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This Just In: New Report Recognizes that Not All Charities are Bad Actors. Now someone tell the banks.

September 30, 2019

We have written before about the risks posed to Canadian charities from the international movement of financial institutions towards “de-risking”. De-risking is the response of these institutions to the movement by the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) and its related partner entities to force financial institutions to aid in the fight against money laundering and […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Current Articles Tagged With: ACAMS, Adam Aptowitzer, banking sector, charities abroad, charity banking, De-risking, FATF, money laundering

Retail Therapy for Governments

March 19, 2019

Retail Therapy for Governments by: Adam Aptowitzer Pre-election budgets can be predictable in their spending, but in certain circumstances budgets are predictable because they spend. Budget 2019 falls into this unusual class of retail therapy because government revenues are pouring in yet this is a pre-election budget (and this is a Liberal government). Consequently, extra revenues […]

Filed Under: Budgets, Charities - Current Articles Tagged With: Adam Aptowitzer, Budget 2019, FATF, GIS, tax

Nothing is More Opaque than Absolute Transparency

March 19, 2019

Nothing is More Opaque than Absolute Transparency[1] By: Adam Aptowitzer It is no secret that Canada often legislates on the basis of its international commitments. What Canadians often do not realize is that Canada also legislates on the basis of international pressure on it. Such is the case with recent amendments to the Income Tax Act […]

Filed Under: Charities - Current Articles Tagged With: Adam Aptowitzer, corporations, FATF, transparency

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