This annual report, written by Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart, reviews developments related to Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronics Documents Act (PIPEDA) between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011.

The tax portion of this course provides an explanation of the Canadian tax system, its objectives, and its structure. It outlines the general scheme of the tax system and the reasons for its existence. The Law portion of this course is meant to familiarize you with the tools and concepts lawyers use when they place things in a legal perspective. It will provide you with a broad overview of commercial law.

The need to exercise strong leadership in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is mandatory for contemporary business leaders. Join presenter Jeff Buckstein has he summarizes CSR best practices and provides a solid base of information for financial professionals at all levels who are tasked with implementing or managing CSR strategies in their organizations.

This blog by the law firm LaBarge Weinstein, LLP, which is headquartered in Ottawa, discusses the latest trends and developments in business law.

This website, which is administered by the Office of Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, contains various links of public interest.

Strong internal controls are essential to help an organization achieve its goals and improve performance. This webcast will help to identify and address control weaknesses in your operations. Frameworks to enable you to design, implement, and assess controls such as COSO will be covered, along with emerging issues.

This article profiles the Quebec Court of Appeal case of Jean v. Omegachem, under which an employee challenged his dismissal from a Quebec pharmaceutical company because he refused to sign a non-compete agreement that was only presented to him three years after he commenced employment with his company.

Canadian businesses need to be very careful the way they sculpt non-competition covenants affecting ex-employees, because if they go too far, there’s a good chance the whole covenant will be struck down in court, warns this article by Jason Hanson and Sandra Cohen of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP.

This article by the law firm Heydary Hamilton PC provides a clear warning to firms that wish to draft non-compete agreements that are unreasonable or otherwise not carefully drafted ...

This article by the employment law firm Minken discusses a number of solid foundations that Canadian businesses need to follow when constructing an employment contract.

Manufacturers who need to terminate a distribution agreement with another party in Canada need to beware of their specific contractual obligations. That means ensuring that they provide a period of reasonable notice prior to termination; and if they are going to terminate an agreement for cause without notice, that they meet the high threshold established under Canadian common law.

Many prospective directors have no idea what educational skills are required, what resources and opportunities are available, and what can be expected as a new director.

This article, written by Steven Rosenhek, a senior litigation partner with the law firm Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP in Toronto, provides an overview of Canadian law as it relates to terminating distribution agreements.

This book, published by Self-Counsel Press in 2011, has been written as a resource guide for the multiple small businesses across Canada that CGAs serve.

This article, which appears on the website of the law firm Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP, provides a general description of contract law in Canada (with the exception of Quebec, which is governed by civil law), as well as various remedies for breach.

This article lists the top ten considerations that can help companies when considering a carbon management system. The article also lists ten implementation best practices for your carbon management system as well as where to obtain furthur information.

This eight-part article, written by Vancouver-based lawyer Lloyd Duhaime, discusses various aspects of contract law in Canada.

This latest 2012-13 edition of Contemporary Canadian Business Law provides an updated reference to the Canadian business environment for the professional office ...

Have you ever faced a situation where you were hiring a prospective employee and came across questionable personal information about them on a social media site like Facebook or Twitter? This article discusses how you might handle that dilemma.

By now, you’ve probably discovered the potential benefits of incorporating social media like Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn into your business ...

While e-business endeavours can be lucrative to your enterprise, you also face a series of legal requirements, along with security and privacy issues that you need to be aware of when conducting business remotely over the web.

Association events and seminars bring CGAs, students and other professionals together for valuable learning and networking. The Events pages present detailed descriptions of PD opportunities and special events around Alberta as well ...

The tax portion of this course presents an overview of the UK taxation system. It looks at the basic principles of the main direct taxes such as Income Tax, National Insurance Contributions, Capital Gains Tax, and Corporation Tax. The law portion of this course provides an overview of principal areas of English law, its various sources, and the court system in which legal disputes are determined.

Should your business hire a permanent employee or a contractor? What are the legal issues you need to be aware of? Using fact scenarios, this interactive webcast will help prepare you to make optimal decisions when it is time to hire an employee or contractor. This webcast will also provide some insight into alternative work arrangements for existing employees.

Your competitive advantage starts here! No matter what sector of business you’ve chosen as your focus, CGA-BC’s Professional Development seminars can help you take your career and your organization to new heights.

This link is to the website for the Basel Institute on Governance. It is an independent non-profit institution devoted to interdisciplinary research and policy advice in the areas of public, corporate and global governance, as well as international judicial cooperation and asset recovery. The site contains links to various news stories about international ...

Beginning in 2004, CEOs and CFOs of Canadian public companies are required to certify that the financial statements, together with other financial information included in their company’s filings "fairly present" in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer ...

The tax portion of this course presents an overview of the Irish taxation system. It looks at the basic principles of the main direct taxes such as income tax, Pay Related Social Insurance contributions, capital gains tax, and corporation tax. The law portion of this course comprises five modules and is designed to give you an overview of the principal areas of Irish law that are likely to concern you in your work as an accountant.

This seminar covers major areas of interest within the topic of governance. The learning outcomes that are expected for this seminar are for you to be able to understand the following: the concept of governance, how external and internal accountabilities are related, how management’s role and internal control...

Making money from intellectual property, whether software programs, manufacturing patents, or creative arts such as music or visual art, is big business. A significant portion of Canada’s economy comes from such endeavors, and innovations in these areas are affecting other businesses. Take the music industry, for example...

As a professional accountant, you may occasionally be called upon to produce a report that will be used in court as evidence in civil or criminal litigation. Although the litigation support engagement is usually fulfilled by someone practicing in a specialized area of accounting, any professional accountant may find themselves called upon to prepare a report for court.

The Professional Accountants in Business Committee (PAIB) of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) was asked by the IFAC Board in October 2002 to explore the emerging concept of enterprise governance. A particular focus of the project was to consider why corporate governance often fails in companies and, more importantly, what must be done to...

This document provides an overview of the ten privacy principles and how these principles affect associations and not-for-profit organizations....

Peer-to-Peer Roundtable Session with Rock Lefebvre, FCGA: How Effective is Corporate Governance in Canada? Register to Listen to the Free Webcast!

This commentary discusses the "sizeable and, by all accounts, unnecessary burden" that major legislation such as Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) has placed on smaller and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It notes that SMEs around the world make up an overwhelming percentage...

This interview with Sylvia Voghel, FCGA, discusses contemporary issues of importance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). The issues discussed in this interview include general areas of concern to IFAC, such as its economic development work with developing nations, the challenges associated with globalization, and...

Canadian  securities regulators are seeking comment on recommended corporate governance practices. This 5-page article published by business law firm Torys LLP discusses the recommended best practices and issues with links to the Ontario documents for public comment. Posted April...