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Charity How-To: What to do when Faced with an Issue of Non-Compliance

August 7, 2014

By Tanya Carleton When a charity becomes aware that it has been non-compliant with either the Income Tax Act or the common law, it can cause great anxiety within the organization. According to the CRA, however, most non-compliance issues are “unintentional, accidental, and often of low material consequence,” and they encourage charities to disclose any […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: charities, CRA, directors, non-compliance, Tanya Carleton

Calling a Plumber

April 30, 2014

Quick Our Basement is Flooding – Call a Lawyer By: Adam Aptowitzer There are times being a lawyer is a bit like being a plumber. Like a plumber, a lawyer is called when an organization is being built, and like a plumber we are called in an emergency. But that is where the similarity ends, […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Adam Aptowitzer, charities, CRA, non-compliance

If They Were So Prescient, How Did They Not See That Coming?

April 30, 2014

If They Were So Prescient, How Come They Did Not See That Coming? By Adam Aptowitzer On May 1st, 2013 the Federal Court of Appeal issued its judgment in the Prescient Foundation[1]. The case itself was notable not simply because of the decisions rendered by the Court on the questions in issue, but also (and […]

Filed Under: Charities - Article Archive Tagged With: Adam Aptowitzer, charities, litigation, non-compliance, Prescient Foundation

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