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Metis nurse-practitioner after wrong organization, defense lawyer argues

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A Metis nurse-practitioner who is suing the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta for $75,000 for interfering with her right to practise is after the wrong organization, argued defense lawyer Donald Boyer.

Joyce Atcheson elected to work with the Thickwood Family Medical Clinic in Fort McMurray, therefore her action should be against the doctors at the clinic and not the College, lawyer Donald Boyer said in the Court of Queen's Bench.

Metis nurse-practitioner after wrong organization, defense lawyer argues

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A Metis nurse-practitioner who is suing the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta for $75,000 for interfering with her right to practise is after the wrong organization, argued defense lawyer Donald Boyer.

Joyce Atcheson elected to work with the Thickwood Family Medical Clinic in Fort McMurray, therefore her action should be against the doctors at the clinic and not the College, lawyer Donald Boyer said in the Court of Queen's Bench.

Metis nurse-practitioner after wrong organization, defense lawyer argues

Page 10

A Metis nurse-practitioner who is suing the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta for $75,000 for interfering with her right to practise is after the wrong organization, argued defense lawyer Donald Boyer.

Joyce Atcheson elected to work with the Thickwood Family Medical Clinic in Fort McMurray, therefore her action should be against the doctors at the clinic and not the College, lawyer Donald Boyer said in the Court of Queen's Bench.

Confusion over tax exemptions to escalate with new policy

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There is nothing as certain as death, taxes and, come Jan. 1 confusion over income tax exemptions for status Indians.

About 150 delegates gathered for a conference on Indians and taxation at a downtown hotel this month to sort out the rules governing Indians' rights not to pay taxes on income in light of a new policy.

The confusion stems from different interpretations - by some Native tax experts on one hand and Revenue Canada on the other - of the effect the 1992 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Williams case has on the Nowegijick case of 1983.

Confusion over tax exemptions to escalate with new policy

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There is nothing as certain as death, taxes and, come Jan. 1 confusion over income tax exemptions for status Indians.

About 150 delegates gathered for a conference on Indians and taxation at a downtown hotel this month to sort out the rules governing Indians' rights not to pay taxes on income in light of a new policy.

The confusion stems from different interpretations - by some Native tax experts on one hand and Revenue Canada on the other - of the effect the 1992 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Williams case has on the Nowegijick case of 1983.

Confusion over tax exemptions to escalate with new policy

Page 9

There is nothing as certain as death, taxes and, come Jan. 1 confusion over income tax exemptions for status Indians.

About 150 delegates gathered for a conference on Indians and taxation at a downtown hotel this month to sort out the rules governing Indians' rights not to pay taxes on income in light of a new policy.

The confusion stems from different interpretations - by some Native tax experts on one hand and Revenue Canada on the other - of the effect the 1992 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Williams case has on the Nowegijick case of 1983.

Confusion over tax exemptions to escalate with new policy

Page 9

There is nothing as certain as death, taxes and, come Jan. 1 confusion over income tax exemptions for status Indians.

About 150 delegates gathered for a conference on Indians and taxation at a downtown hotel this month to sort out the rules governing Indians' rights not to pay taxes on income in light of a new policy.

The confusion stems from different interpretations - by some Native tax experts on one hand and Revenue Canada on the other - of the effect the 1992 Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the Williams case has on the Nowegijick case of 1983.