It is trite to say that the banking industry and the insurance industry have been staples of the Canadian economy for over a century. One would assume that by now Canadian law would be clear on where the regulation of these industries falls in the constitutional division of powers. Banking, after all, has been expressly [...]

The SCC has released two important decisions dealing with federalism and the division of powers: they discuss the scope of the interjurisdictional immunity doctrine and the use of the federal paramountcy doctrine. In Canadian Western Bank, et. al v. Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Alberta, the appellant banks challenged changes made to the [...]