By Adam Aptowitzer The current conflagration about charities and their involvement in political advocacy is focused on worries about whether the law is being fairly applied to all organizations. Specifically organizations with a perspective contrary to the current government’s policies feel that they are the subject of a conspiracy. In some cases, particularly for charities […]
Community Foundations as a Wind-Up Destination
By: Arthur B. C Drache C.M., Q.C. When the Income Tax Act was re-written back in 1976 to create a whole new regime for charities (what is now embodied in section 149.1) one of the most far-reaching changes was the requirement for all charities to file public information returns, though by today’s standards the forms […]