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Things to Consider When Purchasing a Business in Canada

Posted on Feb 01 in: canada province - No Comments »

Purchasing a business is an extremely serious decision, so before you start the whole process there is a huge number of important things that you need to consider. Starting form the situation in the industry in general and up to certain details in the provincial laws that may influence the purchase process. Generally these things [...]

Difference between Common Law and Civil Law in Canada

Posted on Dec 29 in: canada province - No Comments »

The Canadian legal system in every province except for Quebec is based on the British common law system. The Quebec province retains a civil system for issues of private law, however both of these legal systems are subject to the Constitution of Canada. Inside the commonwealth system everything is divided into areas like criminal law [...]

Employment Insurance Benefits in Canada

Posted on Nov 17 in: canada province - No Comments »

It is great to know that a Canadian who has lost his job is protected by the Employment Insurance, a federal program that provides financial assistance to citizens who have lost their jobs.  This program is governed by the Employment Insurance Act R.S. 1996 c. 23, and run by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada [...]

Human Rights Law in Canada

Posted on Oct 25 in: canada province - No Comments »

Worldwide Canada is considered to be one of the leading countries that support the global human rights movement. The history of Human Rights Law in Canada begins in the advent of the Canadian Bill of Rights, before that the human rights issues were usually regulated with single court cases and the verdicts of such cases [...]

Child-Support and Employment Change

Posted on Oct 09 in: canada province - No Comments »

Child Support payments in Canada are appointed by the judge and starting from 1997 regulated by federal Child Support Guidelines. The initial appointment of the Child Support payments id divided into four steps. It starts with the calculation of the gross incomes of the parties. The second step is entering the non-custodial parent’s gross income [...]