Canada: Privacy Commissioner Creates a Buzz

Last week, Canadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, along with nine other privacy commissioners, released a public letter to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, expressing concern that the Internet giant was forgetting its privacy responsibilities arising, primarily, in relation to…

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Canada – Foreign Control of Communications Sector

Today during parliamentary hearings, Konrad von Finckenstein, chairman of the CRTC, said “The control of the communications sector should stay in Canadian hands. No foreign entity should own more than 49 per cent”. Relying on committee discussion of…

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Canada – UK Tax Treaty – Rates of Withholding Tax

Set out at the bottom of the first page of the linked document, “Countries with Double Taxation Agreements with the UK – rates of withholding tax for the year ended 5 April 2010”, are the operative withholding tax…

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Canada – Amendments to the Competition Act

On March 12, 2009, the Budget Implementation Act received Royal Assent. The Act contains amendments that modernizes the Competition Act to better protect Canadians from the harm caused by anti-competitive conduct. Two amended provisions of the Competition Act…

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British Columbia – Environmental Protection and Landowner Rights

On March 29, 2010, the Government of British Columbia announced that it intended to introduce into the British Columbia legislature, a bill to amend the Oil and Gas Activities Act and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Act. Amendments…

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Canada – EU Free Trade

Although the EU is Canada’s second most important goods trading partner, and Canada’s second most important investment partner, there has been little interest in discussions relating to the proposed Canada – EU Free Trade Agreement (“FTA”). Going the…

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