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On December 4, 2013, the Government of Canada announced that the anti-spam provisions of Canada’s anti-spam legislation will come into force on July 1, 2014.

The Department of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency (the “CRA”) launched a public consultation on modernizing the federal tax framework for registered charities. The review is broad. It considers how charities become registered, interact with the CRA, file annual information returns, undergo audits and compliance action, and deal with objections and revocation.

Bill C-19, Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 ("Bill C-19") received royal assent on June 23, 2022, introducing a new "qualifying disbursements" regime for Canadian registered charities.

The Ontario Government recently released draft legislation aimed at various matters under the label of reducing red tape.

Over the last eight to ten years, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in social enterprises or entrepreneurship throughout the world.

Over the last eight to ten years, there has been a dramatic increase in interest in social enterprises or entrepreneurship throughout the world.

Guidance Document CG-032 ("Registered charities making grants to non-qualified donees") first appeared in draft form a little over a year ago, on November 30 2022.

While it’s not clear how children feel about this trend, statistics indicate that Canadians are increasingly donating to charities on behalf of gift-recipients instead of spending cash on a traditional gift.

There are a number of ethical, legal, and equitable rules that directors, officers, and employees of charities and not-for-profit organizations must follow.

It might soon be easier for Canadian registered charities to give funds directly to non-qualified donees in Canada and abroad.

November has been an eventful month for Canadian charities, non-profits, and news organizations.

Since March of 2020, not-for-profit corporations ("NFP") have faced challenges in holding their annual general meetings ("AGM"), special members' meetings, and directors' meetings as a result

Recent studies have shown that one in five Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetime.

Le budget prévoit une nouvelle infraction pouvant mener à la révocation dont l’objectif est de freiner l’utilisation abusive des organismes de bienfaisance par certains États étrangers qui soutiennent le terrorisme.

The Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 ("ONCA") came into force on October 19, 2021. Not-for-profit corporations incorporated in Ontario will have a three year transition period to make changes...

Over a decade has passed since Ontario's Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 ("ONCA") received Royal Assent and now it is finally coming into force effective October 19, 2021.

The Ontario government has recently announced that the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 will come into force no earlier than January 1, 2014.

October 19, 2021, marked the long-awaited coming into force of the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010 (the "ONCA"), over ten years after it received Royal Assent in 2010. This proclamation initiated a three-year...