Tag Archives: Toronto advertising law

May 17, 2023

New Competition Bureau Compliance Portal: Canadian Advertising/Marketing Law Compliance Guidance

In March 2023, Canada’s federal Competition Bureau (Bureau) launched a new competition law Compliance Portal (see: Consultation on new Compliance Portal). In making its announcement, the Bureau said that it launched its new Compliance Portal to help businesses stay on the right side of Canadian … Read the rest of this entry »

September 10, 2019

Should Advertising Regulators Enforce Wokeness?: Canadian Lawyer

In my new Canadian Lawyer column, I discuss two recent U.K. ASA advertising decisions with potential implications for Canada relating to “wokeness” and advertising.  Below is an excerpt with a link to my column. ***************** In an interesting development, two ads were recently banned under new … Read the rest of this entry »

May 9, 2017

Current Canadian Competition Law Issues For Digital Marketers

Practical Law Canada Competition has published a new Legal Update, which discusses key current competition and advertising issues for digital marketers in Canada, including the upcoming private right of action rights for the digital marketing sections of the Competition Act. Below is an excerpt with … Read the rest of this entry »

July 26, 2016

Canadian Destination Marketing Promotions (Trip Contests) – A Few Tips & Potential Traps

CANADIAN CONTEST RULES/PRECEDENTS Do you need contest rules/precedents for a Canadian contest? We offer many types of Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents and forms (i.e., Canadian contest/sweepstakes law precedents to run common types of contests in Canada).  These include precedents for random draw contests (i.e., where … Read the rest of this entry »