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Why REALTORS® should incorporate a Personal Real Estate Corporation (PREC) by December 31, 2020

November 26, 2020 | David Tang

Real Estate Report

REALTORS®  now have the ability to utilize a PREC.  Learn about the benefits,  some questions you should ask yourself together with details and pricing for Miller Thomson’s services to REALTORS® in Setting up a Personal Real Estate Corporation. There are […]

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Appeal launched against Federal Court’s dismissal of youth climate change lawsuit

November 26, 2020 | Steven Evans, Christie A. McLeod

EnviroNotes!

The Federal Court’s recent dismissal of a climate change lawsuit brought by a group of 15 Canadian youths has been appealed to the Federal Court of Appeal. In La Rose v Canada,[1]the Plaintiffs claimed against Her Majesty the Queen in […]

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Ontario announces COVID-19 workplace education and enforcement campaigns

November 20, 2020 | Michael Cleveland

Labour and Employment Communiqué

On November 19, 2020, the government of Ontario announced that it is undertaking a series of education and enforcement campaigns to promote compliance with COVID-19 health and safety requirements. Over 1,000 businesses have been visited by enforcement officers to date. […]

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The dawn of Canadian Privacy Law 2.0: The Consumer Privacy Protection Act introduced

November 19, 2020 | David Krebs, Kelly Harris

MT Cybersecurity Blog

The long-awaited overhaul of federal private sector privacy law, as outlined in our previous blog post, is finally here. The Digital Charter Implementation Act was introduced for First Reading on November 17, 2020, as Bill C-11. If enacted, the new […]

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Prompt payments and adjudication are set to arrive in Alberta’s construction industry

November 17, 2020 | Anna Kosa, Steve Rehak, Leanna Olson, Lori Goldberg

Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Western Canada

Major changes could be coming for the construction industry in Alberta as new prompt payment legislation is being proposed.  While other provinces have considered and implemented prompt payment and other changes to their lien legislation, Alberta is proposing its own […]

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The Alberta Construction Trust, the decision in ATB Financial v DLM Oilfield Enterprises Ltd, 2020 ABQB 562, and Bill 37 (Prompt Payment)

November 17, 2020 | Emma L. Johnston

Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Western Canada

Recent years have seen a developing body of law in Alberta as to the application of the construction trust found in Section 22 (the “Section 22 Trust”) of the Builders’ Lien Act, RSA 2000 c B-7 (the “Act”). This Section […]

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Transport Canada’s Vehicle Cyber Security Strategy

November 17, 2020 | Myron A. Mallia-Dare

Transportation & Logistics Communiqué

Transport Canada (“TC”) has partnered with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center to develop TC’s Vehicle Cyber Security Strategy (“Vehicle Cyber Strategy”). The Vehicle Cyber Strategy is intended to set out forward-looking cyber security priorities for TC over the […]

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Cross-country COVID-19 check-up

November 12, 2020 | Stuart Chaimberg, Steven Chaimberg, Joshua I. Selby, Ellen Kim, Justin Orleans

Real Estate Report

History of Canadian Government COVID-19 Rent Relief On April 24, 2020, the Government of Canada introduced the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program. The CECRA program, which was run through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), was set […]

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Deal making in the new normal

November 12, 2020 | Chris Newbert

Real Estate Report

As Canada steels itself in the face of a second wave of COVID-19 and the economy continues to navigate the related downturn, the commercial real estate industry, like many others, finds itself faced with significant challenges and uncertainty. Indeed the […]

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Ontario REALTORS® can now use personal real estate corporations – Miller Thomson assists OREA in crafting regulatory scheme

November 12, 2020 | Katherine Cavan, David Tang

Real Estate Report

Introduction On October 1, 2020, Regulation 536/20 under the Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2020 (the “Regulation”) came into force, providing Ontario brokers and salespersons registered with the Real Estate Commission of Ontario (“Registrants”) the ability to incorporate a […]

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