The Canadian Intellectual Property Office has today posted proposed amendments to the Trademarks Regulations here.  The consultation period for these proposed amendments is from October 1 to November 30, 2014.   As quoted in CIPO’s press release:

“The proposed regulatory amendments to the Trademarks Regulations are required to enable Canada to accede to the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks.

The new regulations reflect the requirements of the trademark treaties and aim to increase legal certainty, streamline and clarify CIPO’s procedures, and align Canada’s trademark protection regime with international norms. The proposed amendments also include measures relating to the opposition regime and summary cancellation proceedings.”