Service Area: Business Law

In the spring of 2020, the Ontario government passed Bill 145, the Trust in Real Estate Services Act (the “Act”), which amended the Real Estate[...]

There is no longer a need to check the weather before going out for a bite to eat – simply dine-in! The day has finally[...]

On June 8, 2020, the Ontario government announced its intention to introduce changes to the Commercial Tenancies Act in order to protect commercial tenants from[...]

On June 8, 2020, the Ontario government announced that at the end of this week, the second stage of reopening of certain businesses in certain[...]

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Canadian Business Resilience Network, in collaboration with Salesforce, recently launched the Small Business Relief Fund, which will provide grants of[...]

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Canadian Business Resilience Network, in partnership with the Government of Canada, in collaboration with EY, and with support from the[...]

On May, 20, 2020, the City of Ottawa released the Business Reopening Toolkit to offer guidance to businesses that prepare to recommence operations safely as[...]

By law, under normal circumstances, Ontario and federally incorporated corporations and not-for-profits are required to hold a meeting of shareholders no later than 18 months[...]

On April 16, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the creation of a new program, the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance, to help small businesses[...]