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Get ready for harmonization of GST and RST

McMillan LLP
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Canada
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March 27 2009

On March 26, 2009, the Ontario Minister of Finance, the Honourable Dwight Duncan, announced "significant sales tax reform" in the Province of Ontario

Canada Revenue Agency provides list of exempt and taxable health care service providers

McMillan LLP
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Canada
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June 29 2011

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has attempted to clarify which health care professionals it considers to be engaged in exempt activities and which health care professionals it considers to be engaged in taxable activities for goods and services tax (GST) or harmonized sales tax (HST) purposes

Hot topics in international trade law

McMillan LLP
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Canada
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April 21 2009

The following bills, with implications for international trade, have been tabled recently before the Canadian Parliament

Export controls, Canada’s new watchword

McMillan LLP
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Canada
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June 2 2009

A "new" internal Canadian government report (actually dated November 2008) identified limitations in Canada’s export reporting and highlighted concerns with compliance with export controls compliance

Certain investment management fees exempt from GST

McMillan LLP
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Canada
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September 9 2009

Earlier this year, Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal issued a very important decision in Her Majesty the Queen v. The Canadian Medical Protective Association

Green fuel or greenwash

McMillan LLP
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Canada, Global, USA
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January 6 2010

On May 20, 2009, Canada, together with the European Union, Brazil and Chile, wrote to the United States Congress urging them to repeal a tax credit for the use of black liquor as a biofuel, on the basis that the credit is acting as a subsidy on the production of kraft pulp contrary to World Trade Organization ("WTO") rules

Significance of Chinese Taipei joining WTO agreement on government procurement

McMillan LLP
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Global, Taiwan
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September 9 2009

In July of this year, the World Trade Organization ("WTO") announced that the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Phengu, Kinmen and Matsu ("Chinese Taipei") formally became a full Party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement ("AGP"

Canada reintroduces sweeping consumer protection legislation

McMillan LLP
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Canada
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June 2 2009

In January of this year, the Canadian federal government introduced in the House of Commons the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act ("CCPSA"), known as Bill C-6