Tax
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April 11, 2025
Housing boom could exacerbate tax fraud in construction industry, warns union
One of Canada’s largest construction unions is warning that a major push by governments to build more homes to address the housing affordability crisis could also raise the risk of increased tax fraud in the construction industry.
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April 10, 2025
Saskatchewan amends Construction Codes Act regarding derelict structures
Saskatchewan’s Minister of Government Relations Eric Schmalz has introduced amendments to the Construction Codes Act to support the province’s pilot framework to help municipalities to deal with derelict structures.
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April 10, 2025
Constitutional clash brewing as Ottawa targets immigration bar with up to $1.5 million in admin penalties
Bar organizations are warning Ottawa that a new administrative monetary penalty regime to be applied to legal professionals — featuring penalties of up to $1.5 million for immigration and refugee lawyers determined by federal officials to have participated in clients’ misrepresentations — will be constitutionally challenged if lawyers are not exempted from the proposed regulations, which are expected to come into force later this year.
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April 09, 2025
Ontario proposes expansion of strong-mayor powers to 169 more municipalities
Ontario has announced it is proposing to expand strong-mayor powers to 169 additional municipalities’ heads of council as of May 1. The province said this will help deliver on provincial priorities, including building homes, transit and other infrastructure.
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April 09, 2025
New $1 coin marks the creation of the Supreme Court of Canada 150 years ago
The Supreme Court of Canada marked a milestone birthday on April 8, 2025, 150 years after it came into existence on April 8, 1875, when the Supreme and Exchequer Courts Act received royal assent. The composition, powers and importance of the world’s only bilingual and bijural apex court have evolved considerably since the court first sat in 1876, after the original six-judge bench was appointed.
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April 08, 2025
Joint Forum of Financial Market Regulators discuss responsible use of AI
Canadian financial market regulators from across multiple sectors wrapped up their annual meeting April 8 in Calgary after examining the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems by market participants, among other issues.
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April 08, 2025
B.C. Appeal Court overturns decision on ‘foreign entity’ land transfer tax
British Columbia’s top court has overturned a decision that said a company was not liable for a “foreign entity” land transfer tax because it had acted as an agent in the sale of a property and was not a transferee.
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April 08, 2025
Foreign ownership and real estate: Appeal Court upholds foreign buyer tax reassessment in B.C.
A recent appeal heard by the British Columbia Court of Appeal considered the applicability of the additional property transfer tax (ATT), or “foreign buyer tax,” under the province’s Property Transfer Tax Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 378.
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April 08, 2025
State-ordered executions topped 1,500 globally: Amnesty International | Aubrey Harris
Canada long ago abolished the death penalty. However, many of us were abruptly reminded of our connection to the human rights of those in other countries when we learned last month of the execution of four Canadians in China this year.
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April 07, 2025
B.C. premier: Increase in softwood lumber duties will hurt forest workers, raise U.S. housing costs
B.C. premier David Eby has called planned increases in U.S. duties on Canadian softwood lumber an “attack on forest workers” that will also drive up housing costs for Americans.