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Manitoba's New Economic Development Strategy To Include Economic Reconciliation

Manitoba has just launched a new Economic Development Strategy (the Strategy) that looks ahead to building growth, jobs and investment across the province.

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-18 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-18 Le Bulletin d'actualités législatives...

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Canada, The U.K. And Australia Release Joint Modern Slavery Supply Chain Reporting Template

As outlined in our prior bulletins on this topic, Canada's supply chains legislation, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act (Act), requires reporting entities...

Worldwide Government

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

The Boundaries Of Common Law: Parkland Is Not Immune From Adverse Possession

Is municipal parkland immune from claims of adverse possession, and what role does the common law have in claims of adverse possession? In Kosicki v Toronto...

Canada Government

C

Cassels

Complaint To Integrity Commissioner About Dresden Landfill Unworthy Of Inquiry (Re: The Honourable Doug Ford, Premier Of Ontario, August 20, 2025)

Canada Government

GR

Gardiner Roberts LLP

Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes : mise à jour de septembre 2025

Canada Anti-trust

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 15 – 19, 2025)

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

UNDRIP And The Building Canada Act: Duty To Consult To Obtain Free Prior And Informed Consent

Canada Government

Phillips Barristers

What Is The Cowichan Decision And Why Is Everyone So Worked Up?

Canada Government

MA

MLT Aikins LLP

Legislative Update Report No. 2025-17 Le Bulletin D'actualités Législatives

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Alberta Court Of Appeal Confirms That Systemic Challenge To Provincial Consultation Regime May Proceed To Trial

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

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

Canada Government

FF

Fasken (French)

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

Canada Government

F

Fasken

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

Canada Government

WC

Woodward & Company

Government Of Canada Updates Tariffs On U.S. Imports: What You Need To Know

Canada International

GW

Gowling WLG

Le Canada retire les tarifs douaniers sur certaines marchandises américaines

Canada International

BC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

AI "Workslop," The New Typo: Can A Culture Of Quality Guide Legal Teams Using AI?

Canada Technology

D

Dentons Canada LLP

AI And Copyright - Training AI With Copyrighted Material (Podcast)

Canada Technology

F

Fasken

Streamlining Labour: Ontario's Legislative Shift On Labour Mobility

Canada Employment

C

CCPartners

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

F

Fasken

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

Le 27 mai 2025, la Cour d'appel a infirmé la décision de l'honorable Dennis Galiatsatos de la Cour du Québec (le « Juge ») qui a déclaré inopérante dans le contexte de procédures criminelles...

Canada Government

FF

Fasken (French)

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

Osler's Legislative Update is a bi-weekly listing of new legislation. This issue covers legislation for the period 08/07 to 08/20

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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

Canada Government

CW

Clark Wilson LLP

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

Canada Healthcare

RS

Rosen Sunshine LLP

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

Canada Government

MT

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

ML

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

Do "Nation Building Projects" Depend On Indigenous Consent?

Canada Government

ML

McMillan LLP

Canada: Law & Practice

Canada Government

F

Fasken

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

À partir du 19 janvier 2026, il faudra beaucoup moins de temps à une entreprise ou à une organisation pour déclencher l'obligation fédérale d'enregistrement des activités de lobbying au Canada.

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault 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

MT

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

ML

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

F

Fasken

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

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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

On January 19, 2026, a substantially lower threshold for registering as an "in-house lobbyist" will take effect.

Canada Government

ML

McMillan LLP

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

Major changes to key guidance from Canada's Lobbying Commissioner will significantly increase the number of companies subject to registration requirements under Canadian lobbying law.

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

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

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

F

Fasken

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

Canada Government

MT

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

BWA: All About Interjurisdictional Immunity (Podcast)

Canada Litigation

TL

Torys LLP

Injunctions On Street Functions: Waterloo's Pre-Emptive Move Against Massive Unsanctioned Gatherings

Canada Litigation

PV

Pallett Valo LLP

Ontario's Bill 5: Unpacking The Amendments To The Ontario Heritage Act

Canada Government

JFK Law LLP

July 2025 Rosen Sunshine Newsletter

Canada Government

RS

Rosen Sunshine LLP

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

Canada Government

OH

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

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

Canada Litigation

BM

Blaney McMurtry LLP

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

Canada Government

C

Cassels

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

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

DW

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

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GW

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)

GW

Gowling WLG

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