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Return Of Parliament: Committees, Programming Motions, And Production Orders

Most committees, when not studying legislation referred to them by the House, will engage in various studies related to the specific mandate of the committee.

Canada Government

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Fasken

Ontario's Bill 5 & The Discretionary State: Undermining Indigenous Rights And Species At Risk Protections In The Name Of Growth

On June 4, 2025, Ontario's Ford Government enacted Bill 5: Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025, despite widespread opposition from Indigenous communities, environmental advocates...

Canada Government

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Woodward & Company

Déclaration De L'ONU Sur Les Droits Des Peuples Autochtones : Lenteur Inexplicable

Le 21 juin 2021, Journée nationale des peuples autochtones au Canada, le Parlement canadien adoptait en grande pompe la Loi sur la Déclaration...

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

Political Or Judicial: Insights From Fair Voting BC v. Canada (Attorney General)

The Ontario Court of Appeal recently released its decision in Fair Voting BC v. Canada (Attorney General) (2025 ONCA 581).

Canada Litigation

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Fasken

Affaire Pryde : Un débat constitutionnel soulevé d'office à tort et mené selon une procédure viciée

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-16 - Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Key Updates To The 2025 CCDC 5A, 5B & 17

Canada Government

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Clark Wilson LLP

A (Mushroom) Trip Too Far: Policy Shift On Psilocybin Takes Minister Off The Map

Canada Healthcare

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Rosen Sunshine LLP

Hors de sa piste? Une Cour de l'Ontario crée un droit constitutionnel à une piste cyclable

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-15 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

B.C. Supreme Court Recognizes Cowichan Aboriginal Title In Landmark Ruling

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Electrifying Updates To The ZEV Standards: Hybrid Vehicle Inclusion And Increased Credits

Canada Government

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McMillan LLP

La nouvelle « part importante » : l'abaissement du seuil fédéral obligera un plus grand nombre d'entreprises et d'organisations à enregistrer leurs lobbyistes salariés

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Out Of Its Lane? Ontario Court Creates Constitutional Right To A Bike Lane

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 25 – August 29)

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

2025 Global In-House Counsel Report: Unique Insights Into The Global In-House Profession From ICW | Mondaq

Worldwide Law Practice

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In-House Counsel Worldwide

Changes To Canada's Retaliatory Tariff Regime: Key Takeaways For Importers

Canada International

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Fasken

Investment Opportunities In Canada: The Best Businesses To Start And Invest In.

Canada Immigration

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Sobirovs Law Firm

BC's Mushroom-Plucking Robots Harvest Big In Latest Round Of Fundraising

Worldwide Technology

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Goodmans LLP

Do "Nation Building Projects" Depend On Indigenous Consent?

There has been a great deal of media attention to the federal government's recent passage of Bill C-5 – the Building Canada Act – intended to expedite projects designated as in the "national interest".

Canada Government

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McMillan LLP

Canada: Law & Practice

Canada's approach to business and human rights involves a mixture of law and policy and is very much grounded in – and influenced by – international treaties and standards, as well as the evolving expectations...

Canada Government

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Fasken

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-14 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 07/10 to 07/23...

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Navigating Ontario's Strong Mayor Powers: Practical And Strategic Insights

Law360 Canada (July 29, 2025, 10:01 AM EDT) -- In November 2022, Ontario introduced asignificant shift in municipal governance through amendments to the Municipal Act, 2001, empowering select mayors with new executive authorities known as strong mayor powers.

Canada Government

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Lerners LLP

The New "Significant": Lower Federal Threshold Will Require More Businesses And Organizations To Register In-House Lobbyists

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Impacts On Canadian Businesses With U.S. Investments

Worldwide Government

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Torys LLP

Important Changes: The Commissioner Of Lobbying Issues New Guidance Requirements To Registration Thresholds And Lobbying Bans

Canada Employment

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Gowling WLG

Not Your Usual Ottawa Cutback – Lobbying Commissioner Cuts Registration Threshold Fourfold

Canada Government

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McMillan LLP

Maybe You're A Lobbyist After All: Strict New Federal Guidance Released

Canada Government

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

As Carney Talks Partnership, JFK's Sara Mainville Talks Trust, Meaningful Consultation, And Capacity On CBC National News

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

A New Era Of Labour Mobility In Canada

Canada Government

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Case Brief On Kebaowek First Nation v Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, 2025 FC 319

Canada Government

FR

Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-13 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Practical Challenges In Litigating Against Government: Insights From Canada (Prime Minister) v. Hameed

Canada Litigation

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Fasken

A New Era Of Labour Mobility In Canada

Amid growing tariff challenges from the United States, on June 6, 2025 Canada's federal government introduced Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act. Bill C-5 contained two acts...

