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I eagerly shared this image on social media this week, because it is so true. In the weeks that follow, I suspect we should add insurance adjusters to the club as well. Adjusters we know have been at the evacuation camps since the beginning. In addition, most insurance companies are assembling their larger catastrophe or […]
Written by: Norma Nielson
On April 6th, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan fulfilled the Prime Minister’s commitment to launch a public consultation process that will lead to a comprehensive review of Canada’s defence policy to be released in early 2017. People in the defence policy community are quite interested in this milestone because Canada does not review its policies in […]
Written by: Jean-Sébastien Rioux
The international tax world – governments, taxpayers, advisers and various influential observers including non-governmental organizations – have been engaged in a systematic review of international tax rules, practice, policy and behavior since late 2012 and, most forcefully, early 2013.[1] The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) and the G-20 nations, not all of which […]
Written by: J. Scott Wilkie
It’s income tax season and a good time to wonder if the so-called ‘Panama Papers’ scandal will prove to be as significant as the WikiLeaks episode; the latter infamously revealed secret diplomatic cables and inner-workings of governments, while the former exposed an international network of possible tax cheats and corruption. I do believe that the […]
Written by: Jean-Sébastien Rioux
By: Brian Livingston A key decision is looming for the federal government in the next few weeks. The feds have said many times that the environment and the economy both matter, and that one does not have to choose one to the exclusion of the other. The upcoming decision as to whether to approve or […]