Published: April 16, 2020
Last Updated: January 12, 2022
In the recent Federal Court Trial Division case of MNR v. HSBC BANK OF CANADA 2004 FC 467 the court held that CRA (the Canadian income tax department) had priority over the interest of a secured creditor that realized on its security at the time that a tax debtor owed source deductions.
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