September 04, 2026
Employment insurance rules that deny regular benefits to women who lose their jobs shortly before, during or after maternity and parental leave violate the Charter’s equality guarantee, the Federal Court of Appeal has ruled.
September 04, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has found that the lower court made numerous errors in finding that a requirement for information in a tax audit of a multinational conglomerate was for unnamed persons and needed prior judicial authorization.
September 04, 2026
Sullivan Mahoney LLP has welcomed Evan B. Alderman, Gabriel D. Costantini and Robert Kim as associates. The firm has offices in St. Catharines and Niagara Falls, Ont.
September 03, 2026
Ottawa has unveiled what it calls “a nationally recognized baseline” of five principles — backed by major U.S. and Canadian artificial intelligence and other technology industry players — to help municipal governments and communities assess proposals to build AI data centres in their localities.
September 03, 2026
Aird & Berlis had welcomed Luke Chao, Lisa Donaghy, Adèle Gagnon-Leroux and David Yanofsky to the firm.
September 02, 2026
To help address Canadians' rising costs from global oil disruptions and U.S. tariffs, the federal government has extended to next year its temporary suspension of the federal fuel excise tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and aviation fuel, including leaded and unleaded aviation gasoline.
September 02, 2026
An estate freeze puts tax liabilities on ice, but heated family dynamics can melt away the tax benefits of the freeze.
September 02, 2026
Bennett Jones has appointed Hennadiy Kutsenko, Quentin Vander Schueren, Elad Travis and Samantha Weng as counsel in Toronto.
September 02, 2026
One provision of Canada’s anti-money-laundering penalty regime is quoted more often than it is read. Section 4(2) of the Administrative Monetary Penalties Regulation provides that a series of minor violations identified on a notice of violation “shall be considered to be a serious violation” where the penalties total $400,000 or more. That sentence has appeared, in substantially that form, in law firm bulletins, compliance explainers and vendor guides published since the regime was overhauled in March 2026.
September 01, 2026
The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a finding that a property company was liable for a subsidiary’s potential tax debt arising from a structured $89.8-million mall sale, finding the Tax Court unfairly rejected the property’s undisputed value and wrongly concluded that the seller received a premium.