Rotfleisch: The exit tax is a bit of a misnomer. It’s payable when you become a non-resident of Canada, and it’s one of the deemed dispositions under the Income Tax Act. A deemed disposition means it’s a legal fiction. It’s not an actual disposition, but the Tax Act says you have disposed of something. The…
Canadian VPN company Tailscale Inc. welcomed the changes, but said they didn’t go far enough. “C-22 can still pressure secure services to retain data they otherwise wouldn’t keep, and to build technical access systems they otherwise wouldn’t deploy,” Chief Executive Officer Avery Pennarun said in an email. “We oppose laws that make secure infrastructure harder…
Liberals are dismissing the privacy concerns surrounding the government’s lawful access bill as “tinfoil hat” and “paranoid” conspiracy theories, even after amending the controversial legislation to address some of those issues. The House of Commons passed Bill C-22 on Thursday before breaking for the summer, a day after approving a motion to fast-track the bill…
OTTAWA — While most Canadians slept, Liberals pushed through a series of changes watering down their controversial bill facilitating police and intelligence agencies’ ability to intercept and collect personal information. Read More
Ontario’s ill-fated wage restraint law known as Bill 124 is still sending ripples through the public sector across the province, even years after the law was repealed, with the electricity system now attempting to untangle the fallout. The Independent Electricity System Operator is looking to recover $329 million from ratepayers this year, which is a…
Canada’s public safety minister on Tuesday urged parliamentarians to quickly wrap up their study of the government’s controversial lawful access bill, saying it was time to “choose” whether to stand with law enforcement and victims of crime. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree accused Conservatives, who have raised several privacy concerns about Bill C-22 along with…
OTTAWA — The majority Liberal government is pulling out the “guillotine” for one of its most contentious pieces of legislation, moving to give MPs until Friday to pass its controversial bill facilitating police and intelligence agencies’ ability to intercept and collect personal information. Read More
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The federal Liberal government has introduced a new piece of legislation it says will tighten privacy rules and regulations for companies…
A new First Nations clean water bill set to be introduced by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government removes a provision in a previous bill that would have recognized First Nations have a human right to clean drinking water. The Canadian Press has obtained a draft of the bill labelled “for consultation until June 11, 2026.”…
Meanwhile, under this bill, even the adults are to be treated like children, with limits to be imposed on speech offensive to the progressive mind. A “harmful content” censorship regime threatens to undermine critical conversations about criminality, terrorism, extremism, anti-social behaviour, gender roles, and really anything that involves being critical of certain groups, particularly those…