Ontario’s new Not-for-profit-Corporations Act (“ONCA”) is finally coming into effect on October 19, 2021, nearly a dozen fashionably-late years after it was first passed. The ONCA replaces an older act, the Ontario Corporations Act (“OCA”) which is over a century old and has become drastically outdated and out-paced by the more modern legislation modelled by […]
Holding Meetings during the Ontario State of Emergency
In light of the state of emergency,[1] corporations under the jurisdiction the Ontario Corporations Act (the”OCA”) are temporarily[2] being given more flexibility in holding their directors’ and members’ meetings. This is good news for non-profits and charities under the jurisdiction of the OCA who have looming deadlines to hold their AGMs or who have governing […]
Cutting Red Tape for NPOs and Charities – Changes to OCA
By: Karen Cooper On September 14, 2017 the Honorable Brad Duguid (irony?), Ontario’s Minister of Economic Development and Growth introduced Bill 154, Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape Act, 2017, (“Bill 154”) as part of a government initiative to reduce red tape – red tape is an idiom that refers to excessive regulation or formal rules. Bill […]
By-laws: Tips and Traps
By: Sylvie Lalonde Discussions about By-laws will rarely generate much enthusiasm or interest. That is, until a situation arises where they must be consulted and you realize that the By-laws contain gaps, inconsistencies and simply do not work. When there is a challenge to procedures relating to the conduct of meetings, the By-laws are […]
