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E.RECENT CASE LAW
1.Victoria Order of Nurses for Canada v. Greater Hamilton Wellness Foundation, 2011 ONSC 5684 (CanLII) (September 27, 2011)
•A parallel foundation
unilaterally amended its objects so that it could disburse
both existing and current funds to charities other than its
operating charity
•Prior to doing
so, the foundation had fundraised from the
public on the basis that said funds would go to the operating charity’s programs
•Confirmed that charitable property raised for the benefit
of a particular charitable purpose cannot be unilaterally
applied for a different charitable purpose by simply amending
charity’s objects through supplementary letters patent
•Above funds were to be held in trust for
operating charity
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