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August 18, 2026
Climate policy organizations are warning that Ottawa’s proposal to repeal a standard requiring electric vehicles to account for an increasing share of new light-duty vehicle sales puts the government’s goal of reaching 75 per cent EV sales by 2035 at risk.
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August 17, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced an agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and the Innu Nation, as well as Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and Hydro-Québec, guaranteeing $10 billion in financing for “largest clean energy investment in North American history.”
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August 17, 2026
Stewart Elgie and Geneviève Morin have been named co-chairs of the federal Expert Taskforce on Natural Capital Accounting and Nature Financing following its first meeting on Aug. 14.
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August 14, 2026
Ontario has unveiled the framework for a “playbook” on attracting and building data centres in the province and wants to get public input on its recommendations.
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August 12, 2026
Of Canadian businesses affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed 50 per cent tariffs on certain CUSMA compliant goods, 77 per cent have said they expect their revenues to drop, according to a new survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
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August 12, 2026
Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Geneviève Cotnam, who once recalled “my career as a lawyer didn’t always provide a smooth sailing to the bench,” is Quebec's new top judge, succeeding Quebec Court of Appeal Chief Justice Manon Savard who became a part-time (supernumerary) judge on Aug. 10.
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August 11, 2026
Josef Rosenthal has joined Cochrane Sinclair as senior counsel in its Vancouver office.
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August 10, 2026
Those wanting to hunt certain types of wildlife in Nova Scotia now have the option of obtaining licences through an online portal.
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August 10, 2026
The federal government is launching a $100-million rebate program for the “interprovincial transportation of eligible steel products by rail and marine.” According to a government announcement issued Aug. 10, the Commodities Sectoral Support Program will rebate “50 per cent of eligible rail or marine transportation costs for Canadian steel moving between provinces and territories for up to one year, or until funds are exhausted.”
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August 07, 2026
The federal government has established an expert task force to recommend ways to attract private investment in nature-positive projects and better account for nature in public and private decision-making.
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August 07, 2026
A constitutional challenge to Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions standards will carry on despite a decision by the province’s top court not to reopen the appeal that initially gave the case the go-ahead. The Ontario Court of Appeal’s Aug. 5 ruling in Mathur v. Ontario, 2026 ONCA 561 is the latest step in a long running legal dispute that dates back to 2019, when seven young Ontarians launched a challenge arguing the province’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, and the plan to reach those targets, violated their rights under sections 7 and 15 of the Charter.
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August 06, 2026
The Alberta government has announced a new Surface Rights Advisory Panel to recommend improvements to the province’s system for resolving disputes when private land is used for resource development, following a record number of surface rights applications in 2025-26.
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August 06, 2026
The Ontario government is proposing changes to “modernize and streamline 13 natural resource permits,” which would allow mining and infrastructure projects to “move forward faster and with greater certainty.”
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August 06, 2026
Appeal by Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Inc. (MTI) and Sierra Club Canada Foundation (Sierra Club) from judgment dismissing their application for judicial review of Minister of Environment and Climate Change’s (Minister’s) approval of Bay du Nord Development Project.
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August 05, 2026
Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner Anton Boegman has issued guidance about when “licensed legal professionals” are required to register their work for foreign principals as “influence activities” in the new public foreign influence registry. The new commissioner issued five interpretation bulletins — including one specifically for lawyers — to give guidance on how to comply with the obligations under the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (FITAA) and its regulations, which came into force Aug. 4.
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August 05, 2026
A unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a privative clause that restricted the grounds for judicial review of an exercise of statutory authority: Democracy Watch v. Canada (Attorney General), 2026 SCC 28.
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July 31, 2026
The federal government is imposing a 25 per cent surtax on “imports of certain wood cabinets and vanities” as a Canadian International Trade Tribunal safeguard inquiry on such goods continues.
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July 31, 2026
After years of consultation, proposed rules and stakeholder feedback, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has finalized a significant shift in how Canadian reporting issuers may communicate their financial results to investors.
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July 31, 2026
Artificial intelligence is reshaping economies, industries and the global competitive landscape at an unprecedented pace. Recognizing both the opportunities and the risks presented by this technological shift, the federal government launched Canada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All on June 4, 2026.
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July 31, 2026
The first-ever listing of contingent value rights (CVRs) on a Canadian exchange could establish a pathway for other issuers to use the instruments to bridge valuation gaps in M&A deals, according to Ghaith Sibai of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, who advised on the listing.
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July 30, 2026
In an administrative law landmark that addresses the scope of the Constitution’s guarantee of judicial review, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 9-0 that legislatures cannot validly use privative clauses to bar “legality review” by courts — i.e., the availability of curial review is constitutionally guaranteed for all aspects of delegated administrative decisions, including on questions of law, fact or mixed law and fact.
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July 30, 2026
The federal government has announced the creation of a new Strategic Exports Office (SEO) and related advisory council to support and guide Canadian businesses seeking to expand in international markets.
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July 30, 2026
B.C. Premier David Eby and First Nations leaders are celebrating a “major win” for British Columbia after striking a deal with the federal government to protect the economy and environment of the province’s North Coast.
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July 30, 2026
George Santayana’s famous bon mot “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” is part of a longer passage that is particularly relevant to President Donald Trump’s bizarre conclusion that bad forestry practices in Manitoba should be met with a 50 per cent tariff on Canadian exports to the U.S., to be paid primarily by American importers and consumers.
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July 29, 2026
The Federal Court has allowed a judicial review after finding that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) failed to properly explain why a lithium mining company could not make a second, late renunciation of exploration expenses to subscribers of its flow-through shares.