Publications

Publications

Nova Scotia Court Confirms Amalgamated Successor Parish Entitled to Charitable Bequest, Preserving Testamentary Intent

August 2025 Charity & NFP Law Update In the Horley Estate decision, released on June 18, 2025, the Supreme Court of Nova---

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Key Legal and Operational Issues for Donor Advised Funds

Webinar This webinar, presented live on June 3, 2025, by Terrance S. Carter, Jacqueline M. Demczur, Malcolm Burrows, and Nicola Elkins,---

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Drafting General Investment Policies

By Jacqueline M. Demczur Featured during The CBA Charity Law Conference, on April 25, 2025

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Ontario Court Validates NFP’s Corporate Documents Despite Procedural Errors Under the CNCA

  In the College of Family Physicians of Canada v Resident Doctors of Canada decision, issued on March 5, 2025,---

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Post-ONCA Transition Deadline: Some Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Have Not Yet Transitioned to the ONCA

Feb 2025 Charity & NFP Law Update It is now just over four months since the deadline for Ontario not-for-profit (“NFP”)---

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Reminder: February 28, 2025 Donation Receipt Deadline Extension is Imminent

Feb 2025 Charity & NFP Law Update As earlier reported in our article published on January 30, 2025, the Department of---

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Federal Government Releases Draft Legislation on the Extension of Charitable Donation Deadline for the 2024 Tax Year

Jan 2025 Charity & NFP Law Update On January 23, 2025, the Department of Finance released draft legislation to amend---

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2024 Charitable Donation Deadline Extended to February 28, 2025 but Questions Abound

As initially reported on our LinkedIn page on December 31, 2024, the Government of Canada announced on December 30, 2024---

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Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector Holds December Meetings

Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector Holds December Meetings The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (“ACCS”) met in Ottawa---

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Bare Trusts Not Required to File the T3 Return and Schedule 15 for the 2024 Tax Year

Nov 2024 Charity & NFP Law Update The Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) announced on October 29, 2024 that bare trusts are exempt from---

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Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector Releases Report #4

The Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (“ACCS”) released its Report #4, on October 9, 2024, subtitled “Towards a federal---

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Gift Acceptance Policies and Donor Agreements: An Integrated Approach

During the Annual Charity & Not-for-Profit Law Webinar on Nov 14, 2024.

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