I recently got asked the question, “how do I protect my business name across the country”? This question came from the owner of a provincial corporation in BC. It is a question that comes up a lot for people who have provincially-incorporated companies—and I wanted to...
Running your own business is highly rewarding, but it’s not always an easy feat. On top of juggling the day-to-day demands of your business, you might also be thinking about the environmental impact of your business. Our most current period of activity on Earth has...
You can think of corporations as robot persons. How are corporations like robot persons? 1. Because corporations are treated like persons under the law. That means that corporations can do many things that humans can do under the law, like: own property, enter into...
What is a Minute Book, and why does it matter? A corporate Minute Book is a collection of a corporation’s most important records. It includes the articles of incorporation (which is like a corporation’s birth certificate), minutes of shareholders and directors...
