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Under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, a member or a member's personal representative may examine the corporation's records during the corporation's business hours.

If your organization has not yet continued under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act and needs to do so, you should review Industry Canada’s posting on

An ailing parent in the final days of her life wants to give an investment account to her children.

The Federal, Alberta and British Columbia Privacy Commissioners released new guidelines for organizations collecting and using personal information online.

The Budget expands upon an existing incentive for gifts of ecologically sensitive land.

Charities and non-profit organizations should be aware that key portions of Canada’s anti-spam legislation will come into force beginning July 1, 2014.

The BC Registry has released an overview of the changes to be brought on by the new legislation effective November 28, 2016.

As the eleventh hour for continuing under the new Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act ("CNCA") quickly approaches, the Canada Revenue Agency ("CRA") has stepped up its efforts to remind those charities that may be lagging behind – or not! – to continue by the October 17, 2014 deadline.

In December 2015, the Federal Government announced that it would increase the personal income tax rate for top earners in Canada...

Cathy Hawara, the Director General of the Charities Directorate, spoke at the recent Canadian Bar Association's Charity Law Symposium.

With the passage of the CNCA into law and the pending introduction of the ONCA, many organizations have been revisiting their charitable purposes as part of the continuance process.

The Ontario government has indicated that colleges and universities in the province will have until January 1, 2019 "to develop, implement and comply with a free speech policy that meets a minimum...

In September 2016, the Minister of National Revenue appointed a Consultation Panel on the Political Activities of Charities to consider feedback from consultations with charities and make recommendations to the Minister on how the CRA can clarify the guidance, information and resources it provides to charities on the rules governing political activities

Dans son budget, le gouvernement s’est engagé à maintenir les investissements dans les arts, la culture et les sports.

The in-force date of Ontario's Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (the "New Act") has been further delayed.

BLG's Charities and Not-for-Profit Group held its 15th Annual Sector Update for Charities and Not-for-Profit Organizations on November 17, 2014 in its Toronto office.

As everyone with a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization knows by now, corporations governed by the Canada Corporations Act ("CCA") have until October 17, 2014 to continue under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act ("CNCA"). Does that mean they will automatically dissolve on October 18th if they fail to continue?