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Articles: 11-20 of 40

Canada Revenue Agency sets out new policy for GST/HST-related voluntary disclosure

Canada - November 11 2025 The CRA’s new policy on voluntary disclosures is more flexible, and moves away from the previous restrictive categories that limited taxpayer relief…

Maximize your organization’s resources: practical tips for process improvements

Canada - November 11 2025 Measure existing processes through Inventory, mapping, and visualization to identify impacts and variations…

Stability AI successfully defends Getty Image’s U.K. copyright infringement claim

Canada, United Kingdom - November 7 2025 The U.K. High Court of Justice (the High Court) issued an important decision on November 4 that will be well-received by developers, distributors and…

Alberta Energy Regulator finds Athabasca River Basin is not a ‘person’

Canada - October 30 2025 On October 22, 2025, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) released its decision (RA decision) dismissing a regulatory appeal filed by Ecojustice on…

Minority investor rights: striking the right balance

Canada - October 29 2025 Admitting a minority investor requires discussing protective rights in the company’s governance agreements to balance control and flexibility. Common…

Moving fast and building things

Canada - October 24 2025 On October 23, 2025, the Ontario government announced legislation and consultations on a range of initiatives with the goal of expediting the approval…

Saskatchewan franchise legislation coming into force June 30, 2026

Canada - October 23 2025 As written in a previous Osler Update, Saskatchewan recently became the seventh Canadian province to enact franchise legislation, joining Alberta…

Simplifying the execution of notarized obligations: a new mechanism under Québec law

Canada - October 14 2025 On June 25, 2025, the government of Québec published a draft regulation introducing an innovative mechanism that allows creditors, in certain…

Federal and Québec governments to adjust EV sales mandates: key developments and considerations

Canada - October 14 2025 The federal government paused the 2026 zero-emission vehicle sales mandate due to economic pressures and slow EV market growth. Québec…

Data sovereignty in light of the CLOUD Act: back to the future?

Canada - October 7 2025 Ottawa and provincial governments across the country are facing demands for Canadians’ data to be protected — in part — from foreign access under a U…