By Arthur B.C. Drache, CM, QC Anybody who works within the charitable world will be aware that the “relief of poverty” is one of the classic heads of charity and there are myriad cases which attempt to determine who is “poor”. But the issue can also arise very indirectly…which is what happened in a recent municipal […]
CRA ‘Control & Direction’ Rules Get Federal Court Bolster
By Alexandra Tzannidakis Anyone involved with a Canadian charity that operates internationally or sends funds abroad is probably intimately familiar with the considerable restrictions in this area. As with much of the law surrounding charities in Canada, the foreign activities rules are made up a small nucleus of actual statute law surrounded by an ever-growing […]
Loyola and the Future of Religious Charity
By Tanya Carlton On March 19, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its verdict in the case of Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 12. Loyola High School (“Loyola”) is a private, English-speaking, Catholic high school for boys in Québec. In 2008, Québec’s Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports required that […]