Dear Sirs:
Re: Request for Technical Interpretation Paragraph 251(5)(b) of the Income Tax Act (the "Act")
We are writing in response to your letter, dated November 29, 1990, regarding the application of the above provision of the Act to the hypothetical situation described below:
1. A Ltd. is a Canadian corporation with the following share structure:
- 500,000 common shares owned by three unrelated individuals; and- 1,500,000 redeemable, non-voting preferred shares owned by X Ltd,
2. X Ltd. is controlled by a public corporation and is not related to any of the individuals noted in para