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Budget 2021 Billion or Billions: Go Big Or Go Home
If you are really lucky as a Finance Minister, you get three Budgets (during your government’s usual 4 year term). The first isn’t really yours, because it’s all about implementing promises from the Campaign. The last Budget isn’t yours either, because it’s the basis for the next election. It’s the middle Budget where you get…
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Crypto phishing-regulators launch catch & release framework
Increasing concern about unregulated trading in cryptocurrencies has led Canada’s security administrators (the “CSA”) to take steps to regulate the burgeoning crypto market. All platforms that facilitate trades in a wide range of crypto assets have now been determined by securities authorities to be “trading in securities” warranting oversight. This is good news adding a layer of…
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New National Security Guidelines Will Complicate Foreign Investments
New guidelines under the Investment Canada Act (“ICA”) now mandate a national security review of a wider range of acquisitions by non Canadians in certain sectors, or by state owned or state influenced enterprises. The new guidelines signal that Canada is NOT “open for business” as governments have preferred to boast. Canada is acting in…
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Ontario Budget 2021: A Closer Look, Commentary and Analysis
Ontario’s 2021 Budget focuses on the two big issues: protecting people’s health, and, getting the economy back on track. The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the priorities of every government world-wide, and Ontario is no different. Key conservative philosophies such as balancing the budget, or encouraging business investment through strategic tax cuts, have largely been abandoned in…
