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Canadian corporate lawconcerns the operation of corporationsin Canada, which can be established under either federal or provincial authority. Federal incorporation of for-profit corporations is governed by Corporations Canadaunder the Canada Business Corporations Act. All of the Canadian provinces and territories also have laws permitting (and ...
The Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA; French: Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions) is an act of the Parliament of Canada regulating Canadian business corporations. Corporations in Canada may be incorporated federally, under the CBCA, or provincially under a similar provincial law.
The oppression remedy of s. 241 (2) (c) of the CBCA and the similar provisions of provincial legislation regarding corporations grant the broadest rights to creditors of any common law jurisdiction. [5] One commentator describes the oppression remedy as “the broadest, most comprehensive and most open-ended shareholder remedy in the common law ...
An unlimited liability corporation ( ULC) within Canadian corporate law is a Canadian corporation designation, wherein shareholders are liable up to unlimited amounts for any liability, act or default of the corporation. By comparison, in most corporations, shareholders are not usually liable due to a limited liability model.
Also that year, foreign-controlled corporations operating revenues in Canada averaged $96 million, compared with less than $2 million for their Canadian-controlled counterparts. In 2006, 34 Canadian companies were purchased by foreign interests worth $62 billion, nearly 4% of Canada's market value.
Canada Business Corporations Act. BCE Inc v 1976 Debentureholders, 2008 SCC 69 (CanLII), [2008] 3 SCR 560 [2] is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on the nature of the duties of corporate directors to act in the best interests of the corporation, "viewed as a good corporate citizen". This case introduced the principle of fair ...
The general corporate tax rate on business income—the net tax rate after the general tax reduction, is 15%. [1] For Canadian-Controlled Private Corporations (CCPCs)s eligible Small Business Deduction (SBD), the net tax rate 9% as of January 1, 2019. [1] The provinces or territories have a dual rate—a lower rate and a higher rate which is ...
Halsbury's Laws of Canada is a comprehensive national encyclopedia of Canadian law, published by LexisNexis Canada, which includes federal, provincial and territorial coverage. It is the only Canadian legal encyclopedia covering all fourteen Canadian jurisdictions. Following an alphabetized title scheme, [1] it covers 119 discrete legal ...