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Mark Carney is alleged to have enabled Brookfield-linked funds to avoid large amounts of tax through offshore registrations, with media reports in March–April 2025 quantifying avoidance in the billion...
Refugees who have been recognized as in Canada can receive the Canada Child Benefit (CCB); however, refugee claimants awaiting a decision are . For the 2025 payment period the published maximum CCB is...
There is no single, current federal program that broadly gives Canadian employers an ongoing tax break simply for hiring immigrants; some past provincial proposals and niche provisions have existed or...
Revocable living trusts (inter vivos revocable trusts) exist and are discussed by Canadian estate planners, but they function differently in Canada than in the U.S.: they are generally revocable durin...
Brookfield Asset Management has faced repeated allegations and investigative scrutiny in Canada over aggressive structures that critics say shifted profits to offshore jurisdictions, but public record...
Bill C‑15 proposes a new bare‑trust filing exemption for trusts whose property has a fair market value (FMV) of $250,000 or less, but that exemption is constrained to trusts holding a narrow list of a...
Importing a pleasure boat into Canada in 2025 triggers federal GST of 5% on the value including any duty, and provincial sales tax or HST may also apply depending on where you clear customs (GST/HST r...
Brookfield’s exact tax payments to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) since 2017 are not stated in the available materials; multiple investigations and expert testimonies instead report a in the billions...
Rebel News has been repeatedly flagged by third‑party evaluators and courts for publishing content that failed basic factual standards: Media Bias/Fact Check documents "failed fact checks" against the...
Rebel News is privately owned and led by founder Ezra Levant, relying primarily on audience funding—subscriptions, donations and crowdfunding—alongside advertising income; the outlet publicly states i...
The publicly available reporting in the provided sources does not identify a specific package of regulatory or tax incentives that the Canadian federal or provincial governments formally offered Amazo...
Bill C‑15 narrows the reach of the expanded trust‑reporting regime by carving out many routine family and financial arrangements from the bare‑trust filing obligation, but bare trusts that involve rea...
The Canada Revenue Agency’s expanded T3 reporting regime makes most inter‑vivos (and other express) trusts subject to an annual T3 return and new Schedule 15 disclosure of beneficial ownership informa...
Refugees who are protected persons or privately sponsored and who live in Canada and care for children under 18 are generally eligible to apply for the Canada Child Benefit (CCB); they should apply as...
The available reporting does not show public, posted Canadian T3010 returns or audited financial statements for the GrapheneOS Foundation; public evidence instead shows the project solicits donations ...
Newcomers can access federally funded settlement services through IRCC-funded providers, searchable via the government’s “Find free newcomer services near you” tool; Ottawa invested about $1.17 billio...
Trusts in Alberta trigger formal T3 filing and expanded reporting obligations that differ from a simple will-based estate administration; bare trusts are exempt from T3 filing for 2023–2024 unless the...
In Alberta a wide range of assets can be transferred into a living (inter vivos) trust — cash, investment portfolios, shares, real estate and business interests are commonly used — but each transfer m...
Living (inter vivos) trusts in Alberta can hold a wide range of assets — cash and investment portfolios, shares, real estate (including houses), business interests, and personal property — provided ea...
If you want an Alberta living-trust template, available reporting shows there is broad guidance on trusts, tax reporting and practical cautions, but few reliable free province‑specific templates — law...