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Prime Minister Announces New Federal Cabinet

Quebec Signals Implementation of Derivatives Legislation with Publication of Draft Regulation

Update on Securities Class Action Exposures in Canada – Secondary Market Liability

OSC Finalizes Policy Guidance on Defence for Misrepresentations in Forward-Looking Information

The Quebec Act Respecting the Transfer of Securities and the Establishment of Security Entitlements

Designing the Western Carbon Frontier: WCI Announces Proposed Framework for Regional Cap-and-Trade Program

A Ringing Endorsement for External Directors in the Province of Quebec

Federal Court Decision in the Application for Judiciary Review in the Buschau Matter

Court of Appeal Clarifies Factors to be Considered When Fixing Security Under B.C. Builders Lien Act

 
Canadian Voters Mandate Economy as Top Priority for New Government: A Blakes-sponsored National Study
Friday, October 24, 2008

Canadian voters have given Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his newly re-elected government a mandate that will make his job complicated in the months ahead, according to a Blakes-sponsored study conducted by Ensight Canada. The Canadian public is seeking immediate government action to prevent an economic freefall, but is largely opposed to industry sector bailouts, foreign takeovers in certain sectors, significant deficit growth or loosening of regulatory oversight. [More Here]
 
Federal Election Likely to Impact Competition Act and Investment Canada Act
Thursday, October 16, 2008

During the federal election campaign, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced his government would introduce a package of amendments designed to "strengthen" Canada’s competition laws, “to protect Canadians from anticompetitive practices and from other abuses” and to position Canada to compete in the global economy by “fostering open markets." Having been re-elected, these campaign promises are very likely to become law. [More Here]
 
Newly Elected Conservative Government’s International Trade and Investment Agenda
Thursday, October 16, 2008

The Conservative Party has proposed a number of measures to those interested in maintaining and expanding Canada’s international trade and investment relations. The government has indicated it will seek to increase trade and investment ties with emerging markets, eliminate trade barriers currently existing between various regions within Canada, and aim to introduce measures that will support various Canadian industries, including Canada’s natural resources and manufacturing sectors, in becoming increasingly competitive on a global level.

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Canada to Deepen Trade Relations with the European Union
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

On Friday, October 16, 2008, recently re-elected Prime Minister Stephen Harper and French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU), met at a summit in Quebec city to discuss the possibility of a strategic partnership between Canada and the 27 member states of the EU, Canada’s second most important trading partner. Following this meeting, the leaders jointly issued a statement indicating their intention to work together to define the scope of an ambitious economic agreement that, once negotiated, is intended to be more extensive than most other free trade agreements. [More Here]
 
 
 


 

Looking North: A Primer on Doing Business in Canada
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Canadian Private Equity
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