Corporate & Commercial Law
New Requirements for the New Year: Transparency Register for Ontario Corporations
As of January 1, 2023, significant amendments to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (“OBCA”), have come into force, adding a new requirement for private corporations…
Single Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations SOR/2022-138
The Single Use Plastics Prohibition Regulations (SUPPR) is Canada’s most recent environmental regulation. This regulation is part of the Government’s ongoing effort to reach zero…
Looking to Transition Your Business? Great! Now, Where to Look?
Operating a business for many can be both an exciting and rewarding experience. However, at some point in the business lifecycle, business owners turn their…
Transitioning under Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act
After a lengthy delay, Ontario’s Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (“ONCA”) was proclaimed into force on October 19, 2021, updating and modernizing laws for not-for-profit corporations…
Simply Incorporating or Registering a business name does NOT give you exclusive rights to the name
A common mistake business owners make is thinking that simply incorporating or registering their business name (e.g., with ServiceOntario) gives them exclusive rights to the…
Adding Certainty To Your Contracts
Crafting Corporate Agreements As a corporate/commercial lawyer, my practice centres on drafting documents to give effect to clients’ arrangements that they want reduced to writing,…
Beneficiary Designations and resulting trusts
In 2018, the Federal government introduced Bill C-78 (the “Bill”), which proposed significant changes to the law governing post-divorce parenting, specifically to the Divorce Act[i]…
How Contractual Discretion is Limited by Good Faith
Good Faith & Contractual Discretion In the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision of Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC…
Ontario Courts Are Still Open During COVID-19 — Sort Of
COVID-19 & Ontario Court Proceedings On March 15, 2020, the Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice announced that the Superior Court was…
Raising Capital In The Exempt Market
OSC & The Exempt Market When looking to grow a business outside of traditional bank financing, business owners often consider granting equity in a corporation…
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