1029.8.9.0.3.5. For the purposes of section 1029.8.9.0.3.1, the expenditure limit of a particular corporation for a taxation year equals $3,000,000, unless the particular corporation is associated in the year with one or more other corporations that are not controlled, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatever by one or more persons not resident in Canada, in which case, subject to sections 1029.8.9.0.3.6 to 1029.8.9.0.3.8, its expenditure limit for the year is nil.