Business
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April 30, 2024
Ottawa unveils first 2024 budget bill, but doesn’t include boost to capital gains inclusion rate
The minority Liberal government says it hopes to expedite into law a newly proposed 660-page omnibus budget bill, which would enact many measures announced in this month’s federal budget, but not the government’s controversial proposal to tax capital gains at a higher rate.
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April 30, 2024
Environmental audits point to failings in several federal government programs
An $8 billion federal program aimed at curbing Canada’s largest industrial greenhouse gas emitters has only signed up five companies since its launch in 2020, according to an audit by the federal commissioner of environment and sustainable development.
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April 30, 2024
Competition Bureau promises new enforcement and promotion tools in 2024-25
The Competition Bureau's annual plan for 2024-2025 includes new enforcement and promotion tools it claims will "protect and promote" competition in Canadian markets.
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April 30, 2024
Feds bring changes to Start-up Visa and Self-Employed Persons programs
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller has announced a number of changes to Canada’s federal business programs designed to help reduce processing times and application backlogs, taking effect April 30.
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April 30, 2024
Air Transat flight dispatchers vote 100% in favour of strike action
The Canadian Airline Dispatchers Association (CALDA) has announced that the air dispatchers it represents at Air Transat have “given their association a resounding 100 per cent strike mandate in their negotiations with Air Transat.”
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April 30, 2024
Court of Appeal decides sentence ‘demonstrably unfit’ in sex assault
Many criminal defence lawyers think in terms of winning and losing. Yet, sometimes, there is a grey area where either term is inappropriate. The case of R. v. S.W., [2024] O.J. No. 1224 is just such a case.
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April 29, 2024
The honesty and integrity of an applicant for a licence | Sara Blake
How does one determine whether an applicant for a business licence will conduct the business with honesty and integrity?
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April 30, 2024
B.C. Supreme Court confirms employer’s circumstances not relevant to wrongful dismissal claim
A 2022 decision from the British Columbia Supreme Court constitutes another clear marker that the door is closed to employers using wrongful dismissal to get out of paying severance in executive employment contracts in both B.C. and Ontario. Recent case law suggests that the courts will have little sympathy for an employer who dismisses an employee even in circumstances where that dismissal is necessary for business reasons.
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April 30, 2024
Startup visa applications cap to reduce processing times | Colin Singer
Canada Immigration Minister Marc Miller has announced a cap on the number of permanent residence applications through the Start-Up Visa Program. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will limit the applications it receives each year to those associated with no more than 10 startups per designated organization.
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April 29, 2024
IRCC ends waiver for international students working off campus over 20 hours per week
The federal government has announced that it will not extend a temporary policy allowing international students to work more than 20 hours per week off campus and is instead planning on raising the limit to 24 hours per week later this year.