Articles 2020

“Position pays $100 a week – transportation fees negotiable.” – Advertisement on Law Society’s Articling Registry circa 2015 I studied law abroad and when I returned home I began the National Committee on Accreditation’s accreditation process, intending to develop a practice where I would make meaningful change in my clients’ lives. First, however, I had to contend with the two pressing hurdles of being a “foreign trained” candidate, and the constant murmurs of an articling crisis.

On March 30, 2017 the Federal Court of Appeal placed a significant restriction on the CRA’s audit powers, ruling that the CRA could not compel the disclosure of tax accrual working papers that identified a taxpayer’s uncertain tax filing positions. Stephanie Dewey and Mark Tonkovich review the decision in BP Canada Energy Company (2017 FCA 61).

In Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, the majority held that the standard of correctness is to be applied when judicially reviewing the Commissioner’s ability to request copies of documents for the purpose of review claims of solicitor-client privilege.

In recent months, President Trump and his administration have issued a number of executive orders relating to immigration and travel bans in the United States. Since their issuance, these executive orders have received varying responses from many communities in the United States, including the judiciary. In light of the attention given to President Trump’s use of executive orders in the United States, this article seeks to provide a brief discussion of how executive orders are used in Canada.

Jonathan Bright identifies an interesting quirk in the adjusted stub period accrual rules that in some cases may create a one-year tax deferral for a partner - the very result that the ASPA rules were intended to prevent.

In December 2016, the newly-established Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee released its first report, setting out a series of recommendations for the future administration of the Voluntary Disclosures Program. Rachel Gold discusses the Committee's recommendations and their potential implications for taxpayers.

The authors of this paper bring together their unique disciplinary lenses- social work and law - to discuss various factors that contribute to the multiple oppressions experienced by South Asian immigrant women in Canada.

On February 9, 2017, a group of administrative lawyers and attendees gathered for a sold out half-day program about public interest interveners, tribunal standing, and experts in administrative proceedings. The program was part of the Ontario Bar Association’s Institute 2017 and was chaired by Diane Janisse, of the Legal Aid Ontario Clinic Resource Office, and Christopher Wirth, of Keel Cottrelle LLP.