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MASS Code Takes Effect July 1, 2026
The International Maritime Organization has adopted a groundbreaking regulatory framework for autonomous shipping that will reshape maritime operations. This analysis examines the four-tiered MASS Code system, from automated decision-support to fully autonomous vessels, and explores how Canada's existing oversight policies may inform future adoption. Critical questions remain about liability allocation, insurance coverage, and the applicability of traditional maritime law when human decision-makers are remo
Canada Transport
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Gardiner Roberts LLP
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Northwest Passage Trade Corridor: What Should Canadian Businesses Be Watching?
For the first time since the transcontinental railway, Canada is planning a sweeping expansion of northern infrastructure that could reshape trade, energy and defence. The emerging logistics corridor through the Northwest Passage is at the heart of this shift, bringing big opportunities, and some serious legal and policy questions, for businesses operating in or through the Arctic.
Canada International
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Miller Thomson LLP
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Supreme Court Of Canada Sinks Italian Water Taxi Lawsuit
One of the most interesting and important issues inherent in lawsuits arising from travel-related bookings (and arising in many aviation cases) is the exercise of jurisdiction by local courts over foreign based defendants. In a decision released last summer (in Sinclair v. Venezia), the Supreme Court of Canada considered the jurisdiction of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice over three Italian companies.
Canada Transport
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Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP
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