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MASS Code Takes Effect July 1, 2026
The International Maritime Organization has adopted a groundbreaking regulatory framework for autonomous shipping that will reshape maritime operations. This analysis examines the four-tiered MASS Code system, from automated decision-support to fully autonomous vessels, and explores how Canada's existing oversight policies may inform future adoption. Critical questions remain about liability allocation, insurance coverage, and the applicability of traditional maritime law when human decision-makers are remo
Canada Transport
GR
Gardiner Roberts LLP
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Lights, Camera Infractions: A Review Of Ontario’s Automatic Enforcement System Offence Regime, The Risks To Commercial Vehicle Carriers And How Operators Can Protect Themselves
Ontario's automatic enforcement system (AES) offences, captured by red light cameras and similar technology, pose significant regulatory risks to commercial vehicle carriers. These offences carry the maximum 5 CVOR penalty points—equivalent to impaired driving or criminal negligence—yet are nearly impossible to defend or resolve through plea negotiations.
Canada Transport
GR
Gardiner Roberts LLP
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Lights, Camera Infractions: A Review Of Ontario’s Automatic Enforcement System Offence Regime, The Risks To Commercial Vehicle Carriers And How Operators Can Protect Themselves
Ontario's automatic enforcement system (AES) offences, captured by red light cameras and similar technology, pose significant regulatory risks to commercial vehicle carriers. These offences carry the maximum 5 CVOR penalty points—equivalent to impaired driving or criminal negligence—yet are nearly impossible to defend or resolve through plea negotiations.
Canada Transport
GR
Gardiner Roberts LLP
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Permis De Propriétaires De Taxi : La Cour D’appel Se Prononce Sur La Portée De L’arrêt Annapolis En Droit De L’expropriation Québécois
Plus tôt cette année, la Cour d’appel du Québec (la « Cour ») a rendu sa décision dans l’affaire Procureur général du Québec c. Metellus (l’« arrêt Metellus »), où elle devait déterminer si l’abolition du régime des permis de propriétaires de taxi constituait une expropriation déguisée ouvrant droit à une indemnité. Ce faisant, elle a traité de la portée de l’arrêt Annapolis, rendu par la Cour suprême du Canada en 2022, en droit de l’expropriation québécois.
Canada Litigation
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Langlois Lawyers, LLP
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MASS Code Takes Effect July 1, 2026
The International Maritime Organization has adopted a groundbreaking regulatory framework for autonomous shipping that will reshape maritime operations. This analysis examines the four-tiered MASS Code system, from automated decision-support to fully autonomous vessels, and explores how Canada's existing oversight policies may inform future adoption. Critical questions remain about liability allocation, insurance coverage, and the applicability of traditional maritime law when human decision-makers are remo
Canada Transport
GR
Gardiner Roberts LLP
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Northwest Passage Trade Corridor: What Should Canadian Businesses Be Watching?
For the first time since the transcontinental railway, Canada is planning a sweeping expansion of northern infrastructure that could reshape trade, energy and defence. The emerging logistics corridor through the Northwest Passage is at the heart of this shift, bringing big opportunities, and some serious legal and policy questions, for businesses operating in or through the Arctic.
Canada International
MT
Miller Thomson LLP
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Supreme Court Of Canada Sinks Italian Water Taxi Lawsuit
One of the most interesting and important issues inherent in lawsuits arising from travel-related bookings (and arising in many aviation cases) is the exercise of jurisdiction by local courts over foreign based defendants. In a decision released last summer (in Sinclair v. Venezia), the Supreme Court of Canada considered the jurisdiction of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice over three Italian companies.
Canada Transport
AH
Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
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