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Starting a business in Canada? File your investment notification.

Investment notification under the Investment Canada Act If you are not a Canadian citizen and you are planning on doing business in Canada, you will need to fulfill several legal requirements (we have already addressed the obligation to register your business). Less known is the obligation to notify the Canadian authorities each and every time you start a new […]

Business for sale: look under the hood first!

Instead of launching a new business from scratch, many entrepreneurs prefer buying one already in existence. Whether it be purchasing a corporation’s shares or buying the bulk of its assets, it is essential that such an important investment be preceded by a thorough review of the target business. In other words, just as you wouldn’t […]