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Byline: JEFFREY JONES; Staff The body developing Canada's version of new international climate and sustainability disclosure rules will issue its first reporting standards in December, and it will be up [...]

Byline: JEFFREY JONES; Staff The federal government is proceeding with a long-awaited guidebook that certifies whether projects meet green and transitionary investment criteria - and leaving the door open for [...]

Here's what to consider if a dissolution may be on your horizon, and what to do to get a dissolved company back Sometimes corporations are formed but cease being useful, [...]

On October 9, 2024, the Government of Canada announced plans to enhance corporate sustainability and transparency for investors through mandatory climate-related disclosure requirements for large federally incorporated private companies 'made-in-Canada' [...]

On October 9, 2024, the Government of Canada announced its intention to: develop a Made-in-Canada voluntary sustainable investment guideline to help investors, lenders, and other stakeholders identify sustainable economic activities [...]

On October 9, the Government of Canada announced: the details of a governance framework, priority sectors and timelines for the development of made-in-Canada sustainable investment guidelines, otherwise known as a [...]

Introduction The Court of King's Bench of Alberta publishes and regularly updates practice notes that set out the practices and procedures for court proceedings. Two such practice notes are Civil [...]

Business structures As is the case in most common law jurisdictions, a person or entity wishing to operate a business in Canada can choose from several different business structures. There [...]

Diversity beyond gender: 2024 results for CBCA corporations Although this year's data shows almost no change in the representation of visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples or persons with a disability in [...]

Generally, directors in Canada are mandated by statute to oversee the business and affairs of their respective corporations. With that mandate comes a variety of legal obligations in the form [...]

Overview A ten-year retrospective Welcome to Osler's 2024 Diversity Disclosure Practices report. This is our tenth annual report. We are proud that our report has become the preeminent publication on [...]

Toronto: Ontario Securities Commission has issued the following order on (July 23, 2024): Headnote National Policy 11-206 Process for Cease to be a Reporting Issuer Applications -- application for an [...]

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently provided updates on various outstanding initiatives concerning continuous disclosure obligations and prospectus filings in respect of non-investment fund reporting issuers. Selected developments from the [...]

Insolvency proceedings under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) are generally practical and solution-oriented. Creativity is rewarded and, if there is a conflict between insolvency law's practical focus on achieving [...]

1. Introductory 1.1 Forms of Corporate/Business Organisations The principal form of business organisation in Canada is the business corporation which affords shareholders limited liability protection, and Canada has 14 different [...]

TORONTO: Clip Money Inc has issued the following news release: Clip Money Inc. (TSX-V: CLIP) (OTCQB:CLPMF) ('Clip Money' or the 'Company'), a company that operates a multi-bank self-service deposit system [...]

(GlobeNewswire) - Clip Money Inc. (TSX-V: CLIP) (OTCQB:CLPMF) (Clip Money or the Company), a company that operates a multi-bank self-service deposit system for businesses, is pleased to announce that it [...]

As described in our previous bulletin linked here, the Canada Business Corporations Act (the 'CBCA') was amended in June of 2019, to require private CBCA corporations to track and record [...]

Toronto: Ontario Securities Commission has issued the following Consent on (December 18, 2023): Headnote Consent given to an offering corporation under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) to continue under the [...]

Earlier this month, Tesla Inc.'s shareholders voted in favour of a re-domestication of the company from Delaware to Texas. The company announced that it had moved to Texas on the [...]

TORONTO: Amaroq Minerals Ltd. (AIM, TSXV, NASDAQ Iceland: AMRQ), an independent mine development corporation with a substantial land package of gold and strategic mineral assets across in Southern Greenland, announces [...]

ENPNewswire-June 25, 2024--Amaroq Announces Completion of Continuance and Directorship Change (C)2024 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk Release date- 24062024 - TORONTO - Amaroq Minerals Ltd. (AIM, TSXV, NASDAQ Iceland: AMRQ), an independent [...]

Toronto, Ontario, June 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (' Amaroq ' or the ' Company ') Amaroq Announces Completion of Continuance and Directorship Change TORONTO, ONTARIO - 24 June, 2024 [...]

Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne recently introduced the 21st-Century Business Act (Bill S-285), a Senate public bill that proposes substantive amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA). The legislative proposal seeks [...]

Recent amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act ('CBCA') have significantly changed Canada's beneficial ownership transparency requirements. Corporations Canada now requires the filing of information on individuals with significant control [...]

On January 22, 2024, amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act ('CBCA') that were included in the Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 ('BIA') came into effect. The CBCA amendments [...]

Individuals with significant control (ISCs) of federally incorporated businesses will be publicly disclosed following amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) that came into force on January 22, 2024. [...]

Over the past several years, the federal government has begun taking steps to implement transparency standards on beneficial ownership and corporate control. As part of this, on January 22, 2024, [...]

Over the last several years, member countries of the OECD, including Canada and the U.S., have committed to various international undertakings dealing with corporate governance. In keeping with these commitments, [...]

Resolute has been ordered to pay a price 82% higher than what it originally offered for Fibrek. On November 28, 2011, Resolute announced an unsolicited take-over bid to acquire Fibrek [...]

New Transparency Reporting Requirements for CBCA Corporations Legislation was previously passed that required privately-held federal corporations governed under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the 'CBCA') to keep and maintain a [...]

What can you do when your corporation wants to complete a complex transaction requiring significant corporate restructuring that cannot be easily completed under the corporation's governing statute? One option is [...]

Starting on January 22, 2024, the Canada Business Corporations Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. C-44 ('CBCA') will require all federally incorporated private corporations to file personal information pertaining to individuals with [...]

The federal government has proclaimed January 22, 2024 as the coming into force date for certain provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) that were enacted by the Budget [...]

In this article, we explore 10 important trends that should be of interest to general counsel and boards in their strategic and compliance planning. 1 Boards Should Expect Continued Attention [...]

New amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act (Federal) ('CBCA') are about to come into force on January 22, 2024, which will once again change requirements regarding transparency and public [...]

Since January 1, 2020, distributing corporations (generally, public companies) governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) have been required to provide diversity disclosures regarding 'designated groups,' as defined in [...]

A plan of arrangement (referred to in this article as an Arrangement) is a procedure by which a corporation is restructured or merged with another entity to effect certain fundamental [...]

The federal government has set January 22, 2024, as the effective date for new rules that will require non-exempt private corporations existing under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) to [...]

Interest of the decision and key findings In a recent decision of interest in corporate and contract law, Ponce v. Société d'investissements Rhéaume ltée, 2023 SCC 25, the Supreme Court [...]

Since June 13, 2019, most private corporations incorporated federally under the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) have been required to maintain a register (an ISC Register) of individuals with 'significant [...]

Beneficial ownership reporting, also known as corporate transparency reporting, is the practice of disclosing certain personal information about the people who ultimately own and/or control a corporation. The purpose of [...]

Since June 2019, most corporations incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the 'Act') have been required to maintain a register of individuals with significant control ('ISC'). Bill C-42, also [...]

Federal corporations take notice - the federal government is amending the Canada Business Corporations Act ('CBCA') in an effort to increase transparency regarding the ownership of Canadian corporations. Bill C-42, [...]

A brief recap As discussed in a previous insight, the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) was amended in June 2019 to require that certain federally incorporated companies keep a register [...]

Byline: ED WAITZER Lawyer and previous chair of the Ontario Securities Commission Last month, the Canadian Securities Administrators asked for comment on two different approaches to diversity disclosure requirements. Both [...]