Hong Kong

As Hong Kong protests escalate, everyone (including the business community) loses

What a difference a few weeks makes for Canadians doing business in Hong Kong. Protests in the former British colony have become increasingly violent in recent days as demonstrators and police clash over the protesters’ persistent street presence and official demands for democratic reforms, investigations into alleged police brutality and the quashing of legislation that […]

Royal infant’s U.S. tax issues a reminder to Canadian entrepreneurs to think twice before becoming Americans

For so many people around the globe, U.S. citizenship is a highly vaunted status symbol, even a ticket to success. While the validity of that perception is debatable, many businesspeople, including Canadian entrepreneurs, do glean some advantages when holding a U.S. passport. Unfettered access to the world’s largest marketplace would, of course, be the main […]