June 24, 2026
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) announced on June 23 that it has published a revised “Guideline on Complaint-Handling Procedures for Banks and Authorized Foreign Banks.”
June 22, 2026
Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal, widely reputed in recent years to be a leading candidate for appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, has been nominated to fill the western vacancy that opened up with the May 30 retirement of Supreme Court of Canada Justice Sheilah Martin, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on June 22.
June 19, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has approved a motion relating to an investigation to recover millions in potentially fraudulent payments from the packaged bread class action settlement with Loblaw, after the administrator flagged suspicious claim activity.
June 16, 2026
Ottawa has proposed a new legislative regime for private-sector privacy regulation that imposes a raft of obligations on how businesses and other non-governmental organizations handle Canadians’ personal data, with oversight from a robust dual privacy and digital harms regulator armed with audit and binding order-making powers, backed by hefty administrative monetary penalties (AMPs) and fines for the most serious new offences.
June 10, 2026
The Ontario Superior Court has approved a $1.95-million settlement of a proposed class action alleging BMO overwithheld taxes on withdrawals from registered retirement income fund (RRIF) accounts, finding that a cy-près payment to charity was justified because direct compensation to class members was impractical.
June 03, 2026
Ottawa says it will extend for a year its steel tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) regime for imports from non-CUSMA partners and the existing horizontal tariff relief for eligible U.S. steel and aluminum products, and additionally, for eligible steel products subject to derivative tariffs.
June 03, 2026
Dentons Canada has added Natasha MacParland as a partner in its Toronto office, the firm says.
June 03, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the finding that shareholders were not subject to oppression in a company’s affairs, but found that an alternative remedy to the liquidation ordered by the lower court was available.
May 27, 2026
Dentons Canada has welcomed Sunil Joneja, Alexandra Fox and Scott McLeman as partners in its banking and finance group in Calgary.
May 26, 2026
Ana Badour has rejoined McCarthy Tétrault as a partner in its business law group in Toronto, the firm says.