Running a nonprofit or charity isn’t an easy task. To be successful, an organization needs to be doing a wide variety of things right, and leaders have to keep an eye to integrating key practices into existing operations, while keeping...
In 2019, the Senate of Canada published Catalyst for Change: A Roadmap to a Stronger Charitable Sector. Among its recommendations was a suggested amendment to the Income Tax Act to require charities to report on the diversity of their boards...
This article was previously published by Miller Thomson LLP and is reprinted with permission. On January 8, 2024, the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) released its latest version—the 24th version—of Form T3010 (Registered Charity Information Return). Registered charities do not pay federal income...
Original Broadcast Date: October 19, 2023. Summary: A great deal has been written about legal compliance surrounding charities in Canada. Much of that material, however, is highly specialized, hard to understand and sometimes esoteric. As a result, it can be...
In November 2020, an announcement about a new role for a British Columbia MLA was anything but routine, at least for the charitable sector in that province: Niki Sharma was to become Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development and Non-Profits. In...
Update: Bill S-216 has now been passed “in essence” via Bill C-19, the Budget Implementation Act. Bill C-19 included measures that changed the “direction and control” requirements that regulate charities who work with non-charities. According to Senator Ratna Omidvar, sponsor...
Update: Bill S-216 has now been passed “in essence” via Bill C-19, the Budget Implementation Act. Bill C-19 included measures that changed the “direction and control” requirements that regulate charities who work with non-charities. According to Senator Ratna Omidvar, sponsor...
Did you know that there are more than one million people who work in Ontario’s nonprofit sector? These Invisible Champions are the professionals who help people through some of the direst of circumstances to creating experiences that spark...
There is a popular belief amongst employers to this day that the law in Ontario about severance pay is ‘one month per year.’ For decades this has been viewed as a sort of golden rule and is mistaken by many...
The Working for Workers Act, 2021 (Bill 27) has been a hot news topic throughout 2021, no doubt due to the controversial changes coming into law which some consider too forward thinking and generous to employees, yet others find refreshing...
