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Reference Letter Liability

  • March 22, 2012
  • Sheldon L. Wood

Charities and non-profit organizations that provide reference letters to departing and former employees need to ensure that they are aware of the possible legal implications that such letters entail.

Charity and Not-For-Profit Law

Ontario Proposes New Family Caregiver Leave

  • March 22, 2012
  • Mealanie A. Warner

The Ontario government is moving forward with plans to introduce a new category of leave for employees called "family caregiver leave". Premier Dalton McGuinty first announced his intention to create such a leave in August 2011, prior to his re-election. 

Charity and Not-For-Profit Law

Recent Case Highlights Importance of Proper Receipting

  • November 30, 2011
  • Andrew Valentine

Charities and their advisors should take note of the recent decision of the Tax Court of Canada in Oloya v. R. This case highlights the pitfalls that can occur when insufficient attention is paid to the form and content of donation receipts issued to donors.

Charity and Not-For-Profit Law

Summer Highlights: Reintroduction of 2011 Federal Budget

  • November 30, 2011
  • Theresa L.M. Man

In the summer, the Federal government reintroduced the Budget on June 6, 2011, which was substantially the same as the Budget that was initially introduced on March 22, 2011, and died on the order paper with the vote of non-confidence on March 25, 2011.

Charity and Not-For-Profit Law

Chair's Report

  • November 30, 2011
  • Linda J. Godel

It is a time for new beginnings – the beginning of a new season, the beginning of another term for the Charity and Not-for-Profit Law Section and the beginning of a new era for federal non-share capital corporations.

Charity and Not-For-Profit Law

Ontario Government Website on the New Corporate Act

  • November 30, 2011
  • Kate Lazier

Non-share capital corporations incorporated under the Corporations Act (Ontario) will be governed under a new act next year, the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010.

Charity and Not-For-Profit Law