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1. Appropriate
Screening During The Director Recruitment Process
•Neither charities nor NPOs are legally
required to conduct background
checks on potential directors, but the ability
to garner information about potential directors
is obviously important, considering the CRA’s
stance on “ineligible individuals” for charities
•Issue arises when a charity or NPO
attempt to independently assess whether an
individual is suitable, as the
information being assessed may not be publicly
or easily available
•Other
than criminal record checks, there is nothing else that is
publicly available
•However,
there are still appropriate screening techniques that can be done
by a nominating committee
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