Tax
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January 27, 2025
Outgoing official languages watchdog cheers court wins, urges vigilance to protect language rights
In his swansong before ending his seven-year term this week, federal Commissioner of Official Languages Raymond Théberge celebrated his office’s litigation victories in support of language rights, while cautioning Canadians against complacency.
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January 27, 2025
Canada sanctions Belarusian regime supporters for ‘gross and systematic human rights violations’
Ottawa has announced new sanctions — immigration bans, estate freezes and related penalties — on 10 people and 12 entities who support the ongoing violations of human rights in Belarus by the authoritarian regime of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, a key ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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January 27, 2025
New judge appointed to Tax Court
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Arif Virani has announced that John A. Sorenson has been appointed as a judge of the Tax Court of Canada.
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January 27, 2025
CFIB: Canadian businesses faced $51.5B in regulatory costs in 2024, up 13.5 per cent from 2020
Canadian businesses faced compliance costs of $51.5 billion in 2024, up 13.5 per cent from $45.4 billion in 2020, according to estimates by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
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January 24, 2025
‘They told me it was a recreational vehicle, Your Honour’ | Marcel Strigberger
Question: For insurance purposes, does having sex in a car constitute the use or operation of a vehicle? Good question.
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January 23, 2025
SCC judge’s 13-year track record shows concern for fairness, privacy rights & access to justice
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Andromache Karakatsanis rarely attracts headlines, but her low public profile belies her impact on the legal landscape over the past 13 years in judgments that enforced the Charter rights of Canadians and pushed to expand access to justice, court watchers say.
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January 24, 2025
Exclusive: SCC’s Karakatsanis J. says job is ‘so extraordinary, it’s hard to think about doing anything else’
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Andromache Karakatsanis has seen many changes at the court since she was appointed in 2011 but its recent historic transformation into a fully bilingual female-majority court is “fantastic,” she says.
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January 24, 2025
Draft legislation provides details on extension of charitable tax deduction deadline
The federal Finance Department has released draft legislation and explanatory notes to amend the Income Tax Act to extend the deadline for making tax-deductible charitable donations for the 2024 tax year to Feb. 28, 2025.
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January 22, 2025
Federal Court of Appeal: RRSP transfer to widow exempt from tax debt clawback
The transfer of an RRSP from a deceased husband to his widow is not subject to a provision of the Income Tax Act allowing the Crown to collect unpaid tax debts from spouses or common-law partners, the Federal Court of Appeal has held.
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January 22, 2025
Outlook for Canadian M&A market remains positive despite tariff threat, says KPMG report
The threat of widespread U.S. tariffs could slow down merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in Canada during the first half of 2025, but structural changes in trade could spur cross-border deals later in the year, according to multinational consulting firm KPMG.