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Document(s) published by this organization: 122
Show: results per page Sort by:  | New Bank Act Amendments Alter Security Interest Priorities Between Federal Bank Act Security and Unperfected PPSA and other Security Interests
Jenna Grant, Stephen J. Redican; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 16, 2012, previously published on April 2012 On March 29, 2012, the Financial System Review Act (“FSRA”) received royal assent, with the provisions coming into force on a date to be fixed by order in council. The FSRA contains amendments to the Bank Act, clarifying the order of priorities in a situation where multiple security...
| | Federal Government to Introduce Major Reforms to Environmental Assessment Process
Dionysios Rossi, Brad Woods; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 13, 2012, previously published on April 2012 On March 29, 2012, the federal government introduced the 2012 Federal budget and announced major reforms to the federal environmental assessment process. The proposed changes are aimed at making the review process for major projects more predictable and timely, reducing duplication, strengthening...
| | Federal Budget 2012 Changes
Pamela L. Cross, Eva M. Krasa, Sonia T. Mak; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 13, 2012, previously published on April 2012 The March 29, 2012 federal budget (“Budget 2012”) included several proposed changes in the pension and benefits area. On April 2, 2012 the Canada Revenue Agency issued a number of Qs&As which provide some additional detail on certain of the changes.
| | ISDA Master Agreement, Section 2(a)(iii): Interpretation by the English Court of Appeal
Carol E. Derk, K. Ruth Liu, Stephen J. Redican; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 13, 2012, previously published on April 2012 The English Court of Appeal has recently handed down a decision in Lomas and others v JFB Firth Rixson, Inc. and others, [2012] EWCA Civ 419 that, among other things, has provided an interpretation of Section 2(a)(iii) of the 1992 form of ISDA Master Agreement that mirrors the predominant market...
| | Focus on Canada’s Payments System Heats Up
Jeffrey S. Graham, Tiffany Murray, Stephen J. Redican; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2012, previously published on April 2012 In 2009 and 2010, Canada’s payments systems underwent remarkable scrutiny and was the subject of a host of changes. Parliamentary and senate hearings were held; the Competition Commissioner considered credit card duality in Canada; the Competition Bureau considered competition in...
| | Mining & the 2012 Federal Budget
Steve Suarez; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2012, previously published on April 2012 The 2012 federal budget (Budget) was presented by Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty in the House of Commons on March 29, 2012. The Budget proposes a number of tax initiatives of importance to the mining community.
| | Ontario Pension Reform Update - Are You Ready for the Changes?
Sonia T. Mak; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 2012 This Alert is relevant to you if you maintain a pension plan for employees located in Ontario.
| | IOSCO Releases Consultation Paper: Principles for the Regulation of Exchange Traded Funds
Carol E. Derk; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 4, 2012, previously published on April 2012 On March 14, 2012, the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) released a Consultation Report (the Consultation Report) entitled Principles for the Regulation of Exchange Traded Funds. The Consultation Report was prepared by the Technical...
| | Québec 2012-2013 Budget
Kevin Bianchini, Joseph Takhmizdjian; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 3, 2012, previously published on March 2012 On March 20, 2012, the Minister of Finance, Raymond Bachand, tabled the 2012-2013 Budget of the Québec government. This Budget, Raymond Bachand’s third, and the Liberal government’s eleventh, has “two pieces of excellent news for Québecers”. First, according to...
| | Public Sector Wage Restraint Legislation: Two Years Later
Susan E. Sorensen; Borden Ladner Gervais LLP;
Legal Alert/Article April 2, 2012, previously published on March 2012 As part of its 2010 budget process, the Ontario government introduced the Public Sector Compensation Restraint to Protect Public Services Act (the "Restraint Act"). The Restraint Act retroactively froze the compensation of non-union workers and office-holders employed by the provincial...
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