November 6 – U.S. Mid-terms Preview
Oh, U.S. mid-terms. The Super Bowl for political nerds has finally gone mainstream! Suddenly, everyone is asking: what’s going to happen on Tuesday and what…
Ontario Cabinet Update
Premier Ford shuffled six members of his cabinet today. Here’s what you need to know about what’s happening at Queen’s Park. Jim Wilson (Simcoe-Grey), the…
Cooperating to Create a National Securities Regulator in Canada
Summary On November 9, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) unanimously upheld legislation that supports the creation of a national securities regulator under a…
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Ontario’s 2018 Fall Economic Statement
Earlier this afternoon, Ontario’s Minister of Finance, Vic Fedeli, rose in the Legislature to present the province’s 2018 Fall Economic Statement and Fiscal Review. The…
Ontario Clarifies Cannabis Retail Rules
By: Melanie Paradis, Charlotte Conlin, Jeffrey P. Gebert The Ontario government proclaimed the Cannabis License Regulations on November 14, 2018, clarifying some of the anticipated…
Canada’s 2018 Fall Economic Statement
Earlier this afternoon, Canada’s Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, presented the federal government’s 2018 Fall Economic Statement, updating the budget forecast of major revenues and…
Robyn Osgood joins McMillan Vantage Leadership Team
We are pleased to announce that Robyn Osgood has joined the firm’s leadership group as Managing Director, effective October 15, 2018. Robyn has led the…
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Ontario to Make Major Changes to Employment and Labour Standards through the Making Ontario Open for Business Act
By: Melanie Paradis, Kyle Lambert The Government of Ontario today introduced legislation to repeal several changes to the province’s employment and labour standards legislation made…
What’s in a name – the USMCA is the new NAFTA
By: Mark Resnick (McMillan Vantage), Jonathan O’Hara and Robert Wisner (McMillan LLP)[1] Late in the evening of the last Sunday in September, 14 months after President Trump triggered complex and…
Ontario Premier to Set Precedent Invoking Notwithstanding Clause
For more information on the circumstances which led to the City’s challenge of the Act, please see our earlier bulletins published on July 27 and August 1, 2018.…
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Trust in Crisis
<p>As published in The Globe and Mail<br> Print edition in the Report on Business section</p> <p>The data has been breached. The effluent is in the…
An Analysis of Ontario’s Speech from the Throne
The Ford Government used the Speech from the Throne to reiterate his Party’s core promises from the campaign trail. There were no surprises. With this…
