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- ↑ Tax Court of Canada, Current Judges Archived 2009-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Court Profile of Brent Paris". Archived from the original on 2013-05-30. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ↑ Department of Justice News Release,
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