Tax
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October 02, 2024
Feds announce carbon rebate, credit card fees reduction to support small businesses
The federal government has announced new measures to assist small and medium-sized businesses in their operations, which include the carbon rebate for small businesses, a revised code of conduct for the payment card industry and reduced credit card transaction fees.
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October 01, 2024
Feds release final list of Chinese steel and aluminum products to be taxed
Canada has announced the final list of Chinese-made steel and aluminum products that will be subject to a 25 per cent surtax and Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs) subject to a 100 per cent tariff. The EV tariffs are enforced starting Oct. 1.
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September 30, 2024
Loopstra Nixon expands with addition of 2 associates
Recent news releases from Loopstra Nixon announced the addition of Dylan Gervais and Nikita Sharma as associates.
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September 27, 2024
Supreme Court rejects leave to appeal three decisions touching tax, labour and human rights
The Supreme Court of Canada this week effectively upheld lower court decisions in three significant business cases, dismissing leave to appeal rulings from the Federal Court of Appeal and courts of appeal in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan.
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September 27, 2024
Federal Court offers bar, litigants expedited ‘no-hearing’ judicial review for study permit refusals
In an effort to speed up the judicial review of hundreds of study permit refusals as the Federal Court also contends with thousands of other immigration cases, the national trial court is offering parties who opt into a new pilot project a “simplified” no-hearing, in-writing-only procedure where judges will simultaneously decide a JR leave application and the JR’s merits, and do so within five months rather than the 14 to 18 months usually required for a final decision under the general procedure.
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September 27, 2024
Redesign of Toronto vacant home tax ‘changing the deck chairs on the Titanic,’ lawyer says
The City of Toronto has issued a plan to revamp its controversial vacant home tax (VHT) after a botched rollout last year, but the recommendations have led to a mixed reaction from some in the legal community.
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September 25, 2024
Manitoba government extends cancellation of gas tax until end of 2024
The Manitoba government has announced it is extending the moratorium on its 14-cents-per-litre gas tax until the end of the year.
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September 23, 2024
Feds discuss grocery supply chain, legislative changes in response to food price volatility report
The federal government has released its response to the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food’s 18th report, A Call to Action: How Government and Industry Can Fight Back Against Food Price Volatility, tabled in the House of Commons earlier this year.
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September 20, 2024
Canadian Judicial Council says guidelines coming for federal judges’ use of AI, social media
As part of their two-day fall meeting in Charlottetown this week, the chief and associate-chief justices of the nation’s superior courts discussed their progress in creating guidelines for federal judges’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media, the Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) says.
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September 20, 2024
Anti-dumping duties to continue on cold rolled steel from China, Korea and Vietnam
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has announced it is continuing a 2018 finding that confirmed the dumping and subsidizing of cold‑rolled steel from the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.