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.

While international tax treaties allocate taxing authority between sovereign nations according to a taxpayer’s place of residence, the cross-border nature of the digital economy raises a significant question for treaty negotiators: in a world where so much business is done in the cloud, does residence-based taxation still make sense? Listen in on tax partner Scott Semer’s wide-ranging conversation with David Rosenbloom, renowned tax scholar and negotiator in the Canada-U.S. tax treaty, for their views on the future of digital taxation.

The BWA panel continues their discussion on interjurisdictional immunity as it relates to two recent Supreme Court cases—and offer their views on why the saga of IJI will require multiple sequels and spin-offs as Canada expands its development of projects of national importance.

The doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity identifies which level of government—federal or provincial—has authority over specific subjects, and to what degree one level of government can intervene in the “core” of another’s powers. In two recent cases, the Supreme Court expanded the limits of interjurisdictional immunity—but the situation remains “complicated.”