The Blumbergs' Canadian Charity Law Boot Camp will be held again on Monday April 8, 2019. This is a one-day boot camp on compliance and standards issues for Canadian registered charities. You can register for the program here. This one-day workshop…
Finance Minister Morneau delivered the 2019 Federal Budget today. Here is our article “2019 Canadian Federal Budget – How will it affect the Canadian charitable sector?“ Finance has already released a Fall Economic Statement that did contain a number of initiatives…
Today CRA has released the Minister of National Revenue's response to the recent changes on Political Activities by Canadian registered charities. The Government has announced that this is their final response to the Report of the Consultation Panel on the Political…
The Minister of National Revenue, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier put out a news release on March 7, 2019 dealing the new Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS). I was expecting details in the budget but receiving these details today by press…
The CRA recently posted on their T3010 page that “In December 2018, the rules governing the political activities of registered charities changed as a result of new legislation that permits charities to carry on unlimited public policy dialogue and development activities in…
The CRA recently released a question and answer document on the December 2018 political activity changes and the new guidance on public policy dialogue and development activities by charities. Here is the Q&A. Here is the text of the CRA…
The CRA today released its draft guidance “Public policy dialogue and development activities by charities”. This guidance will replace CRA's Guidance CPS-022, Political activities. The CRA is asking for feedback on this draft administrative guidance and providing until April 23, 2019…
We have created a course entitled “Should We Establish a Canadian Social Enterprise, Non-Profit or Charity and How to Do It?”. The course is $149 and you can register at https://charity-law.teachable.com/ Here is an overview of the course: Should We…
The compliance requirements and restrictions on private foundations in Canada are frequently misunderstood, even by those who run large private foundations. Here is our article Fallacies about private foundations in 2019 that might be helpful in dispelling these myths. If you are…
David Callahan recently reviewed Rob Reich's new book “Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How It Can Do Better.” in an article “Impossible to Justify” A Political Scientist Takes on American Philanthropy”. The review and the book are a further…
On Thursday December 13, 2018, Bill C-86 received Royal Assent. Within this Bill, there are several changes to the Income Tax Act related to charities, especially with regards to political activities. The change allows Canadian registered charities to conduct public policy dialogue…
On Wednesday November 28, 2018 I presented to the Senate Committee on Finance in Ottawa. My presentation dealt with Bill C-86, Budget Implementation Act, 2018, and specifically the proposed changes to the rules and regulations on political activities carried out…
On Monday November 19, 2018 I presented to the Special Senate Committee on the Charity Sector in Ottawa. My presentation dealt with a number of areas especially transparency of non-profits and registered charities, good charity regulation, and political activities by…
Here is the new Canadian Charity Legal Checklist. For those who are interested in reviewing legal compliance for their registered charity they may find the checklist helpful.
There have been large changes over the last week in the rules for Canadian registered charities and political activities. Here is our article Finance Changes to Political Activities and Canadian Charities. If you are interested in the issue of Canadian charities…
On October 25, 2018 the Department of Finance posted Legislative Proposals Notice of Ways and Means Motions and Explanatory Notes which among other things change the rules for Canadian charities carrying out political activities. Essentially the Income Tax Act is…
Here is Blumbergs' submission to the Department of Finance on their recent Draft Legislative Proposals Regarding Political Activities of Charities. For further information on political activities and Canadian registered charities see our directory of blogs and documents.
The Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency today released guidance on “Charities and public policy advocacy“. This is on the heels of the Finance Department releasing draft legislative proposals recently and requesting comments by October 13, 2018. CRA notes that…
The CRA announced today that they are delaying the Charities IT Modernization Project (CHAMP) till June 2019. When CHAMP is launched, charities will no longer be able to make application by paper application and will have to use the CHAMP system.…
Finance has put out a press release that it will be consulting on the new political activity proposals that were released on Friday. Here is the text of the release: Consulting Canadians on Draft Legislative Proposals Regarding Political Activities of…
On Friday, September 14, 2018 at 5:01PM the Department of Finance released the “Legislative Proposals Notice of Ways and Means Motions” and also the “Explanatory Notes” on their website. We will be commenting on these changes to the Income Tax Act over…
Recently author and fundraiser Gail Picco wrote an extensive article on the CWP decision entitled “How an Ontario Superior Court Decision Has Remade the Charity Sector, Failed Vulnerable Canadians and Why Some People Are Cheering?”
Althia Raj's article “Super PACs In Canada? Liberals Wrestle With Politically-Active Charities After Court Ruling” covers the fallout from the Canada Without Poverty case and provides some important updates. Althia Raj reports: OTTAWA — In an effort to prevent Canadian…
The CRA announced today that they are appealing the CWB decision. This is not surprising as we noted in our blog on July 30, 2018 “Canada Without Poverty vs. AG – a pyrrhic victory for CWP and a disaster for the…