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Proposed Privacy Changes: Bill C-11

On November 17, 2020, Bill C-11, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts (Bill C-11), received first reading in the House of Commons. Part 1 of Bill C-11 repeals Part 1 of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and enacts the Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA) to protect the personal information of individuals while recognizing the need of organizations to collect, use or disclose personal information in the course of commercial activities.

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Investment Canada Act pre-merger review threshold increases to $ 1 billion

Canada’s planned increase to the generally applicable threshold for “net benefit” reviews under the Investment Canada Act (ICA) from $800 million to $1 billion became effective June 22, 2017. The new threshold, should have the effect of exempting most investments or dispositions by WTO investors from the “net benefit to Canada” review process under the ICA.

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Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program announces temporary pause on high volume streams

On May 9, 2016, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program ("OINP") announced that the Province of Ontario had received a sufficient number of OINP applications to meet its 2016 federal allocation. As a result, it has placed a temporary pause on the intake of applications under what it refers to as "select, high-volume" OINP streams.

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