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Please find below a listing of materials that were made available
on our websites at www.charitylaw.ca,
www.carters.ca and www.antiterrorismlaw.ca
during the month of December, 2003. Click on these links to
go to one of our sites or on the links below to go straight
to an item of interest to you. Materials are often provided
in both web and PDF formats, see the note below on viewing PDFs.
Please feel free to forward this email to anyone (internal or
external to your organization) who might be interested.
Highlights
- Summary of Additions and Changes to the CCRA Website: 2002
and 2003
- Tax Shelter Donation Schemes
- Same Sex Marriage: What Churches and Religious Organizations
Can Do In Response
- New CCRA Policy on Charities that Provide Rental Housing
for Low Income Tenants
- New CCRA Policy on Gift Certificates
- Upcoming Seminar (April 14, 2004) - 2nd National Symposium
on Charity Law
(see below for more details)
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New Publications
"Summary of Additions and Changes to the CCRA Website: 2002
and 2003" (Charity Law Bulletin No. 29 December 1, 2003) by
Terrance S. Carter and Suzanne E. White.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb29.pdf
[WEB] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb29.htm
"Tax Shelter Donation Schemes" (Charity Law Bulletin No. 30
December 16, 2003) by Terrance S. Carter and Suzanne E. White.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb30.pdf
[WEB] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb30.htm
"Same Sex Marriage: What Churches and Religious Organizations
Can Do In Response" (Charity Law Bulletin No. 31 December 17,
2003) by Terrance S. Carter and Esther S. J. Oh.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb31.pdf
[WEB] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb31.htm
"New CCRA Policy on Charities that Provide Rental Housing for
Low Income Tenants" (Charity Law Bulletin No. 32 December 23,
2003) by Terrance S. Carter and Suzanne E. White.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb32.pdf
[WEB] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb32.htm
"New CCRA Policy on Gift Certificates" (Charity Law
Bulletin No. 33 December 31, 2003) by Terrance S. Carter and
Suzanne E. White.
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb33.pdf
[WEB] www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb33.htm
In the Press
Internet Search Engine Rankings High - A recent survey
of search engines found Carter & Associates' site www.charitylaw.ca
to be the #1 recommended site in the world on MSN.com, Lycos.com
and Dogpile.com for charity law, as well as # 1 in the world
for charity and not-for-profit law on Google.com and AltaVista.com
(January 2004).
Terrance Carter and Charity Law Bulletin No. 30 on Tax Shelter
Donation Schemes cited in Canadian Fundraiser eNews
section In Brief (Vol 13 No 24, December 31, 2003).
[Link] www.canadianfundraiser.com/newsletter/article.cfm?ArticleID=989
Don Bourgeois cited in Canadian Fundraiser eNews article
by Jim Hilborn titled "Government proposes to kill 'buy
low/donate high' tax shelters" (Vol 13 No 23, December
15, 2003).
[Link] www.canadianfundraiser.com/newsletter/article.cfm?ArticleID=967
Canadian FundRaiser eNews included a link to Charity
Law Bulletin No. 28 on the "Impact of the Personal Information
Protection and Electronic Documents Act" (Vol 13 No 23, December
15, 2003).
Canadian FundRaiser eNews included links to Charity
Law Bulletins 25 and 27 on "Saskatchewan nonprofit directors
relieved of liability" and "Carter & Associates comment on latest
CCRA policy on charity political activism" (Vol 13 No 21, November
23, 2003).
Recent Events and Presentation Materials
"The Impact of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act (PIPEDA) on Ontario Business: Are you ready for
January 1, 2004?" presented by Mark J. Wong for the Orangeville
Chamber of Commerce (December 12, 2003).
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/charity/2003/mjw1212.pdf
[WEB] www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/charity/2003/mjw1212.htm
"Charities and Privacy Legislation - Are you ready for January
1?" presented by Mark J. Wong for the Synagogue and Temple
Administrators of Toronto (December 11, 2003).
[PDF] www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/charity/2003/mjw1211.pdf
[WEB] www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/charity/2003/mjw1211.htm
"Director's Liabilities" was presented by Donald J. Bourgeois
for the Etobicoke District Chartered Accountants' Association.
(January 5, 2004)
"Recent Changes to the Income Tax Act and Policies Relating
to Charities and Charitable Gifts" was presented by Terrance
S. Carter for the Waterloo-Wellington Estate Planning Council.
(January 8, 2004)
Upcoming Events and Presentations
"Directors, Officers and Trustees - How to do your job and
avoid liability at the same time" to be presented by Donald
J. Bourgeois at The Essential Curriculum in Charities course
from Osgoode Hall Law School. (January 15, 2004)
More details at Osgoode's web site.
[Link] http://osgoode.yorku.ca/pdpwebsite.nsf/00580069eadebe7e85256a3f005763d1/7fb24ccb5
7be6d3c85 256d9 600577af2? OpenDocument&Date=2004-01-15#
"Privacy Compliance: What Charities Need to Do" to be presented
by Mark J. Wong to the United Way of Peel Region (January
20, 2004).
[Register] www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/notice/2004/uwp20jan.pdf
Hospitals and Foundations Seminar Series (Day 1 - January
22, 2004) "Hospitals and Foundations in Transition: Issues and
Opportunities" with keynote speaker David A. Brown, Chair of
the Ontario Securities Commission. Details to follow.
Hospitals and Foundations Seminar Series (Day 2 - February
10, 2004) "Healthcare Philanthropy: Challenges and Solutions"
with keynote speaker Maureen Kidd, Director General of the CCRA
Charities Directorate, and talks on;
"Recent Changes to the Income
Tax Act and Policies Affecting Charities" by Terrance S. Carter,
"Policy Based Board Governance:
What Works & What Doesn’t" by Donald J. Bourgeois, and
"How to Avoid Liability in Fundraising"
by Terrance S. Carter.
Talks on "Same Sex Marriages", "Criminal Code Amendments (Bill
-250- Hate Crimes)", "Recent Case Law Affecting Churches" and
"Board Governance (Church Board and Trustee liability, governance
and due diligence)" to be presented by Terrance S. Carter, Mervyn
F. White, and Bruce W. Long for Grace Apostolic Church (January
31, 2004).
"Recent Changes to the Income Tax Act and Policies Relating
to Charities and Charitable Gifts" to be presented by Terrance
S. Carter for the Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners
in Toronto (March 4, 2004).
Carter & Associates lawyers Terrance S. Carter, Donald J. Bourgeois,
Jacqueline M. Connor and Esther S.J. Oh will be presenting at
the 2nd National Symposium on Charity Law held in Toronto,
April 14, 2004, by the Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar
Association and the Canadian Association of Gift Planners on;
"Extra Provincial Corporate and
Fundraising Compliance for Charities",
"When Does It Become Director’s
Negligence" and,
"Avoiding Wasting Assets II -
Intellectual Property Protection for Charities".
"Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Legal Liabilities in Fundraising"
to be presented by Terrance S. Carter at the 11th National
CAGP Conference in Toronto (April 15, 2004).
Acknowledgements, Errata and Other Miscellaneous Items
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