Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Nouveaux droits des passagers aériens au Canada) There have been many media reports in recent years about the plight of Canadian airline passengers being denied boarding, having their flights delayed or cancelled, or having to wait… Read More ›
Business, industry and trade
Resilience and Strain: Canada–U.S. Relations in 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Résilience et tensions : les relations entre le Canada et les États-Unis en 2020) In an address to the Canadian Parliament on 11 June 1947, U.S. President Harry Truman observed that the U.S. and Canada had… Read More ›
Executive Summary – Global Marine Plastic Pollution: Sources, Solutions and Canada’s Role
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Disponible en français : Résumé – La pollution plastique des océans dans le monde : les sources, les solutions et le rôle du Canada) Plastics have become ubiquitous throughout the global economy and in our daily lives as a result… Read More ›
Hyperloop: The Future of Intercity Transportation?
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : L’Hyperloop : l’avenir du transport interurbain?) Although the Hyperloop concept is not new, its main features were revealed in 2013 by Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and Space X, with the publication of his Hyperloop Alpha… Read More ›
Efforts to Combat Snow Washing: Canada Moves Towards a Beneficial Ownership Registry
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Lutte au blanchiment à la neige : les premiers pas du Canada vers un registre des bénéficiaires effectifs) Beneficial Ownership and Money Laundering When a criminal activity generates substantial profits, the individual or group involved inevitably attempts… Read More ›
Marine Pilotage in Canada: En Route to Modernizing The Pilotage Act?
Reading Time: 6 minutes (Disponible en français : Le pilotage maritime au Canada : en route vers la modernisation de la Loi sur le pilotage?) Note: This publication was updated in September, 2020: Marine Pilotage in Canada: En Route to Modernizing the Pilotage Act… Read More ›
Issues and Concerns Related to Digital Currencies
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Disponible en français : Enjeux et préoccupations liés aux monnaies numériques) This HillNote is the second of three on the topic of digital currencies. Part 1 of the series dealt with the taxation and regulation of digital currencies and part 3… Read More ›
Taxation and Regulation of Digital Currencies
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Fiscalité et réglementation des monnaies numériques) This HillNote is the first of three on the topic of digital currencies. Part 2 of the series will deal with issues and concerns related to digital currencies and part… Read More ›
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Status and Next Steps for Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Le Partenariat transpacifique : situation actuelle et prochaines étapes pour le Canada) With the North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations frequently in the news, that agreement may be uppermost in the minds of legislators and Canadians. However,… Read More ›
The Supreme Court of Canada’s Re-Examination of Internal Trade: The Case of Beer
Reading Time: 4 minutes (Disponible en français : Affaire Gérard Comeau : Le commerce intérieur bientôt dans la mire de la Cour suprême du Canada) About 150 years ago, Canada’s Fathers of Confederation contemplated trade across provincial boundaries when drafting section 121 of the… Read More ›