Ejusdem Generis

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Cases

Canada (National Revenue) v. Cameco Corporation, 2019 FCA 67

The Crown submitted that the word “audit” in the power under in s. 231.1(1)(a) to “inspect, audit or examine” encompassed the authority to...

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Locations of other summaries Wordcount
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 231.1 - Subsection 231.1(1) - Paragraph 231.1(1)(a) Minister cannot under s. 231.1(1) compel oral answers to its questions other than for aid in auditing taxpayer books and records 339
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Redundancy/reading in words CRA’s broad interpretation of s. 231.1(1)(a) would render s. 231.1(1)(d) redundant 172
Tax Topics - Statutory Interpretation - Interpretation Act - Subsection 45(2) interpretation informed by legislative amendment narrowing the wording 58

Immunovaccine Technologies Inc. v. Canada, 2014 DTC 5119 [at 7309], 2014 FCA 196, aff'g 2013 DTC 1101 [at 531], 2013 TCC 103

The taxpayer unsuccessfully argued that the definition of "government assistance" in s. 127(9) did not cover amounts that the recipient was...

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Locations of other summaries Wordcount
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 12 - Subsection 12(1) - Paragraph 12(1)(x) government loans made in a non-commercial capacity are "government assistance" 100
Tax Topics - Income Tax Act - Section 127 - Subsection 127(9) - Government Assistance "government assistance" generally encompasses amounts advanced on non-commercial terms 271

Walker v. Ritchie, 2006 SCC 45, [2006] 2 S.C.R. 428

The successful party, Mr. Ritchie, asked to have included, in his award of costs, a premium of $192,600 given that his counsel had carried the...

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ejusdem generis

Halpenny Estate v. Paddon, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 559

The words "accident", "inadvertence" and "impossibility" were found not to constitute a class for the purpose of applying the ejusdem generis rule...

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