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Canada CA 2012-04 Securities Regulator Alleges That CEO and Directors Failed to Make Immediate Disclosure of Good News to Help lower Exercise price

Canada CA 2012-04 Executive compensation: Some early top earners

Canada CA 2012-03 When Former Employees Compete - Protecting Your Confidential Information

Canada CA 2012-03 Executive Pay Under Scrutiny: Global Trend Prompts Action in Canada

Canada CA 2012-03 Hana Mining Ltd. to Cancel the Issuance of Stock Options

Canada CA 2012-03 Mandated Recognition of Employee Stock Option Expense – The Case of Canada

Canada CA 2012-03 Reward Key Employees with Stock Options

Canada CA 2012-03 ’Tis The Season to Use or Lose Options

Canada CA 2012-03 Cresval Announces Warrant Repricing and Stock Option Grant

Canada CA 2012-02 Shareholders should vote against poor option plans: SHARE

Canada CA 2012-02 Selected tax issues and opportunities in corporate acquisitions and combinations

Canada CA 2012-02 Ewart: Encana offering perks to keep staff

Canada CA 2012-02 EnWave Announces Amendment of Option Plan for "Rolling approach"

Canada CA 2012-01 Magna overhauls corporate governance

Canada CA 2012-01 Canada CEO Compensation: Companies Hesitant To Debate Executive Pay

Canada CA 2012-01 End tax break for Canadian executives’ stock options, report urges

Canada CA 2011-12 Coquitlam geologist convicted of tax evasion on options

Canada CA 2011-12 Judges rule that stock-option cancellation payments made in the run-up to a merger aren’t deductible

Canada CA 2011-12 love hurts – SCC refuses leave to appeal in Love v. AIMI

Canada CA 2011-12 CRA to begin to rate large companies’ risk of tax compliance; new phase of CFO interviews to begin in January 2012

Canada CA 2011-12 Top 10 year-end tips for global mobility and assignment professionals

Canada CA 2011-12 Federal Court of Appeal holds “going private” stock option cancellation payment not deductible

Canada US 2011-11 IPOs reward tech companies with instant wealth - and lots of headaches

Canada CA 2011-11 New tax technical interpretation on options will spark debates

Canada CA 2011-10 Consultation on the tax rules for employee profit sharing plans

Canada CA 2011-10 No shortcuts when calculating RSUs

Canada CA 2011-10 Capital Expenditure or Not? Judgment Reserved by FCA in Imperial Tobacco Canada Case

Canada CA 2011-10 Parta Dialogue cancels Stock Options

Canada CA 2011-08 Executive pay under the microscope: Corporations more open about salaries

Canada CA 2011-05 Does your incentive plan still deliver?

Canada CA 2011-05 DEQ increases option repricing exercise price

Canada CA 2011-04 Liberals propose cap for tax break on options

Canada CA 2011-04 Encana, TransAlta compensation plans need to be tweaked

Canada CA 2011-03 Imperial Tobacco Redux – Unwelcomed Revisit to Deductibility of Payments for Surrendering Options in Corporate Reorganizations & Acquisitions

Canada CA 2011-03 Employee stock options: get them right

Canada CA 2011-02 Option surrender payments non-deductible

Canada US, CA 2011-01 Organizations are focusing on measuring performance aligned with pay, Mercer survey shows

Canada CA 2010-12 Catch the Wind rescinds latest stock options

Canada CA 2010-12 Insider Reporting; IFRS and Internal Control Disclosures; and Proposed Changes to Executive Compensation Disclosure

Canada CA 2010-12 Why Jarislowsky thinks stock options are dangerous

Canada CA 2010-12 Amendments to stock option rules

Canada CA 2010-12 Reaction to CSA’s Proposed Amendments to the Beneficial Owner Communication Process

Canada CA 2010-12 Tax withholding on stock option benefits: Will you be ready on January 1, 2011?

Canada CA 2010-11 New insider reporting regime now fully effective

Canada CA 2010-11 Employee Stock Options — A Tax Treat

Canada CA 2010-11 Stock option taxation regime needs overhaul: BCTIA

Canada CA 2010-11 Update on the Proposed Amendments to the Tax Treatment of Employee Stock Options

Canada CA 2010-10 Niblack Reprices Outstanding Stock Options

Canada CA 2010-10 Stock options instead of a pay hike: is this good for me?

