In the height of tax season, corporations are reminded that regardless of their dissolved status, the government will always get its due. Dissolution does not offer protection against a tax assessment, and second, the dissolved status of a corporation must be addressed before a court is able to hear a corporation’s legal appeal.
The duty to consult is a constitutional obligation grounded in the honour of the Crown and entrenched in section 35 of our Constitution. This duty arises whenever conduct may adversely affect Aboriginal rights or title. The content of this duty has continued to be fleshed out since its articulation in Haida Nation v British Columbia […]
The Metis and non-status Indians of Canada have fallen through the cracks of this country. Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada livestreamed their hearing of Harry Daniels v The Queen [Daniels], a case that may bring some relief to Canada’s “forgotten people” (in the words of Ian Cowie, one of the appellants’ witnesses). Daniels has […]