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Don’t take it literally-or should you?

July 30, 2018

By:  C. Yvonne Chenier, Q.C. Recent Court cases have reinforced my belief in the importance of the wording of governing documents of charities and not-for-profits organizations. Whether it is trying to ascertain what the members have agreed to in the rules of membership, the specific procedures contained in bylaws or the actual wording of the […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Current Articles Tagged With: bylaws, Canada Without Poverty, Charitable Purposes, constating documents, constitutional documents, court findings, Dhillon v. Sikh Society Calgary, governing documents, literal interpretation, purposes, Wall v. Jehova's Witnesses

By-laws: Tips and Traps

May 24, 2017

By:   Sylvie Lalonde Discussions about By-laws will rarely generate much enthusiasm or interest. That is, until a situation arises where they must be consulted and you realize that the By-laws contain gaps, inconsistencies and simply do not work. When there is a challenge to procedures relating to the conduct of meetings, the By-laws are […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Current Articles Tagged With: Board of Directors, by-laws, bylaws, CNCA, directors, Drache Aptowitzer LLP, meeting conduct, OCA, quorum, Sylvie Lalonde

NPOs’ Internal Procedures are Subject to Judicial Review

August 7, 2014

NPOs’ Internal Procedures are Subject to Judicial Review By Alexandra Tzannidakis Within the microcosm of a not-for-profit organization, where internal bylaws and rules are generated and enforced by the organization itself, it can be easy to lose sight of the fact that there is always an external source of recourse in the form of judicial […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Alexandra Tzannidakis, bylaws, governance, not-for-profit organizations

Bylaws – Who Needs em

April 30, 2014

Bylaws: Who Needs ‘Em By: Adam Aptowitzer The ongoing changeover of Federal corporations to the Canada Not for Profit Corporations Act is raising interesting questions about the bylaws that may have been used by a corporation since its inception. (It bears mentioning that the same questions arise in the context of Ontario non share capital […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Adam Aptowitzer, bylaws, charities, governance, not-for-profit organizations

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