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 provide their perspective on the trends that will define 2023, including in the areas of energy, climate change and the environment, telecommunications, health, foreign investment review, trade, ESG (environmental, social and governance) disclosure, consumer products and administrative law.
In case you’ve missed them, see the links to our first three articles below:
Energy regulatory trends to watch in 2023: Electrification, sequestration and friction
Last year, we characterized 2022 as the “beginning of the Great Energy Transition.” Many regulatory and fiscal measures were either implemented or announced in 2022 to accelerate this transition. For 2023, we foresee some potential for movement in the transition in the area of electrification to meet Canada’s future energy requirements, and sequestration of carbon to facilitate continued production of oil and gas.
Link to the full article here.
Healthcare trends to watch in 2023: Advances in the use of telemedicine
The impact of COVID-19 resulted in a significant increase in the use of telemedicine across Canada. Some Regulators of healthcare providers directed their members not to see patients in their offices, adding to the need for patients to be treated via telemedicine. Accompanying the rapid increase in the reliance on telemedicine are the usual risks of possible negative impacts on the businesses offering telemedicine services.
Link to the full article here.
TMT regulatory trends to watch in 2023: Technology, media and telecommunications sector horizon scan
The regulatory agenda in 2023 promises to be busy for the global technology, media and telecommunications sector, and Canada is no exception. There are strong indications that the Government of Canada intends to follow through on major legislative and policy initiatives in the TMT space, ranging from content regulation and compensation schemes, new cyber-security breach reporting and compliance initiatives and a continuing focus on mandated wholesale telecommunications access and broadband expansion funding initiatives.
Link to the full article here.
These pieces were originally published on dentons.com.
To access all the articles in the Dentons’ Pick of Canadian Regulatory Trends to Watch in 2023 series, click here.