Canada CA 2010-10 PNI Digital Media Implements Deferred Share Unit Incentive Plan

Canada US 2010-10 GM extends employee share program

Canada CA 2010-10 Public Companies Should Consider Amending Stock Option Plans Prior to 2011 to Reflect Income Tax Withholding Requirements

Canada CA 2010-10 Matrix Asset Management Adopts 5 Year, Performance-Linked Restricted Share Plan

Canada CA 2010-09 Executive compensation: Both eyes on the prize

Canada CA 2010-09 Organizations Look Beyond Base Pay to Attract and Retain Key Employees

Canada CA 2010-09 Rusoro Grants and Re-Prices Incentive Stock Options

Canada CA 2010-08 Frequently Asked Questions about the New Insider Trading Regime

Canada CA 2010-08 IPICO announces amendments to employee stock options

Canada CA 2010-07 Recent Changes to the Employee Stock Options Rules

Canada CA 2010-07 Bri-Chem Corp announces repricing of employee stock options

Canada CA US 2010-06-07 Rescuing Drowning Stock Options

Canada CA 2010-06-07 Exploring Changes in Management Compensation Structure in Canada: Evidence on the Consequences of Requiring Options Expensing

Canada CA 2010-05-25 Budget 2010 stock option changes may necessitate action by issuers

Canada CA, US 2010-05-16 New rules for employee perks

Canada CA, US 2010-05-16 Quantifying the Benefits of Backdating: A Canada - US Comparison

Canada CA 2010-05-16 Backdating, Tax Evasion, and the Unintended Consequences of Canadian Tax Reform

Canada CA 2010-05-09 Know your (stock) options

Canada CA 2010-05-09 The Party’s Over – Revisiting Compensation Plans Post-Budget

Canada Ca 2010-05-02 Preparing for Canada's new insider reporting requirements in force April 30, 2010

Canada CA 2010-03-21 Business gives thumbs down to options rule

Canada CA 2010-03-14 Corporate tax cuts 'critical'

Canada CA 2010-03-14 What HR needs to know about the federal budget

Canada CA 2010-03-14 Stock-options letdown in the budget?

Canada CA 2010-03-07 Ottawa goes after stock option loophole that allows double deduction

Canada CA 2010-03-07 Relief for those burned by plummeting stock options

Canada CA 2010-03-02 Canadian Securities Administrators Announce New Insider Reporting Regime

Canada CA 2010-03-02 CIBC gets thumbs up in first 'say on pay' vote

Canada CA 2010-02-16 Roadrunner Announces Upward Repricing of Stock Options

Canada CA 2010-01-31 Changes to Canada’s Insider Reporting Regime

Canada CA 2009-12-13 Compensation issues raised by trust conversions Change-of-control could trigger big payouts

Canada CA 2009-12-09 CEO Manipulation of Stock-Option Grants: Evidence from Canadian Public Firms

Canada CA 2009-11-29 Decision Dynamics Cancels Options and Intends to Issue Shares for Services

Canada CA 2009-11-08 Tax-Free Savings Account and Employee Options

Canada CA 2009-10-28 Governments cloak executive pay

Canada CA 2009-10-11 TD's Clark uses options for charity

Canada CA 2009-10-11 CIBC, BMO Modify Pay Schemes

Canada Canada 2009-09-25 Rethinking Executive Compensation

Canada CA 2009-09- 19 Options find less favour with Canadian companies

Canada CA 2009-09-07 Automated Benefits Corp. Adopts New Phantom Stock Plan

Canada CA 2009-08-03 Money Managers Oppose Banks Stock Pay System

Canada CA/US 2009-07-30 U.S.-Canada Tax Treaty Will Affect Mobility

Canada CA/US 2009-07-30 U.S.-Canada Tax Treaty Will Affect Mobility

Canada CA 2009-07-20 Push on to sway banks away from stock-based compensation

Canada CA 2009-06-30 Stock Options and Tax-Free Savings Accounts: A Tax Planning Opportunity

Canada CA 2009-06-30 Executive pay practices changing – but not fast enough for some

Canada Wanted: a Deferred Compensation Test Case

Canada CA 2009-06-02 Thousands of Canadians Taxed on 'Phantom Income'

Canada CA 2009-06-02 'Say on Pay’ — Coming to a Shareholders’ Meeting Near You

Canada CA 2009-05-26 Considerations for Repricing Options and Other Equity-Based Compensation

Canada CA 2009-05-26 Securities Agency Proposes Changes To Insider Reporting Regime

Canada CN 2009-05-19 Inside Job on Option Repricing

Canada CA 2009-05-12 Manulife agrees to 'say on pay'

Canada CA 2009-05-12 Dealing with Underwater Options: Sinking or Swimming in the Credit Crunch

Canada CA 2099-05-05 Savanna Energy Settles Backdating Claim

Canada CA 2009-05-05 Easyhome Amends DSU Plan

Canada CA 2009-04-27 Manulife gives in to say-on-pay demands

Canada CA 2009-04-20 GMP Capital Trust Looking at Stock Options

Canada CA 2009-03-30 Ballard Announces Board Approval of New Market Purchase Restricted Share Plan

Canada CA 2009-03-16 Executive Pay: Sharing the pain?

