Fiat-backed stablecoins are swiftly gaining ground as an alternative means of payment—but how can Canada harness the full potential of the digital revolution? Without a clear domestic framework to support the use of blockchain-based payments linked to the Canadian dollar, Canadian digital payments risk being eclipsed by foreign-issued stablecoins, which could weaken domestic regulatory control over the system as a whole. 

In this podcast, taken from a recent webinar, members of Torys’ Fintech team speak with Peter MacKenzie, Senior Policy Analyst at C.D. Howe Institute and co-author of The Window is Closing: How Canada Can Shape the Future of Stablecoins and Digital Payments, about the regulatory, economic, and policy considerations needed for Canada to establish a regulatory model for blockchain-based payments to compete in the digital payments market on a global scale.

 In a day and age where career changes happen fast and frequently, spending 25 years at any one organization is something of a rarity. But Sharon Haward-Laird—Group Head of Canadian Commercial Banking and North American Integrated Solutions and Co-Head of Canadian Personal and Commercial Banking at BMO Financial Group—has spent over two decades building a corporate culture worth sticking around for. 

In this episode, Sharon Haward-Laird offers insight into why BMO is consistently recognized as having one of Canada’s most admired corporate cultures, and why setting the “tone from the top” is so critical in fostering a workplace grounded in gratitude.   

In this special edition episode of Breakfast With Appeal, Andrew Bernstein sits down with the Hon. Arif Virani, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada to discuss his tenure as Canada’s chief law officer, providing his views on the critical questions and philosophies underpinning the decision-making process when defending government legislation and mandates (originally recorded on September 17, 2025).

What kinds of economic losses are recoverable in a negligence class action? What’s the difference between economic loss and a traditional negligence claim? In this episode, the panel discusses the findings in North v. BMW, where the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned a lower court’s decision narrowing the scope of a class action relating to engine defects.

As financial crime grows increasingly sophisticated, regulatory scrutiny for reporting entities is on the rise. In this conversation, Torys’ AML team explores the latest regulatory developments, trends and emerging risks in anti-money laundering enforcement efforts, and explores best practices for dealing with FINTRAC to proactively reduce the risk of enforcement action. 

This podcast, taken from a recent webinar, provides an overview of FINTRAC’s supervisory framework and its Administrative Monetary Penalty (AMP) regime, highlighting recent trends in enforcement actions and proposed legislative amendments.

In her final years of undergrad, Chloe Berry had a decision to make: stand on an Olympic podium, or have a hand in building the stadium? 

Thankfully for the world of infrastructure, Chloe chose the latter path, embarking on a career in investment banking and corporate finance that has taken her across the globe in a succession of roles that has led to her current position as Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Infrastructure Group and Head of the Brookfield Infrastructure Income Strategy. 

In this episode of In the Chair, Chloe Berry discusses her career trajectory with Zehra Sheerazi, sharing her views on corporate leadership, building a strong culture across global offices, and how she laid the groundwork for a new investment model by launching, growing and managing an infrastructure fund for private wealth worth nearly $6.5 billion.

With 16 years at CPPIB under her belt, Heather Tobin, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Factor Investing, has all but written the book on leadership at Canada’s largest pension fund—even if it’s not yet on Goodreads. In this wide-ranging conversation, Heather discusses her globally impactful career, the importance of strategic alignment when managing with cross-global teams, and the perspective she’s gained in helping to build an investment portfolio that thinks not in years, but in generations.

In this episode, Jennifer Suess, General Counsel, ESG and Corporate Secretary at RioCan REIT, discusses how a career in the healthcare sector led her to her current position as RioCan REIT’s first-ever general counsel—and how she’s using her role in real estate to revolutionize the delivery of virtual healthcare in Canada.

As governments across Canada prepare to fast-track “nation building” infrastructure projects, developers, lenders, construction firms and other stakeholders need to be aware of litigation risk from the outset. In this episode of Shovel-ready, members of our integrated Development and Projects Litigation team describe how best to use contractual and statutory dispute mechanisms to keep projects on track.

While the right to peaceful assembly is protected under section 2(c) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, are there circumstances under which those rights might be justifiably violated? What happens when a company deliberately destroys evidence in a business transaction? Does the presence of a primitive clause in a statute contravene the rule of law? The BWA panel discusses three significant cases.