If you or your business is facing personal data requests from the police or other law enforcement agencies, you may have legal grounds to resist such a request. However, in some instances your persona...
Contractors: when are they entitled to reasonable notice or pay in lieu?
The legal status of contractors in an employment context frequently arises in litigation, reflecting the potential implications of whether or not someone is an employee in law. Rogerson Law Group prov...
Investment in Canada and the Impact of Bill C-60
Canada has the second largest landmass in world and is rich in natural resources, from oil and minerals to freshwater and lumber. Its workforce is highly educated and skilled, it is among the world’...
Canada’s 2014 Federal Budget Proposes Elimination of the 60-Month Residency Exemption for Immigration Trusts
Canada’s February 11, 2014 federal budget eliminated the tax benefits of immigration trusts for new residents of Canada. This is a radical change to Canada’s tax regime in regard to immigration tr...
Worth a thought, Andrew Rogerson considers the attractiveness of Canada as a destination
Worth A Thought Andrew Rogerson considers the attractiveness of Canada as a destination for relocation STEP Journal – April 2008 Affluent clients, inquiring as to possible tax relocation, invariabl...
Canadian Immigration Continues Despite Temporary Federal Skilled Worker Freeze
By Andrew Rogerson LLB (Hons) TEP The majority of the over 60 Canadian immigration programs have, and will continue, to accept applications despite a temporary freeze on the acceptance of applications...
Citizenship and Immigration Canada will Temporarily Cease Accepting New Applications
By Andrew Rogerson LLB (Hons) TEP Effective July 1, 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada will temporarily cease accepting new applications to the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) and Immigrant Investo...
Canadian immigration and tax issues for would be immigrants and non residents
Canadian Immigration By Andrew Rogerson LLB (Hons) TEP STEP Journal – September 2011 Immigration Categories The investor scheme requires CAD800,000 to be lent to the Canadian government for five yea...
Doing-it-Yourself vs. Hiring a Canadian Immigration Lawyer
By Andrew Rogerson LLB (Hons) TEP The process of temporarily or permanently immigrating to Canada can be quite complicated and expensive for those seeking to do so. Although Citizenship and Immigratio...