gateCALaws checks Canadian law across seven categories: PCMLTFA and FINTRAC for AML, SEMA for sanctions, PIPEDA and Quebec's Law 25 for data protection, OSFI/CIRO/OSC for financial licensing, the 2023 Modern Slavery Act for ESG, the Investment Canada Act for FDI. North America, not Europe, despite the similar naming pattern.
Every row is a hard boolean check, not probabilistic scoring. A critical failure leads to block, a high severity failure to warn, everything else to pass.
| Reference | Checks | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| AML | PCMLTFA, FINTRAC | critical |
| Sanktionen | SEMA | critical |
| Datenschutz | PIPEDA, Law 25 (Quebec) | high |
| Finanzlizenzierung | OSFI, CIRO, OSC | high |
| ESG | Modern Slavery Act 2023 | medium |
| FDI | Investment Canada Act | high |
| Steuern | GST, CRS, FATCA | medium |