aviation gasoline.
September 01, 2026
The Ontario government has announced it has issued a request for proposals to begin the process of restoring motor vehicle lanes in Toronto that were previously removed for bicycle lanes. This comes after a Court of Appeal decision overturning the finding that the bike lanes’ removal breached Charter rights.
August 31, 2026
Canada has announced several initiatives and commercial partnerships with Chile to advance projects in mining and research and development.
August 31, 2026
On Aug. 22, the United States imposed 50 per cent tariffs on a broad list of Canadian goods under s. 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which is a provision essentially unused for the better part of a century.