The Canadian federal government has released Budget 2025. As the law firm with Canada’s largest multidisciplinary tax practice, we have the expertise to help you navigate the federal measures and position your business for what’s next.
Capital market participants in Canada face a variety of emerging securities regulatory and litigation risks, from the ongoing rise in climate disclosure-related litigation, the increase in shareholder activism, enhanced regulatory scrutiny and evolving digital asset regulation and enforcement.
Welcome to the 14th annual edition of Mining in the Courts, a publication of McCarthy Tétrault LLP’s Mining Litigation Group that provides a one-stop annual update on legal developments impacting the mining industry.
McCarthy Tétrault’s Guide on the Reporting Obligations Under the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act provides in-depth insights on the reporting obligations and addresses common questions to help ensure accuracy and completeness.
To help decision makers effectively execute their strategies this year, McCarthy Tétrault’s National Energy Group has released Power Perspectives 2024 (available in English only). This comprehensive annual report reviews and analyzes the key developments that are shaping the energy sector, including policy changes, new case law, regulatory updates, and provincial calls for energy as the global and Canadian economies change.
In this technology industry outlook report, McCarthy Tétrault’s multidisciplinary National Technology Industry Group looks at the sector’s most noteworthy developments over the past year and their implications for the year ahead. Designed to help technology leaders and investors stay competitive, Technology Perspectives Outlook 2024 delves into the trends and issues affecting businesses’ day-to-day operations and provides a multidisciplinary overview of considerations that can have an impact on companies moving forward.
This article provides an overview of the important Canadian legislative and judicial tax developments of 2023, and looks ahead to potential significant Canadian tax changes in 2024.
This publication reviews key developments in Canada during 2023, and reflects on their potential significance for 2024 and beyond. Prepared by the Competition/Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group at McCarthy Tétrault
On Target: 2024 Private Equity Outlook examines last year’s activity and provides a comprehensive analysis of the Canadian private equity landscape over the past 12 months, including a detailed breakdown of 2023 deal numbers, market conditions and industry shifts, fundraising activity and other hot-topic issues that will impact 2024 deal making.
To help guide you through this challenging environment, McCarthy Tétrault’s Procurement Group has released its Public Procurement 2023 Year in Review. This practical guide provides an overview of key federal and provincial developments that can affect the procurement landscape moving forward, including recently introduced laws that can have an impact on your business, new provincial plans for procurement opportunities, and information on audits and court and administrative tribunal rulings.
On June 22, 2023, the new mandatory disclosure rules in the Income Tax Act (Canada) ("Act") took effect. These rules expand the range of transactions that taxpayers, as well as advisors and promotors, must report to the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”). Failure to report can result in significant penalties as well as the extension of limitation periods. In this guide, we provide a practical summary of the new rules including the kinds of transactions to which they apply, who is required to report, when and how to report, and the potential risks associated with failing to report.
In the first major reform to the Broadcasting Act since 1991, the Online Streaming Act received Royal Assent on April 27, 2023, providing a new framework that will lead to a modernization of the Broadcasting Act. Under this refresh, among other matters, the legislation works to update the Act’s oversight and enforcement provisions, to clarify its scope in relation to online streaming services, and to amend the broadcasting policy to better reflect Canada’s diversity.
Today’s economic and geopolitical climate have fostered a new set of particularly difficult challenges for directors and corporate leaders, but also new opportunities to revisit business models and past practices in order for corporations to emerge stronger, better and more resilient.
On March 28, 2023, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, delivered the Liberal Government’s federal budget, “A Made-in-Canada Plan: Strong Middle Class, Affordable Economy, Healthy Future” (“Budget 2023”). McCarthy Tétrault’s Tax Group has prepared a detailed analysis of tax measures in Budget 2023 that are most relevant to businesses and their owners.
Pension fund administrators have a fiduciary duty to prudently manage financial risks and opportunities when investing plan assets and when managing plan operations that are paid from the pension fund. This includes the financial risks and opportunities associated with climate change and other environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. But what are the legal dos and don’ts?
This Guidebook is designed to provide general information on Canada’s labor and employment laws. This Guidebook does not provide legal advice on specific issues. You are encouraged to consult with legal counsel should you require assistance in addressing a particular issue or concern.
Cross-Border: A Consumer Products Industry Guide to Doing Business in Canada was developed by McCarthy Tétrault’s Retail and Consumer Markets Group as a basic guide to the legal aspects of establishing and operating a consumer products business in Canada
Cross-Border: A Retailer’s Guide to Doing Business in Canada was developed by McCarthy Tétrault’s Retail and Consumer Markets Group as a basic guide to the legal aspects of establishing and operating a retail business in Canada
