Statistics Canada has released a report entitled “Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians” based on the 2010 Canada Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (CSGVP). Statscan will be releasing further reports on the data.
A Canadian Senator Nicole Eaton has been commenting on Canadian charities and a number of senators have spoken in agreement and in disagreement. I wish the Senate had access to better information on the charitable sector.
The OHA’s Governance Centre of Excellence is presenting a Conference for Not-For-Profit and Charitable Organizations. I will be speaking about legal compliance and ethics.
Recently, Alastair Bland of the Review and Analysis Division of the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency presented on the subject of “The Threat of Terrorism - How Charities Can Protect Themselves.”
Marcel Lauzière of Imagine Canada has written a good piece entitled “Role of Charities” in which he nicely summarizes why charities have, and should have, involvement in the political process. Remember that charities cannot be involved in partisan political activity, but they can spend some of their resources on dealing with political issues that are related to their legal objects.
Various organizations are reminding Canadians to beware of fraud and charities. Capital One and CanadaHelps have a quiz “to educate Canadians on how to identify false charities so their generous donations don’t end up in fraudsters’ hands.” CRA advises “Fraud Prevention Month also offers an opportunity for the Agency to remind Canadians that some individuals are selling tax scams that have serious legal consequences. Canadians are urged to remember the old adage: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”
Here are some letters from the Canada Revenue Agency dealing with Article XXI (7) (formerly XXI(6)) of the Canada-US Tax Treaty.
Here is a copy of the Letters from CRA about revocation of charity World Assembly of Muslim Youth for supporting terrorism. We noted at globalphilanthropy.ca (TM) on February 23 the revocation at http://bit.ly/xNGt4M
CharityFocus.ca is a new tool created by Imagine Canada to allow searches of Canadian registered charities. You can now also search by directors.
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