Canada’s foreign affiliate dumping rules were first introduced in 2012, designed to prevent foreign enterprises from “dumping” foreign affiliates into their Canadian subsidiaries in a way that would erode the Canadian tax base.

Does there have to be a formal complaint to trigger an investigation of workplace violence or harassment?

Draft regulations establishing time limits for matters before the Copyright Board fall somewhat short of the stated goal of ensuring predictability

If the federal government wants to provide “no-cost, expedited record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis,” as it says it does, then that’s what it should do, by making the process automatic, says the CBA’s Criminal Justice Section.

The CBA’s Intellectual Property Section has some suggestions for the changes proposed to the Manual of Patent Office Practice to reflect the new patent rules expected this fall.

The federal government announced in its 2019 budget that it plans to change the rules governing employee stock option deductions by limiting the tax-preferred treatment to a maximum $200,000 annual cap for employees of large, long-established firms, while stock options for employees of start-ups and rapidly growing businesses would remain uncapped for tax purposes.

In its second committee appearance on the government’s Bill C-75, Criminal Code and Youth Criminal Justice Act amendments, the CBA presentation focused on the need for preliminary hearings.

The CBA’s Immigration Law Section doesn’t like anything about the government’s proposed amendments to Canada’s refugee determination system – not the suggested changes themselves, and certainly not the way they were presented – as part of C-97, the omnibus federal budget implementation bill.

There is much to love in the federal government’s proposed amendments to the Official Languages (Communications with and Services to the Public) Regulations:

The CBA’s Construction and Infrastructure Law Section has in the past asked the federal government to introduce prompt payment legislation, so it was happy to see it when it came – but unhappy with the way it was introduced, as part of an omnibus budget implementation bill, C-97.