Canada Government

MT

Miller Thomson LLP

Case Brief On Kebaowek First Nation v Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, 2025 FC 319

In late 2024, the nuclear safety commission staff used the lack of explicit United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples[1] language in their governing statute as a reason for not considering or applying it during recent consultation.

Canada Government

FR

Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-13 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 06/26 to 07/09

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Practical Challenges In Litigating Against Government: Insights From Canada (Prime Minister) v. Hameed

This dispute arose as a result of a letter Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner wrote to then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in May 2023 to express "deep concern with regard...

Canada Litigation

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Fasken

A Constitutional Right To Two Wheels? An Expansion Of Section 7's Protection

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-12 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

The Securities Commission (Adoption of National Instruments) (MI 96-101) Amendment Regulations, 2025.

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (June 23-27, 2025)

In Price v. Smith & Wesson, the Court partially allowed the plaintiffs' appeal of a motion judge's decision to not certify their class action. The Court certified their negligence claim against a gun manufacturer...

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

From Cumulative Effects To One-Off Authorizations: BC Shifts Its Approach To Project Approvals

On May 29, 2025, two British Columbia acts intended to fast-track project approvals received royal assent. The Infrastructure Projects Act, passed under Bill 15...

Canada Government

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Cassels

Québec Introduces Bill 109 On Discoverability Of French-language Content On Digital Platforms

On May 21, 2025, Québec's Minister of Culture et des Communications (Minister) tabled Bill 109, An Act to affirm the cultural sovereignty of Québec and to enact the Act respecting the discoverability...

Canada Media & IT

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Ontario's Bill 5: Economic Ambition Meet Constitutional Duty – The Inevitable Delays Arising From The Honour Of The Crown And Environmental Integrity

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

British Columbia's Bill 15: Expediting Projects At The Expense Of Indigenous Rights And Reconciliation

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

No "Wait And See," Says Supreme Court Of Canada: Statutes May Be Constitutionally Inapplicable On The Basis Of Potential Effects Only

Canada Government

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Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes : mise à jour de juin 2025

Worldwide Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Federal Court Of Appeal Rules That Courts Can't Tell Government To Fill Judicial Vacancies

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-11 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

In A Welcome Sign For Major New Project Proponents, SCC Breathes New Life Into Interjurisdictional Immunity

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Drug And Alcohol Testing In Canada: SCC Denies Leave To Appeal In Power Workers' Union v. Canada

Canada Employment

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

The Supreme Court Of Canada Clarifies The Application Of The Doctrine Of Interjurisdictional Immunity

Canada Government

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Gowling WLG

New Powers, New Questions: Understanding Ontario's Safer Municipalities Act, 2025

Canada Government

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Gowling WLG

Injunctive Relief In The Context Of A Constitutional Challenge To Toronto's Bike Lanes

Canada Transport

TM

Torkin Manes LLP

Doubling Down On Steel And Aluminum Tariffs

Canada International

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Fasken

Economic Outlook: Building Resilience And Capacity In A Disrupted World

Worldwide Strategy

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Bennett Jones LLP

Committees In A Minority Parliament: Instability, Opportunity And Reputational Risk

Canada Government

F

Fasken

Legal Ramifications To First Nations Of Provincial Secession

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

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Gowling WLG

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GW

Gowling WLG

No Deal Brexit Could Mean Less Leverage Power In Forging A UK/US Trade Deal

GW

Gowling WLG

The Realities Of A No-Deal Brexit For Businesses - Sky News Interview With David Lowe

GW

Gowling WLG

Bernardine Adkins Talks To BBC News About Claims That The UK Would Have No Tariffs Under GATT XXIV (Video)

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Gowling WLG

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