Canada CA 2009-03-16 Canadian Executives See Value of Long-Term Incentives Drop Sharply, Watson Wyatt Finds

Canada US/CA 2009-02-16 OSC and SEC: Different Views on Option Backdating

Canada US/CA 2009-02-16 OSC and SEC: Different Views on Option Backdating

Canada CA 2009-02-16 Falling Stocks Squeeze Board Ownership Rules

Canada CA 2009-02-09 NewNorth Announces Voluntary Cancellation of Unvested Options

Canada CA 2009-02-02 Shareholders Advocacy Group urges Simplified Executive Compensation Programs

Canada CA 2009-02-02 Computershare Extends TFSA Benefits to Employees in Share Purchase Plans

Canada CA 2009-02-02 Options Return to Spotlight

Canada CA 2009-01-26 Westward Announces New Stock Option Grant and Repricing

Canada CA 2009-01-26 Stimulating Charitable Giving of Options

Canada CA 2009-01-26 Ontario Securities Agency Pursues $100 Million Penalty for RIM Option Backdating

Canada CA 2009-01-19 Regulators mull new rules on inside trades ncluding share plans

Canada CA 2009-01-12 Pension Plan Urges Boards to Avoid Changes to Stock Option Plans

Canada CA 2008-12-01 Pre-Arranged Option Exercise Plans For CEOs: Something For Boards To Consider

Canada CA 2008-11-10 New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules

Canada CA 2008-11-10 Enhanced Executive Compensation Disclosure For Upcoming Proxy Season

Canada CA 2008-11-10 New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rule

Canada CA 2008-10-26 Survey finds Share Awards Grow; ESOPs drive rise in CEO pay

Canada CA 2008-10-26 New Requirements For Executive Compensation Disclosure

Canada CA 2008-10-04 Workplace and Employee Survey including stock purchase plan

Canada CA 2008-10-04 Announces Replacement of Options

Canada CA 2008-09-27 How do private companies win the fight for talent?

Canada CA 2008-09-27 Executive Compensation (Ottawa securities commission)

Canada CA 2008-07-14 Firm Announces Automated Employee Share Purchase & Disposition Plans

Canada CA 2008-06-28 Stock options as performance incentive: Good or bad?

Canada CA/US 2008-06-17 10 Key Differences In Canadian, US Employment Law (including share plans)

Canada CA/US 2008-06-18 Firm finds that some options were granted at less than fair value

Canada CA 2008-03-25 Law firms uncover widespread backdating violations

Canada CA 2008-03-20 Tax on Phantom gains on shares under review

Canada CA 2008-03-20 Regulators seek more transparency in senior executive compensation

Canada CA 2008-03-05 Securities Regulator Seeks Comments on Disclosure Form on Compenation & Shares

Canada CA 2008-01-30 Call for better executive pay disclosure
 

Canada : CA 2012-04 Canadian Federal 2012 Tax Budget
4 April, 2012
Contributed by: PricewaterhouseCoopers


Canada : CA 2012-01 Employee Stock Plans: Year-End International Reporting Requirements—2012 Update
16 January, 2012
Contributed by: Jones Day Publications


Canada : CA 2011-08 Proposed National Instrument 51-103 Ongoing Governance and Disclosure Requirements for Venture Issuers
28 August, 2011
Contributed by: Miller Thomson


Canada : CA 2011-01 Employee Stock Plans 2010: Year-End International Reporting Requirements
2 January, 2011
Contributed by: Jones Day


Canada : CA 2010-06 Canada: Elimination of Stock Option Deferral Election and Hardship Rules in Canada
18 June, 2010
Contributed by: baker McKenzie


Canada : CA 2010-03-15 Canadian Federal Budget 2010 – significant changes announced regarding the taxation of employee stock options
15 March, 2010
Contributed by: Deloitte


Canada : CA 2010-03-14 2010 Federal Budget Proposes Changes to Stock Option Rules
15 March, 2010
Contributed by: PriceWaterHouseCoopers


Canada : CA 2008-11 Final Rule Regarding the Replacement of the Current Executive Compensation Form
7 November, 2008
Contributed by: Linklaters


Canada : Canada: US Social Security Contributions: Eligibility for Quebec Foreign Tax Credit
7 July, 2008
Contributed By: Deloitte


Canada : Canada: Tax Free Savings Account Allows Opportunities for Stock Purchase Plans
4 April, 2008
Contributed By: Deloitte


Canada : CA 2008-01 Important Clarification on Tax Withholding on Stock Options
1 January, 2008
Contributed By: Deloitte



 
 

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