One of the clearest items of charity law is that action for the relief of poverty are considered to be charitable.[1] But the ongoing problem for many charities is to try to identify an income level which can be used as a measure of who is poor. This is not always an easy task as […]
Disclosure Obligations of Labour Organizations
By Arthur B.C. Drache, CM, QC One of the most contentious pieces of legislation recently was a private member’s bill, Bill C-377, which required what we believe to be hugely intrusive public reporting by labour organizations. The legislation was so contentious that event the Senate, controlled by the Harper Conservatives, initially amended the bill to […]