Business
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November 14, 2025
B.C. boosts resources for extortion task force targeting threats in South Asian community
The B.C. RCMP has announced an increase of resources to support ongoing investigations, suppression and enforcement relating to extortion cases and threats largely affecting the South Asian community.
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November 14, 2025
Be it resolved: Finders keepers
Ever hear of a place in Russia called Khanty-Mansiysk? Didn’t think so. Vladimir Rychagov was a factory worker there, until he hit the jackpot, or rather helped himself to it. Through a software glitch, his employer deposited into his bank account the salaries of 34 of its employees, being over seven million rubles instead of about 47,000 rubles, which is $87,000 instead of $581. Vlad, however, refuses to return the slight excess.
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November 14, 2025
Navigating Canada’s visa pathways for the manufacturing industry
Canada’s manufacturing sector is grappling with a significant challenge: a shortage of skilled and semi-skilled labour. From machine operators and welders to industrial technicians, employers across the country are finding it increasingly difficult to fill essential roles.
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November 14, 2025
Federal bail and sentencing reform: Real-world impact in B.C.
On Oct. 23, 2025, the federal government introduced the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act (Bill C-14), signalling a significant shift in bail and sentencing policy across Canada. The legislation aims to make bail harder to obtain in certain higher-risk cases and to impose tougher sentencing regimes for repeat and violent offenders. The message is clear: more detention upfront and longer sentences at the back end.
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November 14, 2025
The problem with ‘fairness’ in family business succession
“Being good is easy — What is difficult is being just.” ~ Victor Hugo
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November 13, 2025
Competition Bureau seeks feedback on new merger guidelines
The Competition Bureau is seeking comments and feedback on its proposed merger enforcement guidelines, which will update the guidelines issued in 2011.
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November 13, 2025
Canada’s 2025 federal budget: Key tax and legislative measures lawyers need to know
The 2025 federal budget introduces a broad range of legislative and tax measures that will shape corporate planning, compliance and cross-border transactions in the coming year.
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November 13, 2025
Court limits capital loss in oil and gas tax dispute relating to partnership
In an oil and gas tax decision, the Federal Court of Appeal has clarified the application of the general anti-avoidance rule (GAAR), reducing the disallowed capital loss claimed by a company while addressing the misuse of adjusted cost base bump provisions in a 2010 partnership transaction.
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November 13, 2025
Ontario court says securities commission summons violated company’s Charter rights
Ontario’s top court has ruled that the provincial securities commission violated a cryptocurrency company’s rights against unreasonable search and seizure when it issued a request for documents that was described as “staggering in its breadth.”
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November 13, 2025
Court affirms order requiring Hamilton to pay $5.3M for flooding damage to business
The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that the City of Hamilton is jointly liable for $5.3 million in damages after its failure to maintain a drainage channel contributed to repeated flooding at the property of National Steel Car Limited, a rail car manufacturer.