Natural Resources
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August 19, 2024
Alberta Securities Commission Capital Market Report — 2023 key findings and market trends
The Alberta Securities Commission (ASC) published its annual Alberta Capital Market report on July 29, 2024. The report offers a comprehensive analysis of the province’s capital market in 2023 and contextualizes its performance in relation to Canada’s other major markets.
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August 14, 2024
Canada ‘disappointed’ in U.S. increase in ‘unfair and unwarranted’ softwood lumber duties
In a lingering, decades-long trade dispute, Canada is again crying foul over an increase in U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
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August 13, 2024
Ontario court decides on carriage motion for securities class actions related to mining landslide
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted a carriage motion in a case of competing class actions related to a landslide at a mining site in Turkey.
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August 13, 2024
Scope of judicial oversight of arbitral awards limited
In Clayton v. Canada (Attorney General), 2024 ONCA 581, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal of a set-aside application on jurisdictional and public policy grounds, confirming that the grounds on which arbitral awards may be set aside are narrow.
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August 13, 2024
Trade Tribunal to mull renewal of anti-dumping measures for copper tubing
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has announced it is initiating an expiry review of its 2019 orders regarding the dumping of circular copper tube on the Canadian market from Brazil, Greece, China, Korea and Mexico.
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August 12, 2024
Ontario Court of Appeal dismisses canned tuna price-fixing class action citing lack of evidence
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a class action alleging a price-fixing conspiracy in Canada's canned tuna market, ruling that the claim lacked sufficient facts to extend a U.S.-based conspiracy to Canada.
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August 12, 2024
Six First Nations file application challenging Ontario’s Mining Act as unconstitutional
Six First Nations have launched a court challenge against Ontario's Mining Act regime, charging that the province's free-entry mining system has been “flooded with newly registered mining claims” on lands that they govern, infringing on their treaty rights and Charter equality rights.
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August 09, 2024
Feds launch consultation on protection measures amid calls for tariffs on Chinese steel, aluminum
The federal government has announced the launch of public consultations on measures to protect Canada’s economic interests following calls from domestic steel and aluminum producers for tariffs on imports from China.
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August 09, 2024
Canada sanctions Belarusian judges complicit in Lukashenko regime’s jailing of political prisoners
Canada and its allies have imposed asset freezes and immigration bans on certain Belarusian judges and others who facilitate repression and violations of human rights in their country, including jailing hundreds of political prisoners at the behest of President Alexander Lukashenko’s illegitimate regime.
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August 09, 2024
Federal Court upholds Ottawa’s decision to sanction oil billionaire with ties to Russia
Oil billionaire Igor Makarov will be staying on Canada’s sanctions list for now.