Demystiphying the Canada – China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement

Canada and China have both now ratified the Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement ("FIPA", also referred to as "???????" in China), with the result that, as of October 1, 2014, FIPA is now in full force and…

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Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA)

On March 11, 2014, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (“CKFTA”), concluding ongoing and substantive negotiations for a bilateral free trade agreement between these two countries. The objective of the trade agreement partners is…

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Your Shed is on My Property

What can you do if your neighbours buildings extend onto your land? This is called encroachment and is the situation that two families in Abbotsford found themselves in.  The Gueldner’s purchased their rural estate property in 2002 with…

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