The Parliamentary Budget Officer continued its review of budget items today, estimating higher revenues from expanding the GST to e-commerce firms like Amazon and less revenue from a new vacant property tax in two separate reports. news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-repo…

Alberta's Public Inquiry into Anti-Energy Campaigns beat a lawsuit today and will deliver its final report May 30. Energy Minister Sonya Savage cheered the ruling. Law firm Ecojustice said the suit helped reveal the inquiry is a waste of public money. bloomberglaw.com/bloomberglawne…

US-owned Coalspur Mining fought the federal government in court this week over the need to have a federal impact review. The company, bought by late coal magnate Christopher Cline, denies it split a project in two to avoid a review. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

Canada's fiscal watchdog said a tax on digital giants will raise C$4.23B, higher than the C$2.4B estimated in an April budget. Ottawa used 2019 figures to avoid the effects of Covid-19, while the watchdog used 2020 data, an official said on background. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-repo…

This is illegal.

The Aquilini family, owners of the Vancouver Canucks, challenged a CRA finding that they moved millions of dollars to avoid paying capital gains tax on income made during the team's purchase at the Federal Court of Appeal today and yesterday. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-repo…

Very grateful for the opportunity some thoughts on the election this past Friday - thanks Mark Sutcliffe for having me on CPAC's Have Your Say. Really enjoyed hearing the perspectives of 𝔸𝕕𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕖 𝔹𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕒, Dan Leger and the many callers over the hour. cpac.ca/program?id=87

Canada will go ahead with plans for a domestic digital services tax after 136 countries agreed to a global tax deal at the OECD Friday, but has given its own levy a later implementation date with the hope the global deal supersedes it. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-tax-repo…

Canada's security regulators have for the first time proposed mandatory climate-related risk disclosures for public companies in a draft set of rules Monday. They are "largely consistent" with a global standard, but include key changes, they said. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-an…

On the wall in the background of today's cabinet swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall:

After a few weeks of disturbing revelations about how Facebook officials knew their platform was feeding off & fueling rage and anger, this is quite the public comment from Facebook's public policy manager in Canada to the appointment of the new federal environment minister.

Really enjoyed reading Charlie Angus's new book, Cobalt, for Policy Magazine . Highly recommend for anyone interested in mining and the north (both provincial and the territories), as well those interested in Canadian history and identity.

my mom's from Russia, my dad's a Russian speaker from Ukraine. today still isn't computing even after weeks of watching this develop in real time. here a civilian casualty from a Russian missile in a Russian-speaking city. a war cast as protecting Russians

Norton Rose Fulbright, one of Toronto's big Bay St. law firms — with an extensive Russian client list — has issued a firm-wide ban preventing lawyers from commenting on the conflict in Ukraine.

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Racking my brain a bit here, but I don't remember the last time I saw a minister in an ad for an industry group.