In-House Counsel

  • June 30, 2025

    Canada imposes tariff rate quotas on steel imports from non-FTA countries

    Canada has announced new tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for steel mill products imported from non-free trade agreement (FTA) partner countries, as part of an effort to curb the impact of steel being diverted to Canada as a result of U.S. tariffs.

  • June 30, 2025

    G7 countries reach accord for ‘side-by-side’ system on global minimum tax

    Two weeks after their summit in Kananaskis, Alta., G7 countries have issued a statement endorsing an international “side-by-side” system that would exempt U.S. multinational corporations from two global minimum tax rules, helping to de-escalate growing tax tensions with the world’s largest economy.

  • June 30, 2025

    Alcohol-related driving offences in Canada: Immigration risks and visa application challenges

    Canada’s impaired driving laws are among the strictest in the world for the threshold of blood alcohol concentration that can trigger criminal inadmissibility under our justice and immigration laws. The legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) threshold for impaired driving is 0.08 per cent and has significant and potentially harsh consequences for both permanent residence holders and temporary immigration applicants. A single conviction for impaired driving under the Criminal Code is treated as “serious criminality” rendering an applicant inadmissible to Canada under Canadian immigration law.

  • June 30, 2025

    Saskatchewan regulator’s 2024 report highlights mental health, AI, competency

    Saskatchewan’s legal regulator was active last year in continuing its goals of increasing competency, minding members’ mental health and guiding lawyers in the use of artificial intelligence. The Law Society of Saskatchewan (LSS) laid out progress in these areas and others as part of its recently released annual report for 2024.

  • June 30, 2025

    CIVIL PROCEDURE - Parties - Class or representative actions - Common interests and issues

    Appeal by appellant WestJet from dismissal of its application to strike respondents’ proposed class action.

  • June 30, 2025

    Canada drops digital services tax to restart U.S. trade talks, avert more tariffs

    The federal government has withdrawn its digital services tax (DST) on U.S. technology giants to resume trade negotiations days after U.S. President Donald Trump terminated talks with Canada over the levy.

  • June 27, 2025

    SCC clarifies appeal right from removal orders in immigration judicial review case

    In an immigration and statutory interpretation decision that sheds light on administrative law and how to analyze reasonableness in judicial review cases, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that foreign nationals may appeal removal orders to the Immigration and Refugee Board’s Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) if their visas were current on arrival in Canada, even if their visas expire after their arrival here.

  • June 27, 2025

    Communications Security Establishment Canada releases 2024-25 annual report

    The Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSE) has released its unclassified annual report for 2024 to 2025. It provides an overview of activities conducted by CSE and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (Cyber Centre), which include various defence and sovereignty initiatives.

  • June 27, 2025

    CSA business plan seeks to address rising investor risks while helping companies grow

    Canada’s securities regulators will pursue projects over the next three years that will include examining regulatory changes that could benefit growth issuers, pursuing a Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act amendment that would enable securities regulator orders to survive bankruptcy, and further determining regulatory needs around artificial intelligence.

  • June 27, 2025

    CSA proposes ban on chargebacks in investment fund sales

    The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is proposing to ban chargebacks, a practice that allows investment funds, including mutual funds, to require dealers to repay upfront commissions if clients redeem their securities before a set period.