Canada: Crime

L'Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC) a émis des alertes pour mettre le public en garde contre des demandes de paiement non sollicitées...

IRCC has removed the arranged employment points from the Express Entry system, a big change in Canada's immigration strategy. Originally introduced to combat fraud related to Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) that were being bought rather than obtained legitimately, this has far-reaching implications that go way beyond that.

Mareva and Anton Piller orders have been around since the 1970s, but they are emerging as powerful tools that are well-adapted for use in the fight against fraudsters in a digital era...

The Government of Canada's revised Ineligibility and Suspension Policy (Ineligibility Policy), which came into effect on May 31, 2024, expands the circumstances under which vendors...

Lawyer-client administrative information, including payments into and out of trust accounts, is presumptively and rebuttably privileged.

Developed by our Corporate Crime, Compliance and Investigations group, Focus on Investigations covers some of the key issues that investigators should take care to consider when undertaking internal investigations.

On December 21, 2011, the Canadian federal government released a consultation paper (the Consultation Paper) containing certain proposals to strengthen Canada’s anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (ATF) legislative framework, which is administered through the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (PCMLA) and related regulations (collectively, AML Legislation).

On November 8, 2011 the Department of Finance (the "Department") issued a consultation paper seeking input on some proposed amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Regulations (the "Regulations") related to ascertaining identity (the "Consultation Paper").

CSA release revised staff notice regarding terrorist financing reporting obligations As reported in our post of July 30, 2010, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 31-317 (Revised) – Reporting Obligations Related to Terrorist Financing on July 30, 2010 (the Revised Notice), updating their initial release of April 16, 2010

Like many, I have been distressed by the news of the world junior hockey sexual assault trial taking place in London, Ontario.

Le 21 septembre 2020, Denis Garant, 53 ans, est décédé après avoir perdu le contrôle de son camion-benne qui a fini sa course dans un arbre. Pourtant, il avait déjà signalé à son superviseur...

This article is a modified version of a commentary originally published by Éditions Yvon Blais in May 2025 (EYB2025REP3843).