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Major overhaul to environmental legislation: What does it mean for you?
Penalties for many environmental crimes will double under the Environment Protection Legislation Amendment (Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Bill 2024.
Global | Publication | May 2017
Treaty/Act: CETA/Bill C-30 (An Act to implement the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the European Union and its Member States and to provide for certain other measures)
Date: May 11, 2017 – Bill C-30 passes third reading in Senate
The overhaul to Canada’s pharmaceutical patent regime is nearly here. On May 11, 2017, the Canadian Senate passed Bill C-30 (the act intended to implement CETA into Canadian law) without amendment, the final major stage of the legislative process. Bill C-30 will become law once it receives royal assent, a formality.
As we reported, CETA and Bill C-30 provide key reforms to the Patent Act affecting the pharmaceutical industry, including:
We anticipate the details to be published shortly.
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Bill C-30, Third Reading (House of Commons)
Text of the final Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
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Penalties for many environmental crimes will double under the Environment Protection Legislation Amendment (Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Bill 2024.
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On March 13, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) published two Canadian sustainability standard exposure drafts – CSDS 1, General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information and CSDS 2, Climate-related Disclosures (Draft Canadian Standards).
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