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The British Columbia Supreme Court has recently opined on when a Court can remedy the misdescription of a beneficiary in a will.

On Thursday, July 25th, 2024, Taras Kulish, Counsel to the Business and Not-For-Profit Groups at Mills & Mills LLP, will be speaking at the IALMH XXXVIIIth Congress in Barcelona, Spain at a conference hosted by the International Academy of Law and Mental Health.

The 2015 Federal Budget contains measures that will extend the exemption of capital gains to proceeds of sales of real estate and private companies.

Further details on these new measures will be introduced in the 2019 Federal Budget.

The federal government recently tabled a bill to amend the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act as well as the Canada Business Corporations Act, the Canada Cooperatives Act and the Competition Act.

We previously reported that, as part of the Canada Revenue Agency's modernization project, CRA had planned to assign (and in fact began assigning) new business numbers to internal divisions of registered charities.

I never thought that I would write an article on why sexual assault and harassment should not be used as a charitable fundraising technique.

The Apostille Convention, an international treaty intended to simplify the certification of foreign documents, came into effect in Canada on January 11, 2024...

The Supreme Court has denied leave to appeal from the decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in Neville v. National Foundation for Christian Leadership.

The 2016 Federal Budget announced the government's commitment to engage with stakeholders in an effort to clarify the political activities rules applicable to Canadian registered charities.

Earlier today, the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services ("Ministry") announced that the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 ("ONCA") will come into force on October 19, 2021.

Budget 2016 announces the Government's intention to reverse proposals made in Budget 2015 with respect to donations of the cash proceeds from sales of real estate and private company shares.

There are certainly moments of sheer happiness parenting superheroes every day, but a lot of the time, there is sadness and worry. Financial burdens, caregiver burnout plague families, struggles...

On October 1, 2020, Ontario passed Regulation 544/20 under the Corporations Act (the "Regulation"), extending the ability for corporations to hold Member, Board and Board Committee meetings electronically until May 31, 2021.

A national update addressing a range of issues related to COVID-19 to help your organization through and beyond this crisis. Members from BLG's various practice areas address key ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, the Charities Directorate has temporarily suspended its operations.

Senate Bill S-279, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (data on registered charities), was introduced by the Honourable Senator Ratna Omidvar on October 4, 2023.