The latest Trudeau Foundation filings with Corporations Canada are here: Federal Corporation Information Federal Corporation Information – 386524-0 Beware of scams and other suspicious activities. See Corporations Canada’s alerts. Note This information is available to the public in accordance with legislation…
I looked at the last few weeks, and the Trudeau Foundation was being searched quite frequently on CharityData.ca. So, I thought I would look at the last year to see which charities were the most searched and how long was…
I just read an article from La Presse entitled «Ce don, c’est une bombe puante». It involved a number of interviews with former directors and mentors at the Trudeau Foundation. I was commenting earlier today that comparisons between WE Charity…
Apparently, on April 11, 2023, the Globe and Mail reports that the “Trudeau Foundation CEO, board resign over Chinese billionaire’s donation”. We blogged here a few weeks ago about the Trudeau Foundation and numerous concerns with its governance. Needless to…
The CBC has reported on March 14, 2023 in an article, Intelligence watchdog investigating CRA following Islamophobia claims, that the claims against CRA of Islamophobia will now be investigated by the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA). Presumably, NSIRA…
The CRA Charities Directorate will be doing webinars on Books and Records on April 19 and 20, 2023. These could be quite helpful for Canadian registered charities. Many charities don’t have adequate books and records. In addition to being a…
There was a recent decision on a motion in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice case of Muslim Association of Canada v. Attorney General of Canada, 2023 ONSC 1923 [PDF]. This decision is quite important, and the written reasons given…
I was very pleased to see Gabe Oatley from the Future of Good interviewing Sharmila Khare, the Director General of the Charities Directorate. This took place on March 22, 2023, and you can find the full interview here. I sure…
The Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson has just released a report “Charity Begins with Fairness: More to Explore on March 27, 2023. It is a fairly lengthy report that provides a lot of background and information on the Office of…
The Office of the Taxpayers’ Ombudsperson has just released a report, “Charity Begins with Fairness: More to Explore“. Also, there was a recent decision on a motion in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the case Muslim Association of…
We recently received a number of copies of Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) disclosure packages. Here are the details of the copies we received with a brief description of the ATIP request: CRA ATIP disclosure package relating to The…
As an update to our previous article, we recently received Government of Canada a copy of an ATIP disclosure document entitled: Records relating to the mandate letter commitment to make anti-abortion charities lose their charitable status from November 30, 2021…
We recently received an ATIP disclosure package from CRA relating to Bill S-216, the Effective and Accountable Charities Act. This act was not passed and was replaced by the Federal Budget in 2022. Here is the document we received: All…
We received the requested Access To Information and Privacy (ATIP) disclosure package from CRA on March 12, 2023, regarding complete copies of T3010 Charity Information Return forms including complete information for all Schedules of three former charities namely Beth Oloth,…
As an update to our recent article providing Hockey Canada’s full audited financial statements for 2014 – 2021, we recently received an Access To Information and Privacy (ATIP) package containing Hockey Canada’s financial statements, including financial statements filed with the…
Over the last decade, we have provided to the public CRA letters relating to a number of Canadian registered charity revocations. These letters from CRA cover many different grounds for de-registration. Some relate to relatively minor matters such as an…
Corporations Canada has changed their database such that when you are ordering documents from Corporations Canada on a Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) corporation, you can order financial statements in addition to other governance and filings of CNCA corporations. Here…
We have blogged about the Canadian Soccer Association and its failure to do its correct filings here Canadian Soccer Association not filing financial statements with Corporations Canada as required by the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”). Now six weeks after…
Here is our article 2023 Canadian Federal Budget and its impact on the Canadian charitable sector. Today, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland introduced Budget 2023—A Made-in-Canada Plan: Strong Middle Class, Affordable Economy, Healthy Future for the Liberal Government of Justin…
Corporations Canada will begin issuing to Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”) non-profit corporations Notices of Intent to Dissolve if the CNCA non-profit corporations have not filed their corporate Form 4022 – Annual Return (“Annual Return’) in three years in a…
We recently reviewed: How much did the largest Canadian private foundations spend in 2021 on charitable activities or gifts to qualified donees according to their T3010 filings. We also noted the amount expended on charitable activities and gifts to qualified donees…
Here is our note: Which Canadian charities spent money on foreign activities in 2021 and how much did they spend? Canadian registered charities spent over $3.8 billion on direct foreign activities (not including gifts to qualified donees), and in this note…
In our article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from the Federal government in 2021?, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the Federal government.
In the article, Which Canadian charities received the most revenue from Provincial Governments in 2021, we provide a list of Canadian registered charities that received the greatest amount from the various provincial governments in Canada.