On July 19, 2021, the Department of Finance ("Finance") released a statement (the "July 19 Announcement") acknowledging that the amendments contained in Bill C-208 form part of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and are now law.

On Thursday, February 18, 2016, the Ministry of Finance (Ontario) (the "MOF") quietly filed an amendment to the land transfer tax regulations which has potentially far reaching consequences.

The Tax Court of Canada ("TCC") recently released the much-anticipated decision in DAC Investment Holdings Inc. v. The King, 2024 TCC 63 ("DAC").

The Underused Housing Tax Act (the "Act"), which came into effect on January 1, 2022, implements an annual 1% tax on the value of vacant or underused residential property in Canada...

We've covered Slack before. As most tech startups are likely aware, it is a market-leading workplace communication platform.

This week Toronto plays host to the Elevate Toronto Festival, a three-day tech festival aimed at showcasing the city's vibrant and innovative tech community.

In the Oscar-nominated Disney-Pixar feature Cars, the fictional town of Radiator Springs, formerly a popular stopover spot along U.S. Route 66, was financially devastated by the construction of Interstate 40 which bypassed the town.

In a news release dated August 7, 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation has confirmed the preferred route for a new 400-series highway and transportation corridor...

Indigenous law is the law and legal orders Indigenous peoples have always had or that has been made or developed by Indigenous peoples. Aboriginal law is the law that public governments...

There are important legislative compliance deadlines that Ontario employers should be preparing towards.

The alliance pairs the benefits of public company status in Canada with OTC Markets Group's secondary market network across the United States.

The reinstatement of the former calculation will address the issue of enhanced public holiday pay obligations for employers with part-time and casual workers.

The expected effect of the regulation would be to stop the planned expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline.

The OEB has approved a project that, with funding granted under the Access to Natural Gas Act, will extend natural gas distribution into a previously unserved area in the northeast of North Bay, Ontario.

On July 9, 2019, the Ontario government posted a Proposal of planned changes to regulations under the Ontario Rebate for Electricity Consumers Act, 2016 that are intended to allow for and direct expanded on-bill rebates ...

As we discussed in an earlier post, many of the new initiatives set out in Ontario's 2017 Long-Term Energy Plan (2017 LTEP) will require changes to statutes and/or regulations.

The results from the November 14, 2017, California and Quebec joint auction of greenhouse gas (GHG) allowances were released on November 22, 2017.

In a decision issued on May 14, 2020, Ontario's Divisional Court granted the project proponent's judicial review application and quashed the Minister's decision and restored the project approval.

For the first time since its inception in 2009, the social entrepreneurship driven Hult Prize is coming to Canada.

In 2021, the City of Toronto introduced an annual tax to be levied on vacant Toronto residential property, payable beginning in 2023. A Vacant Home Tax of one per cent (1%)...