Publications

Publications

Charity Law Update

Resource from the presentaiton at the 19th Annual Estates and Trusts Summit hosted by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

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Technical Amendments to the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act

On September 28, 2016, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development tabled Bill C-25, An Act to amend the---

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Unfair Proxy Form for Members’ Meeting Revised by Ontario Court

On August 4, 2016, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice released it decision with respect to the Jacobs v Ontario---

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Considerations in Drafting a Books and Records Policy

was a presentation by Theresa L.M. Man, M.E. Hoffstein and Laura West that was presented on July 7, 2016 at---

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Affiliation Agreement Upheld by BC Court of Appeal

On May 20, 2016, the B.C. Court of Appeal upheld a claim for specific performance by Habitat for Humanity Canada---

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Corporate Update

Amendment to Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Regulations On May 13, 2016, Regulation SOR/2016-98 was registered to amend certain Department of Industry---

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Healthcare Philanthropy: Check-Up 2016

was co-hosted by Carters and Fasken Martineau on June 23, 2016 with a two part session entitled “When is a---

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CRA News

Updated Charities Audit Statistics for 2015-2016 On May 12, 2016, CRA updated its webpage titled The audit process for charities---

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New Extra-Provincial Registration Chapter Released in Corporate and Practice Manual

On March 8, 2016, Chapter 11A “Extra-Provincial Registration”, was released for the Corporate and Practice Manual for Charitable and Not-for-Profit---

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Legislation Introduced to Implement 2016 Federal Budget

On April 20, 2016, the Federal Government introduced Bill C-15, Budget Implementation Act, 2016 No. 1, to implement certain proposals---

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Federal Budget 2016: Impact on Charities and Not-for-profits

Charity & NFP Law Bulletin No. 381, March 23, 2016 On March 22, 2016, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled---

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Corporate Update

Corporations Canada posted a notice (Public disclosure of corporate information) on January 16, 2016, explaining that information about federal corporations---

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