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Canadian privacy regulators have completed a joint investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT, examining whether the company's collection, use, and disclosure of personal information complies with federal and provincial private-sector privacy legislation. The investigation involved the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada alongside regulators from Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta, scrutinizing OpenAI's practices in developing and operating its AI chatbot platform.

On October 17, 2026, the Department of Finance published proposed regulations to implement the long-awaited 2018 amendments to federal financial institutions legislation that expand the permissible scope of non-financial activities for federally regulated financial institutions (FRFIs).

STC Steel Technologies Canada, Ltd. v. The King, 2026 TCC 149 [STC Steel] addresses an important question for corporate groups that use different tax reporting currencies: when a Canadian subsidiary with accumulated Canadian-dollar non-capital losses is wound up into a parent corporation reporting in U.S. dollars, when are those losses converted, and which exchange rate applies?