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BC’s Lobbyists Transparency Act – New registration and reporting requirements

June 17, 2020 | Mary Childs

Social Impact Newsletter

On May 4th, the Lobbyists Transparency Act came into effect, increasing registration and reporting requirements for all organizations (including not-for-profits) that lobby provincial employees or public office holders in British Columbia. “Lobbying” is defined broadly. It includes attempting to influence […]

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COVID-19: Cross country update (June 17, 2020)

June 17, 2020

Labour and Employment Communiqué

Federal The Government of Canada announced the following measures: Camping Resumes Starting on June 22, 2020, Parks Canada will begin to offer some camping services at select national parks and national historic sites across the country in alignment with the […]

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COVID-19:  Cross country update (June 16, 2020)

June 16, 2020

Labour and Employment Communiqué

Federal The Government of Canada announced the following measures: Extension to the Canada Emergency Response Benefit Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the government is extending the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) by eight weeks. CERB is a taxable […]

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Offering in confidence: New confidential prospectus pre-file review process

June 16, 2020 | Jonathan Tong, Desmond J. Christy

Securities Practice Notes

On March 5, 2020, the Canada Securities Administrators (“CSA”) introduced a new harmonized process for the full review of prospectuses on a confidential pre-file basis (the “Confidential Pre-File Review Process”). The Confidential Pre-File Review Process applies to non-investment fund issuers. […]

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COVID-19: Cross country update (June 15, 2020)

June 15, 2020

Labour and Employment Communiqué

Federal The Government of Canada announced the following measures: Canada Emergency Response Benefit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced today that the Federal Government intends to extend the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB).  CERB was launched in April and the final […]

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British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner calls for changes to Personal Information Protection Act

June 15, 2020 | David Krebs

MT Cybersecurity Blog

As we’ve reported in past blog posts, Canada’s privacy regulators have been vocal about the need for change to the privacy and data protection laws that apply to the private, public and health sectors in Canada. Most recently, the British […]

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COVID-19:  Cross country update (June 12, 2020)

June 12, 2020

Labour and Employment Communiqué

Federal The Government of Canada announced the following measures: Funding for Food Production and Processing Sector Today, the $77.5 million Emergency Processing Fund was launched.  This program prioritizes projects based on two objectives: Strategic investments to assist companies to improve, automate, […]

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COVID-19 contact tracing debate highlights need for privacy law reform: Lessons for developers and users

June 11, 2020 | David Krebs

MT Cybersecurity Blog

We have been following the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on privacy law over the course of the past few months. It has become apparent during that time that the requirements of the pandemic and the contact tracing debate highlight […]

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Ch-ch-changes: Saskatchewan’s PPSA amendments are here

June 11, 2020 | David G. Gerecke, Q.C.

Financial Services & Restructuring Communiqué

In late 2018, the Saskatchewan Legislature introduced Bill 151 to amend The Personal Property Security Act, 1993 (Saskatchewan) (the “PPSA”). Our Saskatchewan Financial Services team spent the next many months analyzing the amendments and explaining them in a series of Financial […]

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COVID-19:  Cross country update (June 11, 2020)

June 11, 2020

Labour and Employment Communiqué

Federal The Government of Canada announced the following measures: Supporting Communities Across the Country On June 11, Infrastructure and Communities Minister, Catherine McKenna, confirmed that each province and territory in Canada has received money through the federal Gas Tax Fund […]

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