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 12, 2026
British Columbia’s municipalities and regional districts will soon have new responsibilities under the Emergency and Disaster Management Act as modernized requirements for emergency management will come into effect.
May 12, 2026
McCarthy Tétrault has added Terri-Lee Oleniuk as a partner in its business law group in Calgary.
May 08, 2026
Ottawa is reaching out to the Canadian public on potential changes to its regulatory processes that would ensure federal reviews and decision-making timelines for infrastructure take no longer than one year, once all information from the project proponent has been received.
May 08, 2026
In remarks delivered to the House of Commons, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada emphasized the “impact of a rapidly evolving technological environment,” called for modernization of federal privacy laws and advocated for permanent funding of his office.
May 07, 2026
The Carney government has introduced its second omnibus implementation bill to implement a slew of measures it proposed in the federal budget last November.
May 07, 2026
A recent report by Global News, drawing on freedom-of-information materials obtained by Donna Power and the Humane Initiative, adds an important and deeply troubling dimension to concerns I raised several weeks ago about Ontario’s animal welfare regime.
May 05, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that former Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour will become Canada’s next governor general. Arbour will become the first former judge of the top court to take on the vice-regal role.
May 05, 2026
B.C.’s top court has rejected the arguments from a First Nations chief that he was acting in accordance with his peoples’ traditional laws when violating a court injunction against impeding the construction of a natural gas pipeline, saying such a defence if it were to be recognized could only be raised as a last resort.