On December 5th, 2019, the Governor General of Canada, Julie Payette, opened Canada’s 43rd Parliament with the Speech from the Throne (SFT), outlining a five-point agenda for this session of Parliament: Fight climate change Strengthen the middle class Walk the road of reconciliation Keep Canadians safe and healthy, and Position Canada for success in an

Taking part in the federal election process, the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association is pleased to offer its views on priorities ahead of the 2019 Federal Election. The Canadian venture capital and private equity industry plays an instrumental role in improving the standard of living of Canadians by catalyzing the investments required to

Contributed by Sapling Financial Consultants Inc.

By Gary Solway, Munaf Mohamed QC, John Mercury, Michael Mysak and Paul Romaniuk of Bennett Jones.
Gary Solway and John Mercury act on behalf of buyers and sellers in M&A corporate transactions. Munaf Mohamed, Michael Mysak, and Paul Romaniuk act in M&A litigation matters.

The fear that Canadian VC and PE activity would drastically be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic was not entirely realized in Q2. The carry forward inertia of deal due diligence cycles that started last year partially explains this. Given the lagging nature in quarterly valuation and reporting in this asset class the remaining half of

Canadian Venture Capital // Q1 2020. According to preliminary data (final data is targeted to be published on June 3), Q1 VC investment hit $834M over 125 deals. Although this is a decline compared to three successive previous $1B+ quarters, it is almost at par with the first quarter last year when $897M was invested

Canada is better. That’s the conclusion that investors and we American energy infrastructure analysts in Centennial, Colorado, have made about the investment risks and merits of the Canadian midstream market and its largest companies. Though not without longer-term decarbonization challenges, Canada’s energy infrastructure titans – Enbridge, TC Energy, and Pembina – offer less execution risk,

Building on the success of the VC cohort program, the CVCA has developed a new advisory group to help develop a similar program for PE board members.