We recently launched this year’s edition of our Dentons’ Pick of Canadian Regulatory Trends to Watch. In this annual series, Dentons’ team of leading regulatory lawyers forecast key trends for 2022 across a gamut of legal areas, including trade, competition, foreign investment review and national security, energy regulatory, digital economy regulation, and environment and climate change.
In case you’ve missed them, see links to our first five articles below:
Extended Producer Responsibility trends to watch in 2022: Waste not, want lots
2021, a year of uncertainty, adaptation, and increased focus on climate change following COP26, also marked a year of significant developments in the area of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) across Canada. This insight provides a look at some significant developments in EPR in Canada in 2021 and forecasts trends to watch for in 2022.
Link to the full article here.
Anti-corruption trends to watch in 2022: A pivotal year ahead for financial crime enforcement
2022 should prove to be a telling year in the Canadian government’s anti-corruption enforcement activity. High expectations were set for 2021 and while some advances occurred, the ongoing difficulties with the pandemic resulted in less than ideal conditions for growth in anti-corruption investigations and enforcement.
Link to the full article here.
Foreign Investment trends to watch in 2022: The expanding scope of Canadian national security review
Find out which four trends will dominate foreign investment review and national security under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) in 2022.
Link to the full article here.
Online platforms’ regulatory trends to watch in 2022: New obligations on the horizon for media services
In recent years, services and media content available online have evolved and proliferated to a point where governments around the world are now seeking to subject them to more detailed and comprehensive regulation. These are invariably attempts to catch up with current technologies and business models, and establish regimes that will better stand the test of time. Canada’s efforts are playing out in proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act and the Copyright Act.
Link to the full article here.
Energy regulatory trends to watch in 2022: The Great Energy Transition begins
In 2021, the Canadian and global economy continued to shift towards embracing green energy. Globally, COP26 created a renewed commitment towards a global transition from a hydrocarbon economy to a diversely-fueled economy that leverages green technology to combat climate change.
Link to the full article here.
These pieces were originally published on dentons.com
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