October 04, 2009

The Do No Harm Handbook - a useful tool to analyze the impact of humanitarian assistance on conflict

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Published under: Canadian Charity Law

Any humanitarian relief organization that will operate in a conflict or post-conflict area should review “The Do No Harm Handbook (The Framework for Analyzing the Impact of Assistance on Conflict) which is located at: “http://www.cdainc.com/dnh/docs/DoNoHarmHandbook.pdf

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October 01, 2009

Canadian charity statistics

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Published under: Canadian Charity Law | Canadian Charity Statistics

I am compiling a list of statistics relating to Canadian charites.

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Mark Blumberg and CLIP on Twitter to discuss Canadian charity law

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Published under: Canadian Charity Law

I have started a small twitter channel at http://twitter.com/canadiancharity or http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/71976300.rss  It will focus on Canadian charity law issues and especially educational efforts to inforrm charities of their legal obligations.

CRA Removes Guide RC4108, Registered Charities and the Income Tax Act from their website

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Published under: Canadian Charity Law

The CRA has recently removes Guide RC4108, Registered Charities and the Income Tax Act from their website.  It was quite out of date and they have now placed the relevant material in other places on their website.

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Fundraising by Canadian registered charities

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Published under: Canadian Charity Law

CRA in June 2009 released its Guidance on Fundraising by Canadian charities.  You can see the document in English at:  http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/plcy/cps/cps-028-eng.html and in French at:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/chrts-gvng/chrts/plcy/cps/cps-028-fra.html 

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