Legal Advice and Services Blog

On Monday, July 11th approximately 70 out of 91 Please Mum were told to close their doors across Canada, many with less than a day’s notice. Gift cards are no longer accepted because the company has filed for bankruptcy protection: this means PM giftcards do not need to be honored, as well as VIP cards. [...]

Question by Daniel: Is it legal to charge Ontario HST on phone cards? I’m on a prepaid plan with Bell, and I usually go to Shoppers Drug Mart to buy the cards. They always charge me HST. The other day, I went to No Frills instead and I didn’t pay HST ( on the phone [...]