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Under the Income Tax Act, the Employment Insurance Act, and the Excise Tax Act, a director of a corporation is jointly and severally liable for a corporation's failure to deduct and remit source deductions or GST.

An inshigt of the three options available to Shareholders when looking to nominate directors different than those put forth by the company’s management.

On September 28, 2016, the Government of Canada tabled proposed amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA).

Last fall, the government of Ontario implemented a new system for the management of corporate and business entities and their various

The economic downturn is making proxy fights one of the stories of the year for 2009. Most battles have been in the resource sector so far, particularly with junior mining companies.

Le Fonds pour les femmes en technologie de BDC Capital, en collaboration avec l'initiative Femmes de têteMC de Borden Ladner Gervais, vous invite à la prochaine série de classes de...

Long-serving boards and board renewal policies may face increasing scrutiny in the 2015 proxy season.

Bill S-211 (the "Bill"), a Federal Senate Bill that calls for certain businesses and organizations to produce annual public reports relating to the use of forced or child labour, has passed...

Staff of the securities regulatory authorities in Ontario, British Columbia, Québec, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Nova Scotia (collectively, Staff) has released CSA Multilateral Staff Notice 51-359 ‒

Here’s a real-life example of an interesting difference between IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) and old Canadian GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles):

On February 9, 2023, ClientEarth, an environmental NGO headquartered in London, filed a derivative action in the High Court of England and Wales against the board of directors of Shell plc (Shell)...

The requirement to report is based upon the Controlled Goods Registration.

The latest publication from our national Mergers & Acquisitions Group is available now.

On November 15, 2024, all postal service in Canada by Canada Post was suspended as a result of labour action by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers...

Davies' annual Governance Insights reports analyze the top governance trends and issues important to Canadian boards, senior management, in-house counsel and governance observers.

In a recent decision, the Court of Appeal for Ontario confirmed that the civil fraud of a corporate director or officer can lead to personal liability, even without having to pierce the corporate veil...

The Coalition is composed of over a dozen organizations in the charitable and non-profit sector.