Canada: Corporate Governance

Canada's M&A market in Q1 2026 showed strategic concentration as buyers focused on high-quality assets in energy, mining, and infrastructure sectors despite broader market uncertainty. With the top 10 deals accounting for nearly 70% of total transaction value and gold prices reaching historic highs, the quarter revealed how elevated commodity prices and evolving regulatory frameworks are positioning Canada for increased dealmaking activity as approval pathways clarify and investor confidence builds.

In 25 years of working in IT risk and governance, I've never witnessed threats change so quickly or carry so much uncertainty.

I think security, privacy, and AI are three highly intertwined elements. We ingest 20 times the amount of video that YouTube does each month.

Effective governance depends not only on sound decision-making, but on the ability to demonstrate that decisions were made through a thoughtful, informed, and defensible process.

Many clients and businesses located outside of North America look to Canada and the U.S. to incorporate subsidiaries for a number of reasons...

What constitutes oppression of a dissident shareholder at a contested AGM? The British Columbia Supreme Court's ruling in Skychain Technologies offers instructive guidance for companies and activists alike.

Les recours en cas d'abus et les actions obliques offrent des recours distincts lorsque les administrateurs d'une société à peu d'actionnaires ont porté atteinte à la société ou à ses actionnaires.

As the private funds market continues to evolve, fund sponsors are increasingly launching (or seeking to launch) retail-oriented investment products to invest in or alongside traditional private funds.

Director remuneration is a complex area of corporate governance that varies significantly between for-profit and non-profit organizations.