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The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday announced it will hear an offshore tax case the federal government claims has jeopardized more than $1 billion in revenue and undermined its ability to combat corporate tax avoidance. Canada’s highest court granted the government’s application for leave to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal decision released in April involving a Barbados-based subsidiary of another subsidiary of Loblaw Cos. Ltd.

Waylaid by the COVID-19 pandemic that walloped foot traffic to malls and stores, DavidsTea went into insolvency proceedings this summer and shortly after announced plans to close about 200 locations and focus more on selling tea online. The Montreal-based tea shop says it will still have 18 locations when all is said and done, but that's a drastically reduced retail footprint.

Airlines, hotels, restaurants and tourism operators have been devastated by the pandemic The head of the Business Council of Canada, which represents some of the country’s largest businesses, sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday urging his government to provide direct aid to distressed sectors including airlines, while establishing a clear “fiscal anchor” to impose discipline on budgetary decisions and help maintain credibility with credit-rating agencies.

The chief executive of Canada’s second-largest supermarket chain criticized two of his chief competitors on Wednesday for foisting a set of “repugnant” new fees on suppliers. Michael Medline at Empire Co. Ltd. — which owns Sobeys, Safeway and FreshCo — said the fees announced by both Walmart Canada and Loblaw Cos. Ltd. will hurt manufacturers, farmers and smaller grocers, and threaten to drive up prices for consumers.

Only 12.9 per cent of respondents believe the country’s economy will strengthen in the next six months, the smallest share since early May, telephone polling shows. That left the Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index slightly lower at 51.8. The index has dropped for four straight weeks from a post-pandemic high of 53.2 late last month.

Burger King parent Restaurant Brands International Inc on Tuesday reported a 27.8 per cent slump in quarterly profit, as stay-at-home orders kept diners away and investments in safety equipment and delivery orders increased. Several restaurant chains across the globe have spent heavily on modernizing stores, wages and sanitizing, taking precautions to ensure safety and hygiene during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Loblaw Companies Ltd. is raising fees it charges to suppliers, a move that manufacturers have been fearing since competitor Walmart Canada signalled a fee hike in the summer. It is standard for retailers to charge fees to vendors for things such as in-store promotions or shelf placement by deducting a percentage of what they pay for each order. On Thursday, Loblaw advised many suppliers that a new 1.2-per-cent charge will be added to those fees.

Loblaw Cos. Ltd. has told its suppliers that it will charge more fees to get their products on shelves, escalating an already tense standoff between supermarkets and food producers. Loblaw, the largest grocery chain in Canada that owns Shoppers Drug Mart, Real Canadian Superstore and No Frills, on Thursday sent letters informing suppliers of the extra fees while also asking them to “keep in mind” that it is investing $6 billion over the next five years to upgrade its stores and e-commerce...