In this issue - #126 August 31, 2009

The staff and lawyers at Pushor Mitchell are proud to congratulate Melodie Hope on the successful completion of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants In-Depth Tax Course, an intensive three-year tax education program.

Pushor Mitchell is pleased to host the next Kelowna Chamber of Commerce After Five Event.

We at Pushor Mitchell would like to extend our appreciation to all the volunteers and participants that made the 2009 event the most successful ever. The August 2009 event generated the largest field ever competing at a National Triathlon event in Canada with a record 1630 participants and a record 848 volunteers. Well done and Thank you!

Okanagan Research Innovation Council has selected Pushor Mitchell as their Knowledge Partner in the legal sector. Pushor Mitchell has committed to provide a series of seminars and monthly round tables for ORIC clients on legal topics commonly encountered by early stage ventures.

A small Canadian firm by the name “i4i” sued Microsoft last year over the way Word 2003 and Word 2007 customize XML.

Complying with human rights obligations relating to employees suffering the disease of addiction is a challenge for human resources professionals.  The challenge increases when the employee engages in misconduct which is driven by that addiction.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has reported that, at the time of a recent mid-air collision between an airplane and a helicopter, the air traffic controller was making a personal telephone call.  The crash killed nine people and is an example of what can happen when an employee is engaged in personal business rather than focused on work duties.
 

Millions of Canadians’ retirement hopes rest on the fiscal health of the private pension plan to which they’ve contributed during their career.  Understandably, that makes them sensitive to how the employer administers the pension plan fund.

Popular Mechanics looks at some CSI myths.

In British Columbia, there is legislation regulating every business’s rights and responsibilities with respect to the personal information it collects, uses and discloses.  Every business that has employees and keeps a customer list needs to understand the rules relating to personal information.

Under a relatively little known provincial investment capital program, B.C. resident investors can get a tax refund for 30% of the amount of their investment.  Here’s how it works:

Being a Board Director in the 21st Century; a confidential workshop for Investors, Company CEOs and Board Directors.

Extensive changes to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (“BIA”) and the Companies’ Creditor Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) will come into force on September 18, 2009.  Among the many significant changes, there will be modifications to the CCAA which will impose additional duties on the Superintendent of Bankruptcy.