Question: Ron Chipperfield has worked at BIG RIG Drilling ( BRD ) for 1 5 years. He is an arms length employee of BIG RIG, a

Ron Chipperfield has worked at BIG RIG Drilling (BRD) for 15 years. He is an arms length employee of BIG RIG, a TSX listed company.
In 2011 he was granted options on 3,000 common shares at an exercise price of $8.00 per share when the BRD was trading on the TSX at $7 per share. The options had an exercise fee of $0.25. In 2013, Ron exercised his options on 1,000 shares when the price of BRD was trading at $9.25 and later, In 2014 he exercised the rest of his options when BRD was trading at $11.05. In 2015, when Ron retired from BIG RIG, he sold 2500 of his shares of BRD at $12.85 per share.
Analyze the various tax consequences of Ron's ESOP transactions for each of the years mentioned in the above scenario.
2011
2013
2014
2015

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