Friday, December 03, 2021 @ 3:38 PM
Last Updated: Friday, December 03, 2021 @ 4:05 PM
Sending a reminder that the Crown should not expect judges to rewrite the Income Tax Act, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled unanimously that Loblaw Financial Holdings Inc. is entitled to benefit from the “financial institution” exception in the “foreign accrual property income” (FAPI) tax rules with respect to income Loblaw received from a bank it owned in Barbados. ... [read more]
Friday, December 03, 2021 @ 12:02 PM
An Alberta Court of Appeal judge has issued partial stays to three men appealing sanctions imposed on them as part of their sentences for defying a court order enforcing compliance with the province’s COVID-19 restrictions, a case which has raised concerns about free speech rights due to a condition in their probation order which required them to include positive messaging about the restrictions when speaking in public. ... [read more]
Friday, December 03, 2021 @ 9:51 AM
Federal Justice Minister David Lametti is calling for proposals from legal clinics and lawyers’ and judges’ associations, among others, for up to $1 million a year to fund projects that assist victims of intimate partner violence to access and navigate the family justice system and that improve the justice system’s responses to domestic violence. ... [read more]
Friday, December 03, 2021 @ 9:37 AM
The Supreme Court of Canada will soon be hearing arguments about the fairness of the proceedings for two men who had been convicted for their alleged involvement in a notorious gangland murder case in British Columbia. ... [read more]
Thursday, December 02, 2021 @ 12:51 PM
Canada’s recently launched College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants has “real clout,” the institution’s president and CEO said, emphasizing the regulator’s oversight powers in the consulting profession. A news release announcing the opening of the college, issued Nov. 23, noted that the college has “enhanced powers for licensing, oversight, investigation and enforcement of immigration and citizenship consultants in Canada and abroad.” ... [read more]
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