Publications

Publications

NFP in Norway Found Liable for Employee Taken Hostage in Conflict Area

In November 2015, an Oslo District Court in Norway found that the not-for-profit Norwegian Refugee Council (“NRC”) was liable for---

Read More

Nova Scotia Introduces Food Bank Tax Credit for Farmers

On May 19, 2016, Nova Scotia Agriculture Minister Keith Colwell issued a press release outlining a new tax credit that---

Read More

Testamentary Charitable Giving: The New Regime

Charity & NFP Law Bulletin No. 386

Read More

FINTRAC Imposes Administrative Monetary Penalty on Bank

Anti-Terrorism/Money Laundering Law Update, Charity & NFP Law Update, April 28, 2016.

Read More

Legislation Update

The Fairness in Charitable Gifts Act Debated in House of Commons On April 11, 2016, Bill C-239, An Act to---

Read More

Going into Business? The Social Enterprise Spectrum for Charities

By Terrance S. Carter, Webinar Materials Going into Business? The Social Enterprise Spectrum for Charities, April 21, 2016. On Demand---

Read More

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---

Read More

Charities Directorate Reports to Senate Committee on National Security

On March 7, 2016, the Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence (the “Committee”) met to examine and report---

Read More

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

On February 25, 2016, the Ontario government released the 2016 Ontario Budget (the “Ontario Budget”), which contains several measures that---

Read More

Discriminatory Will Provision Ruled Invalid

Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice (the “Court”) has reaffirmed the common law prohibition against enforcing testamentary trusts that are contrary---

Read More

FCA Revokes Charitable Status Based on Failure to Maintain Proper Books and Records

On February 10, 2016, the Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) delivered from the Bench a summary decision in Al Uloom---

Read More

ONN Submission Focuses on “Nonprofit Social Enterprise”

The Ontario Nonprofit Network (“ONN”) made a written submission to the Social Enterprise Branch of the Ministry of Economic Development,---

Read More