Proposed updates to Canada’s energy efficiency regulation designate additional energy-using products and impose more rigorous standards on some products already mandated to comply.

Commercial real estate could be both a builder and a beneficiary of the artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem envisioned in the Canadian government’s national AI strategy.

The Canadian government signals its ambitions to be an influencer via the national electricity strategy even though it lacks constitutional jurisdiction over generation, transmission and rate setting.

Key federal departments are scrambling to catch up with climate risk assessments and response plans after the Auditor General of Canada uncovered gaps in monitoring and a slow rollout of adaptive actions.

OSCRE is developing its data management standard in sync with mounting pressure for real estate players to accurately report the volume of waste they produce, disseminate and divert from landfill.

The Canadian government is considering how its agenda to support domestic manufacturers and technology providers could meld with goals to decarbonize the buildings and energy sectors.

A lower threshold for mandatory participation in Canada’s industrial carbon market could bring some commercial and institutional campuses into the mix along with a broader range of suppliers to the buildings sector.

Commercial real estate is a channel for some of the capital the Canadian government is strategizing to attract via new enticements unveiled in the 2025 federal budget.

Internet and cell phone service providers in Canada must be ready to comply with new protocols for responding to and reporting major system outages by November this year.

Proposed new filing requirements reflect the Canadian government's intention to enumerate a segment of the tax-exempt sector that has been largely unquantified.

New guidance from the Competition Bureau of Canada advises that reprieve could be given for exclusivity clauses in leases, but there will be little tolerance for restrictive covenants on land titles.

The Canadian government has made slow progress in downsizing its real estate portfolio and is carrying hundreds of millions of dollars in undue annual costs for sparsely occupied and obsolete office space.

Canada’s leadership has endorsed Indigenous ownership stakes in energy and infrastructure projects, underscoring that they will be pivotal to economic development and national cohesiveness.

Canada could be well positioned to capture more data centre investment if the United States government continues to antagonize its trade partners.

Cancellation of the consumer carbon price comes with the Canadian government’s affirmation that other incentives for reducing GHG emissions from buildings will remain in place.

Procurement complications have arisen throughout Canada as businesses grapple with a long list of U.S. products now to be subject to a 25 per cent import tax.

Tariff chill pervades the investment climate throughout Canada’s economy this winter, but commercial real estate insiders are tallying some reasons to be optimistic.