Banking, Bankruptcy & Insolvency
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February 20, 2025
PBO report finds guaranteed basic income program could reduce poverty by 40 per cent
The Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) has released a report on a guaranteed basic income (GBI) for Canadians, concluding that the measure could reduce the country's household poverty rate by 40 per cent if implemented.
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February 18, 2025
Securities regulators launch ‘collaboratory’ to explore investment data portability
Securities regulators in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are calling on industry stakeholders to join discussions and test innovative tools and strategies aimed at enhancing the portability of client data within the investment market.
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February 18, 2025
StatCan releases report on CEBA borrowing, repayments and bankruptcy data
Statistics Canada has released a new report on the federal government's COVID-related Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) that it says could provide insight “into how the use of emergency funding programs may have influenced short and medium-term business survival rates.”
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February 14, 2025
Feds launch 2025 pre-budget consultations amid tariff uncertainty
The federal government has launched pre-budget consultations amid the looming threat of the U.S. potentially imposing tariffs on Canadian imports.
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February 13, 2025
CBA urges new funding as Federal Court’s massive budget shortfall threatens drastic service cuts
The Liberal government’s underfunding of the Federal Court could “drastically” reduce service to litigants, its chief justice warns, spurring the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) to call for urgent “off-cycle” federal funding to address the national trial court’s chronic multi-million-dollar budgetary shortfalls.
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February 13, 2025
NWT looking for input on new Builders’ Lien Act
The Northwest Territories is looking for input on regulations needed to bring into force its Builders’ Lien Act — new legislation setting out the legal rights and remedies for those embroiled in construction disputes.
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February 12, 2025
Ontario Court of Appeal finds order lifting BIA stay to be procedural, denies lender leave to appeal
The Ontario Court of Appeal has found that a lender did not have an automatic right to appeal an order lifting a stay under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and has permitted a project owner to terminate an agreement with an insolvent project developer.
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February 11, 2025
Canada sanctions two Sudanese leaders linked to human rights violations
Ottawa is sanctioning two Sudanese leaders of opposing warring groups who are linked to the ongoing violence against civilians in Sudan, where more than 12 million people have been displaced as a result of the country’s internal conflicts.
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February 10, 2025
C.J. Wagner says top court ‘exploring’ provision of mediation in cases where leave to appeal denied
Lawyers say they want to know specifics about the out-of-the-blue disclosure from Supreme Court of Canada Chief Justice Richard Wagner that he has asked his staff to “explore the possibility” of the top court providing “mediation” for litigants in cases where the apex court denies leave to appeal, and his suggestion that family law cases might lend themselves to a potential mediation initiative.
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February 10, 2025
$30M settlement reached in proposed class action against Ontario cannabis company
A proposed $30 million settlement has been reached in a global investor class action against Ontario-based cannabis company Aphria Inc. and certain of its former officers and directors for alleged misrepresentations.