Governance Insights 2025: A Preview of 2025

A Preview of 2025: 10 Legal Updates GCs, Boards and Investors Need to Know


1. Board Oversight: Increased Scrutiny and Importance
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2. Supreme Court Guidance on the Meaning of Material Change
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Continued Shareholder Activism and the Scope of Target Defensive Measures
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4. Managing AI Technologies Risk and Disclosure
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5. Greenwashing: New Competition Act Provisions and CSA Warnings
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6. Slow Progress Towards Mandatory Climate Disclosure
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7. Shareholder Proposals: Virtual Meetings, Climate Change and Anti-ESG
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8. Diversity at Canada’s Public Companies
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9. Canada’s Anti-Slavery Regime: First-Year Report
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10. Canada Tax Policy: Expect a Change of Course
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Key Contacts
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