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Featured Osler Updates May 11, 2026

Forever chemicals, forever liability? The rise of PFAS class actions in Canada

Canadian courts are now grappling with claims over alleged contamination from PFAS, or “forever chemicals.”

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Forever chemicals, forever liability? The rise of PFAS class actions in Canada
Featured Osler Updates April 29, 2026

Spring Economic Update 2026

The Spring Economic Update includes changes to the CCUS Investment Tax Credit and the employee ownership trust capital gains exemption.

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Featured Osler Updates April 16, 2026

Recent decision highlights need for precision in seller restrictive covenants in Canadian M&A transactions

Canadian courts will scrutinize restrictive covenants for reasonableness, rejecting those deemed unreasonable.

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Osler Update August 21, 2023

SEC’s new mandatory cybersecurity disclosure rules and implications for Canadian issuers

Late last month, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission adopted final rules requiring disclosure by public companies of cybersecurity...

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SEC’s new mandatory cybersecurity disclosure rules and implications for Canadian issuers
Osler Update August 10, 2023

Draft Canadian Pillar Two global minimum tax legislation and revised DST legislation

The Department of Finance released draft legislation implementing two key measures of the OECD’s Pillar Two global minimum tax in Canada: the...

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Draft Canadian Pillar Two global minimum tax legislation and revised DST legislation
Osler Update August 9, 2023

Finance proposes tying transfer-pricing rules to OECD guidelines

An article by Kaitlin Gray discusses Finance’s consultation paper proposing to rewrite Canada’s transfer pricing rules.

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Osler Update August 9, 2023

Canada releases long-awaited draft legislation for tax credits supporting the clean energy sector

On August 4, 2023, the Canadian federal government released long-awaited draft tax legislation for the Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit, labour...

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Canada releases long-awaited draft legislation for tax credits supporting the clean energy sector
Osler Update August 9, 2023

Finance releases further revised EIFEL rules

Osler’s National Tax Group has been following these developments closely. See our Updates on the draft tax legislation package, the global...

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Finance releases further revised EIFEL rules
Osler Update August 8, 2023

Canadian federal government releases significant draft tax legislation package

The Canadian federal government released a significant package of draft tax legislation with updated and new draft legislation on many previously...

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Canadian federal government releases significant draft tax legislation package
Osler Update August 3, 2023

Bill C-49: proposed changes to energy regulation for the Atlantic offshore

The House of Commons has completed the first reading of Bill C-49 which seeks to modernize Canada’s energy regulatory framework for the Atlantic...

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Osler Update August 3, 2023

Government of Alberta pauses new renewable energy project approvals

Alberta is pausing approvals of new renewable electricity generation projects over one megawatt until February 29, 2024, and will conduct an inquiry...

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Osler Update July 31, 2023

Osler submission on transfer pricing consultation paper

The Department of Finance released a consultation paper including draft legislation to amend Canada’s transfer pricing rules.

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Osler Update July 21, 2023

Government of Québec adopts the Regulation respecting the language of the civil administration

The regulation clarifies provisions of the Charter of the French Language and creates new exceptions to the general principle of French as the first...

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