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Emily Cole quoted in Financial Post article
Financial Post, "Sino-Forest execs deny fraud, call OSC allegations a misinterpretation of Chinese business practices"
Canadian regulators laid out a “road map” Tuesday they said will prove Hong Kong-based executives carried out a massive fraud at Sino-Forest Corp., which traded at $6-billion on the Toronto Stock Exchange before its spectacular collapse. But lawyers for the...
Charles Bois quoted in British Columbia Power Report 2014
POWER British Columbia
British Columbia (BC) has long enjoyed some of the lowest electricity costs in North America, but when in August 2013, a draft of the BC Rates Plan which proposed a 26% rate increase by 2016, was leaked, this was met...
Gender Identity in the Workplace
Focus on Canadian Employment and Equality Rights Newsletter
An overview of the rights of transgendered employees in Canada. This article was re-published in Wolters Kluwer CCH’s Focus On Canadian Employment and Equality Rights newsletter (July 2014 issue). Read the article.
David Chodikoff featured in Maclean’s article on tax evasion
Macleans', "Canada is tough on small-time tax fraud, but missing bigger targets"
Critics say Canada shies away from major targets. But a new snitch line may be having an impact. A lot of Americans who have stashed money in offshore accounts face a hard decision this summer.
The Inadequacy of Reserve Fund Provisions
Condo Voice - Canadian Condominium Institute, Summer 2014 (page 57)
There’s much discussion in the condo industry about reserve funds. As recently reported by major news outlets, some condos have levied special assessments of approximately $40,000 per one bedroom unit to cover the cost of major common element repairs and...
Canadian Trademark Act Regulations Published for Consultation
International Trademark Association Bulletin
Liability and Green Buildings
Canadian Consulting Engineer, May 2014
Engineers who design buildings to be sustainable or “LEED-certified” have to be vigilant about the language in their contracts with owners.