October 01, 2026
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a proposed information technology system integrity rule for comment, which would “establish a single framework for the information technology (IT) systems of market infrastructure entities.”
October 01, 2026
The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld an oppression finding against a family company, ruling that a shareholder’s limited expectations while her father controlled the business did not restrict her entitlement to equitable treatment after her brother assumed control.
October 01, 2026
Simon Kennedy has joined Bennett Jones as a senior adviser in its public policy group in Toronto.
October 01, 2026
Mental health, job stress and keeping up with AI remain “front of mind” for the new president of Manitoba’s law society.
October 01, 2026
The Federal Court has allowed a judicial review in a case where a chief electoral officer in a First Nation community cancelled an election the day before it was supposed to be held due to concerns of unfairness in the process.
October 01, 2026
The New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) contract’s central weakness is the absence of a workable structure for an energy-only transaction during system stress. The parties appear not to have established how an energy-only commitment should operate when the seller has inadequate energy, capacity or water reserves to serve all demands.
October 01, 2026
Hydro-Québec is a Crown corporation owned by the Quebec government. Unlike most U.S. utilities, its finances and policies are strongly shaped by the provincial government and the governing party’s policy objectives. Quebec has a regulatory agency, but it is also part of the provincial governmental structure.
September 30, 2026
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has revealed the third gallery in its virtual transparency showcase at the Royal Ontario Museum. It is an interactive 3D exhibition on openness, access to information and transparency.
September 30, 2026
The Alberta Court of Appeal has struck secured creditors’ appeal of a restructuring order, finding they should have known they needed permission to appeal and had not shown a reasonable chance of success.
September 30, 2026
The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld disciplinary findings against a lawyer for bullying emails to opposing counsel and obstructive responses to the law society, ruling that lawyers’ duty of civility applies to non-public communications with opposing counsel.