In 2023, Canada’s regulatory environment will continue to be defined by broad, multi-year shifts such as the operationalization of “net zero” climate commitments, the impact of growing geopolitical tensions and responses to digital transformation. This year, these trends will take shape against an increasingly uncertain economic environment that could create new challenges and trade-offs for policymakers, regulators and industry alike.

In our annually published Pick of Canadian Regulatory Trends to Watch in 2023, Dentons’ team of leading regulatory lawyers provide their perspective on the trends that will define 2023, including in the areas of energy, climate change and the environment, telecommunications, health, foreign investment review, trade, ESG (environmental, social and governance) disclosure, consumer products and administrative law.