Authored by Philip A.S. Milley, Associate Director, Legal Affairs In 2015 the Ontario government initiated a Changing Workplaces Review, which resulted in a 416-page report (the “Report”) containing several recommended changes to the regulation of employment and labour in the province. The Report has garnered much attention from employees and… More
Authored by Philip A.S. Milley, Associate Director, Legal Affairs The Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) has recently transitioned its website to its new domain: www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency.html. The “Canada.ca” domain will act as the primary location of all Government of Canada websites. It appears that many of the Charities Directorate pages have transitioned to… More
Authored by Philip A.S. Milley, Associate Director, Legal Affairs On July 10, 2017, the Government of Ontario announced that it is considering loosening the rules regarding the remuneration of charity directors. If the government’s proposal is implemented, incorporated charities could be permitted to pay directors in certain circumstances, without having… More
Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) recently announced that it has started making automated courtesy calls to registered charities for the purposes of notifying them that the deadline to file their T3010 Registered Charity Information Return is approaching. The automated message informs charities that their deadline is approaching and provides information about… More
Authored by Philip A.S. Milley, Associate Director, Legal Affairs As a part of the Canada Revenue Agency’s continued effort to educate the sector and to clarify rules that commonly confuse charities, the Charities Directorate has recently made available two new videos in their educational series on gifting and receipting. Gifting… More
Today, June 20, 2017, Tony Manconi, Director General of the Canada Revenue Agency (“CRA”) Charities Directorate, announced the introduction of three minor changes that will affect charity registration starting on July 1, 2017. The three minor changes include: Draft Documents: The Charities Directorate will no longer review applications that are submitted… More
We previously discussed the important changes to Canada’s anti-spam regime that are due to be introduced on July 1, 2017. Specifically, we reported that individual complainants will be permitted a private right of action pursuant to s. 47 and 48 of CASL, which would allow individuals to initiate court proceedings to seek redress for… More
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