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Redeemer: Are Charitable Donations a “Write Off”?

An interesting case dealing with tax and registered charities was granted leave to appeal on May 10, 2007. Redeemer Foundation v. Canada (Minister of National Revenue) looks at the extent to which the procedure in s. 231.2(2) of the Income Tax Act R.S.C. 1985, c.1 (5th Supp.) applies to the Minister, or Canada Revenue Agency [...]

Kraft Canada: The Chocolate Covered Copyright

Kraft Canada Inc. v. Euro Excellence Inc. is an interesting copyright case dealing with “gray marketing”. This appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal was heard by the SCC in January of 2007 and is awaiting judgment. The respondent, Kraft Canada Inc. (KCI), brought an action against the appellant, Euro-Excellence Inc. for copyright infringement under [...]