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Please find below a listing of materials that were made available
on our websites at www.charitylaw.ca,
www.carters.ca and www.antiterrorismlaw.ca
during the month of February, 2004. Click on these links to
go to one of our sites or on the links below to go straight
to an item of interest to you. Materials are often provided
in both web and PDF formats, see the note below on viewing PDFs.
Please feel free to forward this email to anyone (internal or
external to your organization) who might be interested.
Highlights
- Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario) Makes Sweeping Changes to
When and How Proceedings Must be Commenced in Ontario
- December 5, 2003 Income Tax Act Amendments Affecting Charities
- New CRA Policy on Charities and Business Activities
- Book listing added and materials now available by Donald
J. Bourgeois as well as Terrance S. Carter and Jacqueline
M. Connor.
- Upcoming Seminar (April 14, 2004) - 2nd National Symposium
on Charity Law
(see below for more details)
Printer friendly version at www.carters.ca/pub/update/charity/feb04.pdf.
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New Publications
"Limitations Act, 2002 (Ontario) Makes Sweeping Changes
to When and How Proceedings Must be Commenced in Ontario"
(Charity Law Bulletin No.39 February 27, 2004) by Mervyn F.
White.
[PDF] http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2004/chylb39.pdf
[WEB] http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2004/chylb39.htm
"December 5, 2003 Income Tax Act Amendments Affecting
Charities" (Charity Law Bulletin No.38 February 19, 2004)
by Theresa L.M. Man and Terrance S. Carter.
[PDF] http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2004/chylb38.pdf
[WEB] http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2004/chylb38.htm
"New CRA Policy on Charities and Business Activities"
(Charity Law Bulletin No.37 February 19, 2004) by Terrance S.
Carter and Suzanne E. White.
[PDF] http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2004/chylb37.pdf
[WEB] http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2004/chylb37.htm
Chapter 1 of The Law of Charitable and Not-for-Profit Organizations:
Third Edition by Donald J. Bourgeois now available.
[PDF] http://www.carters.ca/pub/book/2002/LCNPOch1.pdf
Preface to Charities Law, 2003/2004 Edition, co-edited by Maria
Elena Hoffstein, Terrance S. Carter and Adam Parachin, is now
available.
[PDF] http://www.carters.ca/pub/book/2003/CL03preface.pdf
In the Press
Canadian Fundraiser eNews included a link to Charity
Law Bulletin No. 35 on "Bill C-45 and its Effect on Criminal
Liability and Insurance Coverage for Charities" by Mervyn
F. White, Bruce W. Long and Shen Goh.
[Link] http://www.canadianfundraiser.com/newsletter/article.cfm?ArticleID=1026
Today's Family News included a link to Charity Law Bulletin
No. 31 titled "Same Sex Marriage: What Churches and Religious
Organizations Can Do In Response" (February 3, 2004).
[Link] http://www.fotf.ca/familyfacts/tfn/2004/020304.html
Charity Law Bulletin No. 34 by Donald J. Bourgeois was reproduced
in Charitable Thoughts (Vol. 7 No. 3, February 2004).
"Policy Based Governance - What Works and What Doesn’t"
[Link] http://www.carters.ca/news/2004/charthts/djbfeb.pdf
Charity Law Bulletin No. 31 by Terrance S. Carter and Esther
S. J. Oh was reproduced in Christian Legal Journal (Winter
2004). "Same Sex Marriage: What Churches and Religious
Organizations Can Do In Response"
Recent Events and Presentation Materials
Hospitals and Foundations Seminar Series (Day 1 - January
22, 2004) "Hospitals and Foundations in Transition: Issues
and Opportunities" with keynote speaker David A. Brown,
Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission.
[PDF] http://www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/charity/2004/hosp0122.pdf
Hospitals and Foundations Seminar Series (Day 2 - February
10, 2004) "Healthcare Philanthropy: Challenges and Solutions"
with keynote speaker Maureen Kidd, Director General of the CCRA
Charities Directorate, and talks on;
"Recent Changes to the Income
Tax Act and Policies Affecting Charities" by Terrance S.
Carter,
"Policy Based Board Governance:
What Works & What Doesn’t" by Donald J. Bourgeois,
and
"How to Avoid Liability in
Fundraising" by Terrance S. Carter.
[PDF] http://www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/charity/2004/hosp0210.pdf
"Performance Expectations and Employment Law - Maintaining
a Balance" presented by Mervyn F. White at the "Not-for-Profit
Performance Management Made Easy" workshop sponsored by
Canadian Fundraiser (February 18, 2004).
[PDF] http://www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/charity/2004/mfw0218.pdf
[WEB] http://www.carters.ca/pub/seminar/charity/2004/mfw0218.htm
[Paper] http://www.carters.ca/pub/article/charity/2004/emp0218.pdf
Bruce W. Long, counsel to Carter & Associates, was recently
in India as part of a volunteer team with the International
Justice Mission (IJM). For more information on what the
IJM does, visit their website at http://www.ijm.ca.
Upcoming Events and Presentations
"Recent Changes to the Income Tax Act and Policies Relating
to Charities and Charitable Gifts" to be presented by Terrance
S. Carter for the Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners
(STEPS) in Toronto (March 4, 2004).
2nd National Symposium on Charity Law (April 14, 2004)
"What's New and What's Coming", being held in Toronto
by the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Ontario Bar Association
(OBA) and the Canadian Association of Gift Planners (CAGP),
is Co-Chaired by Terrance S. Carter with talks from Carter &
Associates lawyers on;
"Extra Provincial Corporate
and Fundraising Compliance for Charities"
by
Jacqueline M. Connor and Esther S.J. Oh,
"Board Governance - When
Does It Become Director’s Negligence"
by
Donald J. Bourgeois (counsel to Carter & Associates),
"Reform of the Canada Corporations
Act"
by
Jane Burke-Roberston (counsel to Carter & Associates), and
"Avoiding Wasting Assets
II - Intellectual Property Protection for Charities"
by
Terrance S. Carter.
More details at the CBA website.
[Link] http://www.cba.org/CBA/CLE/cle00/charities.asp
"Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Legal Liabilities
in Fundraising" to be presented by Terrance S. Carter at
the 11th National CAGP Conference in Toronto (April 15, 2004).
More details at the CAGP website.
[Link] http://www.cagp-acpdp.org/ancon_frame.htm
Acknowledgements, Errata and Other Miscellaneous Items
Errata: Charity Law Bulletin No 30 revised slightly
on February 17, 2004 to include further clarification on page
7 and reposted.
[PDF]
http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb30.pdf
[WEB] http://www.carters.ca/pub/bulletin/charity/2003/chylb30.htm
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