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Eighteen-year tax battle with the CRA a win for taxpayers

Irvin Leroux fought the Canada Revenue Agency for 18 years over allegations of unpaid taxes and gross negligence. Despite losing some of Leroux’s original documents, the CRA eventually claimed he owed close to a million dollars in taxes, penalties and interest for three years when he was starting his RV park business in British Columbia.

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Corporate liability of having Automatic Electronic Defibrillator’s (AED) in the workplace

Recently I received a question from one of our subscriber doing research on the corporate liability of having Automatic Electronc Defibrillator's (AED's) in the workplace, and he wondered if I had any information on the topic?

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Five steps to effective internal investigations

How often do you undertake an internal investigation? In an environment where employers are under increasingly strict obligations to investigate workplace incidents over an increasing number of issues, employers in Ontario are facing more complaints...

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