Business
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September 18, 2025
Court backs CRA denial of interest relief to taxpayer despite 10-year objection delay
The Federal Court has upheld a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) decision denying a taxpayer relief from arrears interest that accumulated over nine years while his objection to a reassessment was held in abeyance pending the outcome of a related test case.
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September 18, 2025
Jérôme Coderre joins Woods’ litigation team
Woods has announced that Jérôme Coderre has joined its team of litigators.
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September 18, 2025
When charity funds mining: Flow-through shares and the Indigenous consent gap
What if your charitable donation was helping fund mining exploration on Indigenous lands — without the knowledge or consent of the nations impacted?
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September 18, 2025
Business succession: Behold, the powers of attorney
Once upon a time, I had a client named Jack whose mother had granted him a power of attorney (POA). Some years later, Mom’s capacity became questionable. Jack’s sister, Jill, wanted to have Mom create a new POA in her favour that would terminate Jack’s POA. The future of a family business hung in the balance.
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September 18, 2025
Agreed changes without fresh consideration: Reconciling contract law, constructive dismissal
In a recent mediation, a lawyer raised an intriguing point regarding mid-employment contract changes.
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September 18, 2025
Google Canada challenges pregnancy discrimination allegation
Midway through the summer, I was minding my own business and having a coffee when a friend forwarded me a National Post article reporting that a woman is claiming wrongful dismissal from Google Canada because of “pregnancy discrimination.”
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September 17, 2025
CBA offers Parliament ‘better way’ forward to reform beleaguered immigration and refugee system
As parliamentary debate resumed yesterday over the Liberal government’s proposed ad hoc fixes for Canada’s creaky immigration and refugee system, the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) is offering legislators a detailed roadmap for wholesale modernization that charts an effective, fair and constitutionally sound way forward, members of the immigration bar say.
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September 17, 2025
Ford urges Carney to maintain Chinese EV tariffs to protect auto jobs, investments
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called on Ottawa to maintain a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) in an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, calling it critical to a future trade deal with the U.S. and to the auto sector.
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September 17, 2025
Proposed settlement of $2.7M reached in vehicle transportation price-fixing class actions
A proposed $2.7-million class action settlement has been reached in Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario lawsuits with two companies that were in the business of offering vehicle carrier services between certain ports.
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September 17, 2025
B.C. court orders redetermination of Uber wheelchair accessibility dispute
The B.C. Supreme Court has set aside a ruling that Uber discriminated against a wheelchair user by failing to offer wheelchair accessible rides in the Lower Mainland region of B.C.