Since its first recorded use in 2006, the word “crowdfunding” has become a familiar part of the lexicon, sure to appear during times of crisis and tragedy, as well as during planning for weddings and any other time people need to get their hands on a substantial sum for a worthy cause.

Canada’s overall privacy regime might have problems but, to paraphrase Jay Z, PIPEDA’s knowledge-and--consent model ain’t one.

The Canada Not for Profit Corporations Act, legislation based on the Canada Business Corporations Act, was a square peg whittled to fit into a round hole when it was passed in 2011.

Following on the example of other countries such as the U.S. and the UK, the federal government set up its own version of deferred prosecutions in its 2018 Budget Implementation Act, and the Remediation Agreement Regime quietly came into force some months later.

Draft amendments to the Income Tax Act dealing with transfer prices appear to add ambiguity where once was clarity, says the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada.

The federal government laid out plans for changing the rules governing employee stock option deductions in its 2019 budget. The Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada gave its broad response to those planned changes earlier this year; with its new submission it tackles some of the more technical concerns raised by the draft legislation to amend the Income Tax Act.

The draft Model Mergers Timing Agreement sent out for consultations earlier this year by the Competition Bureau, appears to be a solution in search of a problem -- or a solution that will create its own problems, adding unnecessary delays and costs to merger reviews.

The CBA’s Privacy and Access Law Section recently commented on consultations by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner regarding transfers of personal information. Following the consultation process, the OPC decided not to proceed with planned changes. Timothy Banks, Vice-Chair of the Section, discusses the impact of that decision.

Canada’s Privacy Act is a middle-aged law long overdue for a makeover.

When considering changes to its pension funding framework, the Nova Scotia government should keep in mind the regulations that exist in other provinces.