Business
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November 20, 2024
OSC announces shift of some registration functions to CIRO, strategic priorities for 2025-26
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has announced plans to shift some registration functions to the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO), and other provincial and territorial securities regulators may follow.
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November 20, 2024
Leon’s and The Brick ordered to provide information in marketing practices investigation
The Competition Bureau has obtained a court order requiring Leon’s Furniture Ltd. and its subsidiary, The Brick Warehouse LP, to provide information to the bureau in relation to an investigation into their alleged use of misleading marketing practices.
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November 20, 2024
Court allows appeal of insurance housing benefits for victim of 'catastrophic' car accident
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has overturned a tribunal decision that denied the victim of a serious accident a special award for housing, even though the respondent insurance company had agreed to pay the amount.
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November 20, 2024
3 associates join Thornton Grout Finnigan
Recent news releases from Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP announced the addition of Andrew Nesbitt, Shurabi Srikaruna and Daniel Alievsky as associates in the firm’s restructuring and litigation practice groups.
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November 20, 2024
Ontario charitable corporations: Payments to directors, connected persons
Directors of charitable corporations operating in Ontario are subject to strict requirements to act without personal benefit — meaning they cannot be paid for serving as directors or for other services unless authorized by court order or pursuant to Ontario Regulation 4/01 under the Charities Accounting Act (the Regulation).
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November 20, 2024
Lazy, malingering or needy? | Courtney Mulqueen
The distinction between laziness and a mental health issue that leaves someone struggling to function can be lost on many people.
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November 19, 2024
Public has low confidence in criminal courts; believes politics influences SCC appointments: poll
If public confidence is a litmus test for the health of the justice system, a new national poll suggests Canada’s courts have room to improve.
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November 19, 2024
CSA seeks more comment on proposed electronic access to disclosure documents via SEDAR+
The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) is seeking feedback on a proposal to allow investors to electronically access annual financial statements, interim financial reports and related management discussion and analysis of corporate issuers.
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November 19, 2024
Feds announce consultations on housing financialization, ending GST on new student residences
The federal government has launched consultations on “confronting the financialization of housing” and on removing GST on the construction of new student residences to incentivize the building of more student housing and ease rental housing pressures for students.
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November 19, 2024
Court of Appeal rules that BCSC blended hearing over abuse of process and insider trading was unfair
The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled that a combined hearing on abuse of process claims and insider trading charges was procedurally unfair, as it denied the accused the opportunity to cross-examine key investigators.