Sat.Aug 24, 2019 - Fri.Aug 30, 2019

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REMINDER: CAFA - Farm Tax & Legal Update - Thursday, October 17, 2019 - Waterloo, ON

Law of the Lands

The Canadian Association of Farm Advisors will hold its Annual Farm Tax & Legal Update for 2019 at St. George's Banquet Hall in Waterloo, Ontario on Thursday, October 17, 2019. For the agenda and registration information, visit: 2019 Farm Tax & Legal Update. This year, I will be making a presentation on "Sowing the Seeds of Litigation - What's Trending in Farm Property Disputes".

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Brazilian court orders Vale to pay for worst industrial accident in Brazil’s history

Corp Watch

A Brazilian judge has ordered Vale to compensate families of some 300 people killed at the company’s Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine when a dam built to hold waste collapsed on January 25, 2019, near the town of Brumadinho in the state of Minas Gerais.

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Assessing farmland value for property taxation - estimates alone aren't enough

Law of the Lands

AS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THE RURAL VOICE : The Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (“MPAC”) is tasked with assessing the value of land in Ontario for the purpose of municipal property taxation. The Assessment Act , the legislation that governs the process, provides that the assessment of land is to be based on its current value. Current value means, in relation to land, “the amount of money the fee simple, if unencumbered, would sell for in an arm’s length transaction between a willing s

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