Tax
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August 29, 2025
Feds announce funding for Prairie businesses facing trade challenges
As Canadian businesses face economic uncertainty due to tariffs disrupting export markets and global supply chains, the federal government has announced the Regional Tariff Response Initiative (RTRI) for support to help businesses “respond to trade shocks.”
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August 29, 2025
FINANCE - Taxation - Real or immovable property assessment - Methods of assessment
Appeal by Canada Life Assurance Company against the decision made by the Assessment Appeals Committee of the Saskatchewan Municipal Board. In its decision, the Committee dismissed an appeal from a determination made by the Regina Board of Revision in which the Board found the City’s Assessor did not err in terms of the assessment, and that Canada Life was not entitled to further document production from the Assessor.
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August 28, 2025
CRA goes digital: What businesses need to know about the shift to online mail
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has introduced a major change to how it communicates with businesses, making online mail delivered through the My Business Account portal the default method for most business-related correspondence, including notices of assessment, letters and forms.
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August 27, 2025
Tariffs, slow population growth impacting provincial economies: report
Independent research organization the Conference Board of Canada has released new data on the impact of the ongoing trade dispute between Canada and the U.S., saying in a news release that it is “dampening both business and consumer confidence” and “weighing heavily on provincial economies.” It also indicated that slow population growth is playing a contributing role.
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August 25, 2025
Saskatchewan conducting trade missions to China, Japan and South Korea
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is conducting a trade mission to China and Japan in early September to strengthen ties with two of the province’s largest trading partners. The province said this is the first time in six years that a Canadian premier has led a trade mission to China.
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August 25, 2025
Increased judicial intervention to correct unfairness at key tribunals
Ontario’s administrative tribunals are facing increased scrutiny by the courts for unfairness in dismissing claims brought by tenants, landlords, employees, car accident victims and people who believe they have experienced discrimination or are seeking disability benefits.
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August 22, 2025
Natural resources, tech firms drive Canadian deal flow increase despite tariff uncertainty
Investment activity in Canada has accelerated in recent months despite persistent concerns over U.S. tariffs and global economic headwinds, with deal flow expanding across natural resources, technology and energy, according to Cassels Capital Markets partner Jonathan Sherman.
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August 22, 2025
PM removes tariffs on U.S. goods covered by CUSMA, 85% of trade with U.S. now tariff-free
Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced today that the Canadian government is removing all of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods specifically covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). The decision will become effective Sept. 1 and matches what the United States has implemented. “In short, Canada and the U.S. have now re-established free trade for the vast majority of our goods,” the prime minister said in a press conference.
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August 21, 2025
‘Inadequate’ pay deters outstanding jurists from federal bench; $28,000 boost needed: commission
Canada’s 1,198 federally appointed judges should get a substantial lump sum salary increase — $28,000 — as their pay package is no longer enough to attract “outstanding” private bar lawyers to the bench, says the federal Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission, echoing warnings made by federal judicial leaders over the past few years.
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August 21, 2025
When CRA reassesses and disallows deductions on rental property expenses — Blecha v. Canada
In Blecha v. Canada, 2025 TCC 91, the Tax Court of Canada examined whether a taxpayer was entitled to claim deductions for expenses on a property he owned and said was being rented to his mother. The decision turned on whether the property was a genuine income-producing rental property or a personal-use residence.