A client of mine just met with their auditors in order to prepare for their 2009 audit.  One of the questions the auditors asked was:
are you going to embrace International Financial Reporting Standards (”IFRS“) in 2010 or will you move towards private enterprise GAAP?
As many of you know IFRS is mandatory for Canadian publicly traded [...]

We spend a lot of time on this blog talking about how to get visa’s for Canadians wanting to work in the United States.  But recently I have had a few clients here in Canada ask:
do you need a visa for an American coming to work here?
And the quick answer is: Yes*!  For years it was always [...]

In Canada, when an employee stops working for the company (layoff, dismissal, mat leave, termination, etc.) there is a mandatory requirement to provide a Record of Employment (ROE) within five calendar days. This record is required for the employee to claim unemployment insurance. I was recently asked if there is a similar equivalent in the [...]