Two recent letters by the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada make recommendations on technical amendments to the Income Tax Act.

The Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section of the Canadian Bar Association offers a comprehensive list of suggestions to improve the draft enforcement guidance on wage-fixing and no-poaching agreements published by the Competition Bureau. The most salient ones are summarized below.

The Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section of the Canadian Bar Association shared comprehensive comments on Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Consultation Paper on proposals to modernize the Competition Act and related legislation. They are summarized below.

The Competition Law and Foreign Investment Review Section of the Canadian Bar Association supports the objectives of Bill C-34 to ensure national security concerns arising from foreign investments are addressed effectively.

The federal government previously signalled its intention to limit the deductibility of interest and other financing costs to address concerns over base erosion and profit shifting, also known as BEPS.

The Criminal Justice Section of the Canadian Bar Association expresses its general support for Bill S-212, An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to repeal a regulation. It suggests recommendations to extend its reach and prohibit the dissemination of non-conviction information.

The Pensions and Benefits Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association commends the Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities, or CAPSA, for engaging stakeholders as it finalizes its 2023-2026 Strategic Plan.

In a letter (available only in French; all quotations taken from the letter are translations) to the Centre de traduction et de terminologie juridiques at the Université de Moncton, the Canadian Bar Association’s French-Speaking Common Law Members Section seeks to increase the number of important court decisions that are available in both official languages in each province and territory of Canada.

The Family Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association, in a letter to the Department of Justice’s Family Law and Youth Justice Policy Section, recommends amendments to the proposed Release of Information for Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Regulations (proposed Regulations).

All people appearing before the courts should be confident that their names will be pronounced correctly. In a letter to the Chief Justices of the Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal, the Equality Subcommittee, the Federal Court Bench and Bar Liaison Committee, and the Immigration Law Section (Anti-Racism Committee) of the Canadian Bar Association raise awareness about the impacts of name mispronunciation. They suggest protocols and best practices for courts and beyond.