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Canada Introduces Mandatory Forced Labour Prevention Reporting Legislation
Canada - May 3 2023 On May, 3, 2023, the House of Commons passed Bill S-211, An Act to enact the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act and…
Proposed Amendments Aim to Protect Purchasers of New Homes In Ontario
Canada - November 2 2022 The Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery has proposed amendments to the New Home Construction Licensing Act, 2017 (Licensing Act). If…
Bennett Jones Speaks before Senate Committee on Tax Issues for Energy Investments
Canada, OECD - May 30 2019 On May 29, 2019, Darcy Moch, Greg Johnson and Jared Mackey of Bennett Jones participated on a witness panel before the Standing Senate Committee on…
Aboriginal Rights in Canada Can Include Indigenous Persons in the United States
Canada - May 17 2019 On May 2, 2019, the British Columbia Court of Appeal released its decision in R v Desautel, 2019 BCCA 151. The Court of Appeal upheld the lower…
Canada’s New Pay Equity Regime for Women in the Workforce
Canada - November 14 2018 Canada has one of the world’s highest participation rate of women in the workforce, but there remains a significant wage gap—Canadian women earn…
SCC Renders Judgment on Cooperative National Securities Regulator
Canada - November 12 2018 On November 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) unanimously ruled that a proposed pan-Canadian securities regulator is constitutionally…
Poseidon Plan of Arrangement Resolves Director and Auditor Liability Claims
Canada - October 30 2018 The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench recently sanctioned the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") plan of compromise and arrangement (the…
Hot off the Parliamentary Press: Bill C-86 and Federal Employment Standards
Canada - October 30 2018 Bill C-86, introduced in Parliament late yesterday, implements the Federal Budget announced last winter. This Bill is over 800 pages long and…
Update on the Review of Neonicotinoids by the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Canada, European Union, USA - October 30 2018 In Canada, pesticides are regulated by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (the "PMRA") on behalf of the Minister of Health and under…
Canada 2018 Cannabis Regulation - Provincial Update
Canada - January 15 2018 As the July 2018 date of legalization approaches, Canadian provinces continue to announce their plans for the regulation, distribution and sale of…
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