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- 7/1/2020
Save income taxes using spousal loans
Canadian physicians pay a substantial amount of income taxes. This is because of Canada’s graduated tax system, which means that the more money you earn, the higher the percentage of your income you will pay in taxes. This tax fatigue has increased in the aggregate because of the Trudeau government’s 2017 tax reform for Canadian Controlled Private Corporations (CCPCs), including medical corporations. Many physicians who were income splitting through their medical corporation can no longer save taxes using this income-splitting strategy because of the change in tax legislation. - 7/1/2020
Migrant farm workers 'hiding' from COVID-19 testing: Doug Ford
Workers in the Windsor, Essex region of Ontario are not getting tested over fear of their immigration status or payment, Ford suggested - 7/1/2020
Immortality can't be all it's cracked up to be
The logistics we fail to consider when we talk about living forever - 6/29/2020
Feds reviewing COVID-19 aid to prep for potential second wave, Trudeau says
The federal government's ongoing review about the good, bad and possibly ugly parts of its response to COVID-19 will feed into plans for an improved response to a potential second wave of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. - 6/29/2020
The Weeknd gives $500,000 from mask sales to Scarborough hospitals
The Weeknd is dedicating $500,000 to hospitals battling COVID-19 in the neighbourhood where he grew up. The Scarborough singer, songwriter and record producer, born Abel Tesfaye, says he felt "it was important to give back to the community that raised me." - 6/29/2020
Unusual times can spur business creativity
Looking at the tools that have arisen to keep pharmacies running during the crisis - 6/29/2020
N.L. doctors say province is too slow to resume medical services after lockdown
The head of the NLMA was taken aback when the premier announced that health services would be back at 85% capacity by July 6 - 6/29/2020
Will temporary COVID-19 pharmacy services become permanent?
Canadian pharmacists in all jurisdictions have taken on an expanded role out of necessity during the pandemic - 6/29/2020
Ottawa granted extension to overhaul medical assistance in dying legislation
Quebec Superior Court has granted the federal government a five-month extension to revise its legislation on medical assistance in dying, giving Ottawa until just before Christmas to conform with a provincial court ruling. In a written decision released Monday, Justice Frederic Bachand wrote that Ottawa will have until Dec. 18, 2020, to make the necessary changes—allowing a delay requested by federal lawyers last week. - 6/28/2020
Mentoring in the time of Coronavirus