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How the new Building Canada Act works
On June 26, Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, received royal assent. The One Canadian Economy Act introduces two pieces of legislation aimed at bolstering economic development in Canada.
Businesses face increasing pressure from their investors, customers, employees, regulators, and other stakeholders to promote their ESG goals in the transition to a more sustainable economy. Many businesses look to effect more impactful changes by addressing systemic issues through collaboration with other participants in their industry. This, however, creates risks that require careful management to avoid running afoul of competition laws.
Many competition enforcers have provided guidance to help companies resolve this tension and encourage lawful collaboration at the industry level, but others have recognized that there is no sustainability exception to antitrust laws and declined to provide guidance to help businesses navigate the intersection of ESG and competition laws. Still others have threatened and even initiated enforcement action against “climate cartels” on theories that sound in antitrust law.
Businesses engaged in ESG and sustainability efforts need to keep up-to-date with the changing enforcement and regulatory landscape, understand the growing body of guidance across jurisdictions, and distinguish the reality from the rhetoric of some enforcers to fully understand their antitrust risks and ensure that they remain compliant with competition laws.
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On June 26, Bill C-5, the One Canadian Economy Act, received royal assent. The One Canadian Economy Act introduces two pieces of legislation aimed at bolstering economic development in Canada.
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In this edition we report on the Law Commission’s interim statement on 1954 Act reform following its two November consultations. We then examine the facts, judgments and implications of 3 recent cases: Emily Colville comments on the progress of a case determining whether or not a roof top garden should be considered a “storey” for the purposes of the Building Safety Act 2022.
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