The Financial Post recently published an article called, “Stock exchange cracks down after stream of ‘shell’ companies make it to market” by Barbara Shecter and Peter Koven. This is a follow-up article to their previous one published in February 2016 called, “Caught in a web of spinoffs: Inside Canada’s expanding universe of ‘shell’ companies”. Shell…
The Government of Canada proclaimed the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act, S.C. 2014, c. 39, s. 376 (the “Act”) into force on June 1 2015. Section 6 sets out the purpose of this Act as follows: 6. The purpose of this Act is to implement Canada’s international commitments to participate in the fight against corruption…
On May 1, 2015, amendments to the Business Corporation Act (Yukon) (the Act) came into force. The amendments modernize rules but some amendments are unique to the Yukon and are intended to attract companies to incorporate in the Yukon. The particularly noteworthy amendments in the Act include: a corporation can now serve as a director…
The Financial Post recently published an article called, “Caught in a web of spinoffs: Inside Canada’s expanding universe of ‘shell’ companies” by Barbara Shecter and Peter Koven. Many of you have probably already seen it, but if you haven’t, I highly recommend that you take a few minutes to read it. The article discusses how…