Legal Counsel
- Tax Law Inventory (Litigation and Advisory) Department of Justice Canada
- Tax Law Services Portfolio, National Litigation Sector (NLS) and Central Agencies Portfolio – Finance Legal Services Unit Persons residing in Canada, and Canadian citizens and Permanent residents abroad. As Canada’s Legal Team, both the Tax Law Services Portfolio and the National Litigation Section (NLS) are a national network of Justice and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) employees – including counsel, paralegals, and administrative and legal support staff working at headquarters and in regional offices.
Canada’s Legal Team also includes the Central Agencies Portfolio – Finance Legal Services Unit (FIN-LSU) who delivers strategic advice to all sectors of the Department of Finance and works closely with departmental officials to ensure that policies, programs, and legislative initiatives
- particularly in areas such as fiscal planning, taxation, financial sector regulation, federal transfers, and international financial engagement
- are legally sound, aligned with government priorities, and consistent with applicable laws and authorities. Tax Law Services Portfolio: The Department of Justice Tax Law Services Portfolio has developed in-depth expertise in tax law and related areas and built a national practice that is unparalleled in Canada. The portfolio provides legal support, including legal advice and litigation on matters such as the goods and services tax, income tax, collections, employment insurance, administrative law, corporate governance and civil litigation. Our in-depth expertise in law and related areas allows us to mobilize resources best suited to respond to the evolving legal needs of the CRA. Advisory positions in the Tax Law Services Portfolio
- CRA-LSU:



The CRA-LSU is both an office of the Tax Law Services Portfolio and the CRA which coordinates and ensures the delivery of legal services and strategic advice to all sectors of the Agency. As part of the Tax Team, you will provide legal advice and support to the CRA on legal matters arising under the Income Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act and other tax legislation. As part of the Collection Team, you will provide legal advice on

how to apply
and interpret the collection provisions in the CRA program legislation. Litigation positions in the Tax Law Services Portfolio
- Tax Litigation Section and NLS Regional Offices: Tax litigation counsel represents the CRA in litigation matters before all levels of court, including tax appeals, collection matters, and certain civil lawsuits. In addition, counsel provide advice to the CRA for early resolution and avoidance of disputes, and on litigation strategies for ongoing cases, as well as potential litigation. This advice can include litigation management, dispute prevention and resolution, coordination of national issues, and management of legal risk. The FIN-LSU is both an office of the Central Agencies Portfolio of the Department of Justice and a branch of the Department of Finance which coordinates and ensures the delivery of legal services and strategic advice to all sectors of the Department. As part of the Tax Team,



you will provide legal advice to the Tax Policy Branch to assist in the development of tax policy and legislative implementation. You will provide legal advice and support to the Department of Finance on legal matters arising under the Income Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act and other tax legislation. This inventory is limited to Tax Law positions at the LP-01 and LP-02 levels. Candidates should be aware that all appointments from this inventory will be to Tax Law specific roles.
Candidates may be required to meet asset qualifications, organizational needs or other qualifications specific to the position being staffed that may or may not be listed in this job advertisement.
The immediate needs are to staff 10 LP-01 positions in the NLS
- Ontario Regional Office and multiple positions in the Tax Law Services Portfolio. If selected for appointment at one of their chosen locations, candidates who do not currently live there will be required to relocate to that location. Reliability, Secret, or Top-Secret security clearance (depending on position or as required). Remain a member in positive standing of a Law Society of a province or territory of Canada or in the Chambre des notaires du Québec. Willing and able to travel, as required. For NLS positions in the Atlantic Regional Office only: EX1: Stream 1 (LP-01): Experience providing legal services as counsel or through the completion of experiential training recognized and required by the law society to be called to the bar (for example: articling, clerking, Integrated Practice Curriculum (IPC), Law Practice Program (LPP), etc.). EX2: Stream 2 (LP-02): Significant experience providing legal services or conducting litigation as counsel. Significant experience providing legal services or conducting litigation as counsel is defined as the de

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