Resume

• 2016

  On November 1

  the Honourable William Morneau

  Canada’s Minister of Finance

  tabled his government’s Fall Economic Statement. Included in the Statement was a commitment by the Liberal Government to ensure that Canada makes the most of every opportunity to attract global investment.

  Investment Canada: National Security Guidelines To Be Published

  Foreign Investment Review in Canada

  Getting the Deal Through – Mining 2013 - Canada

  Access to Information Request Provides Insight on Number of Canadian National Security Reviews

  Canada Competition Act merger decision

  Competition Bureau Issues 'No Action'​ Letter Despite Likely Anti-Competitive Effects of Proposed Merger

  The Competition Bureau (Bureau) announced on December 7

  2016 that the Commissioner of Competition (Commissioner) had reached a settlement with Moose International Inc. (Moose) regarding his concerns over Moose’s “Made in Canada” advertising and labelling with respect to certain of its premium brand parkas. The settlement brings to an end legal proceedings between the parties that had started earlier this year.

  Competition Bureau Settles “Made in Canada” Advertising Dispute with Moose Knuckles

  On December 19

  the Minister of Innovation

  Science and Economic Development (Minister) issued Guidelines on the National Security Review of Investments (Guidelines) in an effort to provide foreign investors and their advisers with a better understanding as to the circumstances in which a national security review might be initiated by the Government of Canada under the Investment Canada Act (Act).

  Investment Canada Issues National Security Review Guidelines

  Amendment to Investment Canada Act Will Allow Greater Ministerial Disclosure

  Canada: Foreign Investment Review

  Investment Canada Act: James Moore Appointed New Industry Minister

  Canadian government responses to two requests made by Fasken Martineau under the Access to Information Act and the recent publication by Innovation

  Science and Economic Development Canada of its Annual Report Investment Canada Act 2015-16 evidence that Canada’s power to conduct national security reviews under the Investment Canada Act in respect of foreign investments in Canada has rarely been invoked during the almost 8 years that such power has existed.

  Investment Canada Act: National Security Review Powers Rarely Invoked

  Dramatic Conclusion to Six Months of Uncertainty under the Investment Canada Act: Government Approves Two Acquisitions by State Owned Enterprises and Issues New SOE Guidance

  Federal Advertising to be Pre-Cleared by Advertising Standards Canada

  Investment Canada Act: Canada Softens its Books Publication Policy

• 2013.

  In our June 1

  2016 post

  I reported that I had recently obtained

  as a result of an access to information request made in 2013

  information from the Canadian government regarding the number of notices and orders issued under national security provisions of the Investment Canada Act (ICA) for the period April 1

  2009 to March 31

  Investment Canada Act – National Security Review Update

  Moose Knuckles Responds to Competition Bureau's Misleading Advertising Complaint

  Competition Bureau Knuckles Down on \"Made in Canada\" Claim

  In what appears to be a dramatic shift in Canada’s foreign investment review policy

  the federal government has recently approved the acquisition of ITF Technologies Inc. (“ITF”)

  a Montreal-based technology firm

  by O-Net Communications Holdings Limited (“O-Net”)

  a Chinese developer of optical networking components

  which is said to be effectively controlled by the Chinese government. Applications for ITF’s technologies include directed-energy weapons.

  On Second Thought: The Government of Canada Reverses Prior National Security Ruling

  Canadian advertising law article

  Competition Bureau Settles “Made in Canada” Advertising Dispute with Moose Knuckles

  Antitrust/Competition & Marketing Year-in-Review: Canada

• 2013

  Traditional Law Practice Award

  Canadian Association of Black Lawyers

  Western University

  Juris Doctor (JD)

• 1977

  Douglas C.

  New

  JD

  Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

  Ryerson University

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Adjunct Professor Business Law

  Ryerson University

  Toronto

  Canada Area

  Former Chair of the Fasken's Antitrust/Competition & Marketing Law Group

  Douglas carries on an active business law practice with special focus on advising clients

  both domestic and foreign

  with respect to pre-merger regulatory approvals under Canadian legislation including the Competition Act and the Investment Canada Act. \n\nDouglas also regularly advises manufacturers

  importers

  distributors and retailers with respect to competition and marketing law issues in Canada. \n\nDouglas served with Canada's Foreign Investment Review Agency (now the Investment Review Division of Industry Canada) in the position of Special Advisor (Legal) to the Deputy Commissioner. He has published articles on Canada's foreign investment and competition laws in numerous publications and was a contributing editor for Doing Business In Canada (Matthew Bender & Co) and Foreign Investment Review Law in Canada (Butterworths). He has also served as chair and lecturer on panels in Canada and abroad speaking on Canadian foreign investment and competition laws and has been listed in Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business.\n\nDouglas also conducts a general business law practice providing commercial and corporate law counsel services to a broad range of public and private companies including a number of Fortune 500 companies. \n\nDouglas obtained his Juris Doctorate at the Western University and was called to the degree of Barrister-at-Law by the Law Society of Upper Canada and is enrolled as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ontario. During his tenure with Fasken Martineau

  he has served on numerous firm committees including as Chair of the Business Development Committee. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the firm's Diversity Committee.\n\nDouglas is also an Adjunct Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management

  Ryerson University.

  Partner

  Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

  Adjunct Professor

  Ted Rogers School of Management

  Ryerson University

  Ranked: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business

  Chambers Global

• Contests and Promotions Law

  Administrative Law

  Legal Assistance

  Corporate Law

  Mergers & Acquisitions

  Advertising Law

  Legal Writing

  Business Law

  Contract Negotiation

  Cross-border Transactions

  Marketing Law

  Legal Research

  Distribution Practices

  Competition Law

  Product Liability

  Foreign Investment

  Joint Ventures

  Corporate Governance

  Due Diligence

  Legal Advice

  Investment Canada Act – National Security Review Update