Category: Blog
Business Law and the Accessible Canada Act: Navigating Legal Obligations for Inclusivity*
In today’s increasingly diverse society, businesses are recognizing the importance of inclusivity and accessibility—not only from a moral and ethical standpoint but also as a legal obligation. One key piece […]
Mayor’s Luncheon
Written by Connor Giesbrecht On June 13, 2024, students from the Manitoba Legal Clinic for the Arts joined local artists and supporters of the arts at the 16th annual Mayor’s Luncheon […]
Reflections on recent developments on artificial intelligence regulation in Canada and abroad
Written by Rebecca Parry, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, UK Artificial intelligence is seen as having transformative potential for Canada, as recently illustrated by the announcement of a large package […]
Reflections on the 17th Annual Canadian Law Student Conference
Written by Justin Papoff On March 14th and 15th, I had opportunity to attend the 17th annual Canadian Law Student Conference held in Windsor, Ontario. I attended alongside my fellow third-year classmates, Matthew London […]
Increased Transparency But At What Cost? – Bill C42
Written by Abhinav Dhingra Introduction Bill C-42, which received royal assent on November 2nd, 2023, is known as “An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make […]
The Federal Courts Advantage in Civil Procedure
Written by Gerard Kennedy In a recent article to be published in the Canadian Bar Review, supported by Desautels Centre funding, I analyzed whether procedure in the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal […]
Small Businesses in the North
Arctic Adventures in Business Law – Challenge and Potential of Operating a Small or Family Business in Canada’s North Written by Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich As those of us working in the […]
Paper Awarded the Canadian Tax Foundation – Bert Wolfe Nitikman Foundation Award for the Western Provinces
Written by Matthew London In the fall 2022 semester, I authored a paper titled “Incentivizing Giving via the Removal of Capital Gains Tax from the Donation of Private Company Shares” […]
The intersection of private enterprise and the law in the Canadian business history, the Canadian auto industry, and in Canada’s broader postwar political economy
Written by Dimitry Anastakis, LR Wilson/RJ Currie Chair in Canadian Business History University of Toronto, Department of History and Rotman School of Management and Affiliated Researcher, Desautels Centre As an […]
Review of the 27th Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters
Written by Isha Khandelwal* The 27th session of the United Nations (‘UN’) Tax Committee (‘the committee’), a subsidiary group of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, was held at […]