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Steel, Aluminum, and the WTO’s Pandora’s Box – Part II

March 12, 2018 / by joe chater / in Canada Trade Law / 0 comments

Source: Trade Law Link: Steel, Aluminum, and the WTO’s Pandora’s Box – Part II On Thursday March 8th, President Trump followed through on his threat to impose tariffs on all of steel (25%) and aluminum (10%) on a global basis. The Proclamations on the two products are notable in that it aims to link the tariffs to the national sec

Corporate Passive Investment Changes in 2018 Federal Budget

March 2, 2018 / by joe chater / in Thorsteinssons’ Tax Blog / 0 comments

Source: Thor Tax Link: Corporate Passive Investment Changes in 2018 Federal Budget In the 2018 Federal Budget, the Department of Finance released another chapter in its saga to overhaul how private corporations and their shareholders are taxed. Finance’s initial consultation paper of July 18, 2017 (see our summary here) was met…

Thorsteinssons Welcomes Robert Carvalho

March 2, 2018 / by joe chater / in Thorsteinssons’ Tax Blog / 0 comments

Source: Thor Tax Link: Thorsteinssons Welcomes Robert Carvalho Thorsteinssons LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Carvalho has joined our Vancouver office. Mr. Carvalho comes to us from the Department of Justice, where he had a very distinguished career in the Tax Litigation section.

Subjecting transfers of beneficial ownership to PTT is not as simple as it might seem

February 19, 2018 / by joe chater / in Thorsteinssons’ Tax Blog / 0 comments

Source: Thor Tax Link: Subjecting transfers of beneficial ownership to PTT is not as simple as it might seem BC’s Property Transfer Tax Act (“PTTA”) currently taxes only registered transfers of realty. In other words, it essentially taxes transfers of legal ownership, but not transfers of beneficial ownership. Numerous BC governme

A Comment on Yesterday’s Mass Shooting at Douglas High

February 15, 2018 / by joe chater / in Criminal Law Matters / 0 comments

So, I thought that I would opine on the mass shooting at Douglas High School. As many of you know, I was raised in Broward County. Douglas opened the year after I graduated from Nova High. For the record, yesterday’s massacre was the 18th mass shooting in the United States in just the first 45 days of 2018. I spoke earlier with my sister, who