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May 8th, 2018

Copyright and Piracy: the Immunity of Website Operators?

The Federal Court of Appeal (the “FCA”) recently rendered an important decision1 for the fight against copyright piracy, in which it ruled that a website knowingly facilitating the circumvention of legal means to watch television programs cannot benefit from the immunity afforded to neutral conduits under paragraph 2.4(1)(b) of the Copyright Act (the “Act”), even though […]

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May 1st, 2018

Not Just a “Beer Case” : The Supreme Court Confirms the Constitutionality of Certain Provincial Non-Tariff Trade Barriers

Charged with illegally importing beer from Quebec into New Brunswick, a Canadian citizen is at the core of a five-year court case that came to an end last week. This matter could have had a fundamental impact on interprovincial trade in Canada. However, it will not have the expected impact. After hearing representations from the […]

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April 18th, 2018

Proposed Changes to the Federal Environmental Assessment Regime and Creation of the Canadian Energy Regulator

On February 8, 2018, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change tabled Bill C-69 (the “Bill”). The Bill has three main thrusts: (i) repeal of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (2012) and its replacement by the new Impact Assessment Act; (ii) creation of the Canadian Energy Regulator (the “CER”) to replace the National Energy […]

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April 13th, 2018

Imposing a Period of Refresher Training: Exercise of the Discretionary Power of the Executive Committee of a Professional Order

On December 21, 2017, in the matter of Neumann v. Collège des médecins du Québec1, the Quebec Superior Court rendered an interesting decision regarding the power of the executive committee of a professional order to require one of its members to take a period of refresher training. The facts underlying this instance of judicial review […]

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April 11th, 2018

The Obligation to Act in Good Faith in the Context of an Oppression Remedy Under the Quebec’s Business Corporations Act

In its decision in Quigley v. Placements Banque Nationale Inc. et al. rendered on January 15, 2018, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld a judgment by Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Gouin dismissing the action of the plaintiffs, former employees of Gestion de portefeuille Natcan Inc. (“Natcan”), brought pursuant to sections 450 to 453 of […]

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March 23rd, 2018

Cannabis Producers: Health Canada Specifies Certain Future Regulatory Obligations Following Public Consultations

On March 19, 2018 Health Canada published a document entitled “Proposed Approach to the Regulation of Cannabis: Summary of Comments Received During the Public Consultation”. The document briefly reviews the approaches proposed by Health Canada in November 2017, and summarizes the comments received by stakeholder communities most directly affected by the proposed regulations. More importantly, […]