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Publications

April 17th, 2026

Document Request or Request for a Legal Opinion? Québec’s Access to Information Commission draws the line

In a recent decision, the Commission d’accès à l’information had to determine if a request addressed to the Chambre des notaires du Québec constituted a request for access to documents within the meaning of the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information, or if it was seeking to obtain a legal opinion.

Publications

April 16th, 2026

Rigour Meets Pragmatism: Québec’s Initiative to Modernize Its Hazardous Materials Framework

The Québec government published a draft regulation amending the Regulation respecting hazardous material, an extensive overhaul of a regulatory scheme that has remained largely unchanged since the late 1990s. The reform seeks to modernize hazardous materials management by strengthening control mechanisms, which should in turn address certain shortcomings in the application of the current framework.

Publications

April 15th, 2026

Collaborative approaches to construction management

Few stakeholders have had the opportunity to design and construct projects using the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) approach. Many would like to familiarize themselves with the underlying concepts without necessarily “taking the plunge.” One of the options available is based on a well-known model: the CCDC-5B Construction Management Contract for Services and Construction.

Workshops and conferences

April 2nd, 2026