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The Parliament of Canada entered the field with the passage of the Business Profits War Tax Act, 1916 [17] (essentially a tax on larger businesses, chargeable on any accounting periods ending after 1914 and before 1918). [18] It was replaced in 1917 by the Income War Tax Act, 1917 [19] (covering personal and corporate income earned from 1917 ...
The Tax Court of Canada has a very specialized jurisdiction. It hears disputes over federal taxes, primarily under the federal Income Tax Act, between taxpayers and the federal government. Also, for most people that live in Canada, it is the Tax Court's power to hear appeals under the Income Tax Act. The Tax Court has the jurisdiction to hear ...
This is a list of legislation with popular names (of people), often the member of Parliament/Congress responsible for it or a law named for a person of notoriety that prompted enactment of the legislation. [1] [2] Some of these Acts
Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, 1873 to 1900 at Canadiana.org; Acts of the Parliament (of the Dominion) of Canada, 1901 to 1997 at the Internet Archive; Acts of the Parliament of Canada, 1987 to 2022 at the Government of Canada Publications catalogue. Official Justice Laws Website of the Canadian Department of Justice
The agency also oversees the registration of charities in Canada, and enforces much of the country's tax laws. [6] From 1867 to 1999, tax services and programs were administered by the Department of National Revenue, otherwise known as Revenue Canada. In 1999, Revenue Canada was reorganized into the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA).
As Peter Hogg wrote in Constitutional Law of Canada, some have argued that, since the United Kingdom had some freedom of expression in 1867, the preamble extended this right to Canada even before the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982; this was a supposed basis for the Implied Bill of Rights. [3]
The Federal Court of Canada ruled in a judicial review that s. 10(1), 10(3), and 10(4) of the Act—all regarding revocation of citizenship—violated s. 2(e) of the Canadian Bill of Rights in a way that "[deprived] a person of the right to a fair hearing by the principles of fundamental justice for the determination of his rights and ...
This right has generated significant case law, as abortion in Canada was legalized in R v Morgentaler (1988) after the Supreme Court found the Therapeutic Abortion Committees breached women's security of person by threatening their health. Some judges also felt control of the body was a right within security of the person, breached by the ...