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It is well-known that a Canadian registered charity ought not to transfer funds to a foreign or domestic entity that is not a qualified donee.

Canadian registered charities seeking to comply with Canada’s new anti-spam law (CASL) recently received some disappointing news.

As mentioned in the October 2024 Charity & NFP Law Update, the Department of Finance released a backgrounder titled Protecting reproductive freedom by preventing abuse of charitable status on October 29, 2024.

The proposed amendments are largely technical in nature: changes to defined terms; updating the mechanics of incorporation, restructurings and filings; and updates in various legislation of references to the existing Corporations Act.

On December 7, 2015, the Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, confirmed the intention of the Liberal Government to move ahead with their proposal to reduce the 22% personal income tax rate to 20.5% to strengthen the middle class.

Under Canadian law charities and non-for-profit organizations can own trade-marks which may or may not be registered with the Canadian Trade-marks Office and can license use of those marks to others.

The purpose of the advisory is to remind charities to be especially diligent in monitoring for partisan political activity in light of the upcoming federal election.

We have previously mentioned a key CASL exception for charities: CEMs sent by a registered charity whose primary purpose is to raise funds.

While many British Columbia societies have started preparing for the transition to the new British Columbia Societies Act (the "New Act"), which will come into effect on November 28, 2016...

Charities may find themselves in a predicament when faced with a decision of whether to return donations.

It is important for organizations to start thinking about their electronic records and system before a complaint or adversarial matter arises.

The recent case of Barrie & District Association of Realtors v. Information Technology Systems Ontario 2025 ONSC 3388 confirms that Ontario not-for-profits...

Though Ontario's Not-for Profit Corporations Act, 2010 ("ONCA") received Royal Assent over a decade ago, it was not until October 19, 2021, that the legislation finally came into force.

In October 2021, the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 ("ONCA") came into force. Not-for-profit corporations incorporated in Ontario will have a three year transition period to make changes...

If your association has ever encountered an unhappy member or member group, you should be aware of the enhanced member rights under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act ("CNCA").

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC), in keeping with its commitment to foster the conditions necessary for growth and innovation in emerging businesses, recently announced a series of interim initiatives aimed towards...

Nominations are now open for the 2023 edition of the Bootstrap Awards honouring Ottawa entrepreneurs and founders of early-stage self-capitalized companies.