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In a presentation given at the Canadian Association of Gift Planners 30th National Conference on Strategic Philanthropy in Ottawa on April 3, 2024, ...

Our annual Charities and Not-for-profit law symposium was held in our offices on November 5th. There were talks covering a wide range of issues of interest to the sector.

Businesses and non-profits with 20 or more employees in Ontario have until December 31, 2023, to file their Accessibility Compliance Report with the Ministry for Seniors and Accessibility (Ministry).

From time to time we review legal documents, such as contest rules, releases, and contracts, that refer to one of the parties needing to be "18 years of age or older".

One of the required pieces of information that must be contained on an official donation receipt is the website address of CRA.

In Canada, to become a registered Canadian charity, a corporation’s objects must fall under one of the following heads of charity...

The new Societies Act (the "new Act"), which will come into force on November 28, 2016, is now featured on the BC Registry Services website.

On May 14, 2015, Bill 24, the new British Columbia Societies Act, received royal assent. Bill 24 repeals and replaces the current Society Act with the Societies Act.

Today Industry Canada announced that Canada’s anti-spam law ("CASL") will come into force on July 1, 2014.

The "Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act" has been in force since October 17, 2011.

As reported in Charity & NFP Law Bulletin No. 528, the Department of Finance Canada ("Finance") published draft legislation on August 12, 2024 proposing amendments to the trust reporting provisions under the Income Tax Act, and sought public feedback and comments on the draft legislation.

In our last CASL FAQ asking "Are My Organization’s Emails Spam?", we cautioned that the activities of not-for-profits and charities may be caught under the concept of a "commercial electronic message".

Please see at this link my article recently published worldwide in the STEP Journal of October 2022, referring to a new rule passed by Parliament in June 2022 that will allow Canadian...

Corporations Canada has amended two policies applicable to corporations incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act ("CNCA"): ..

Recent events have highlighted the opportunity – and need – for businesses of all shapes and sizes to support the communities they operate in.

Canadians are concerned about the armed conflict and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

On June 24, 2013, the Canada Revenue Agency released a new Guidance entitled "Charitable Purposes and Activities that Benefit Youth".

Corporations Canada has announced that it is making minor changes to the regulations to each of the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Canada Cooperatives Act.