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Rentrée parlementaire : comités, motions de programmation et ordonnances de production

La Chambre des communes est censée revenir de sa pause estivale annuelle le 15 septembre 2025. Les comités parlementaires reprendront leurs activités régulières peu après, mais rappelons qu'ils peuvent être convoqués en urgence lorsque la Chambre siège.

Canada Government

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Fasken (French)

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)

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

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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

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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

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McCarthy Tétrault LLP

Canada Removes Tariffs On U.S. Goods

Canada International

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Havoc Of The "Standard" Release In Employment Law And Human Rights

Canada Employment

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Bow River Law

Expiry Review: Steel Plate From Ukraine

Worldwide International

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Millar Kreklewetz

Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 25 – August 29)

Canada Litigation

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Blaney McMurtry LLP

Canada-U.S. Trade: Canada Rolls Back Retaliatory Tariffs On CUSMA-Compliant Goods, Matching Current U.S. Approach

TL

Torys LLP

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

In Cycle Toronto et al. v. Attorney General of Ontario et al.,[1] the Superior Court of Justice struck down a provision of the Highway Traffic Act[2] providing for the removal of bike lanes on Yonge St., University Ave.

Canada Government

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McCarthy Tétrault 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

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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

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

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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

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Miller Thomson LLP

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

Canada Government

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Fogler, Rubinoff LLP

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

Canada Government

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Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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

On July 17, 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed First Nations Chiefs and organizations during a National Summit on the implementation of the Building Canada Act.

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

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

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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

Canada Litigation

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Fasken

July 2025 Rosen Sunshine Newsletter

Our July 2025 newsletter is out. In this issue...

Canada Government

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Rosen Sunshine 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

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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

Canada Media & IT

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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

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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

Canada Government

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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

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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

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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

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Fasken

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Gowling WLG

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GW

Gowling WLG

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GW

Gowling WLG

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Gowling WLG

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Gowling WLG

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