The Government of Canada may use its power over criminal law to enforce limits on greenhouse gas emission, according to an authority on constitutional law. Peter Hogg, professor emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School and scholar in residence at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, argues in a new report, released by the C.D. Howe Institute, that Parliament is within the bounds of the law to use criminal... 

There was a time when RRSP season was all about smoking out the good deals — pun intended. These days many investors are looking not just for good returns but for feel-good good returns. Initially, this meant negatively screening investments — a term used to refer to weeding out companies that manufacture or contribute to less than attractive products, such as tobacco. This RRSP season, however,... 

The stodgy image once associated with the P&C industry can be cast aside with the launch of the Green Energy Act. Bill 150, tabled in the provincial legislature at the end of February, offers key policy initiatives for renewable energy production and use in Ontario. “We’re now at the point where there is going to be a change,” in how business is conducted, explained Richard Corley, partner...