Guide à l'intention des administrateurs des sociétés à but non lucratif : droits, fonctions et pratiques

Disponible aussi en anglais sur le titre : Primer for directors of not-for-profit corporations : rights, duties and practices Table des matières Sociétés et administrateurs : quoi, qui, pourquoi et comment / Wayne Amundson Devoirs des administrateurs / Jane Burke-Robertson Responsabilité...

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Your Reporting Obligations under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (NFP Act)

Also available in French under the title : Vos obligations de déclaration en vertu de la Loi canadienne sur les organisations à but non lucratif (Loi BNL) Table of Contents :  File an Annual Return every year File Any Change of Registered Office Address Report Changes Regarding...

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Implications of SCC Ruling That Human Rights Tribunal Cannot Award Costs

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By-law Builder

Corporations Canada's online By-law Builder allows you to create by-laws for your corporation as required under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (NFP Act). It allows you to customize the by-laws to better meet your corporation's needs.The By-law Builder gives you the option of choosing...

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Remuneration of directors, officers and members

Excerpt from Corporations Canada webpage for Not-for-profit Corporations The directors "Remuneration of directors, officers and members The directors of a corporation are entitled to fix reasonable levels of remuneration for the directors, officers and employees of a corporation, unless the...

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Nouvelle Loi canadienne sur les organisations à but non lucratif : questions que les administrateurs devraient poser

Disponible aussi en anglais sous le titre: The new Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act - questions for directors to ask

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Vos obligations de déclaration en vertu de la Loi canadienne sur les organisations à but non lucratif (Loi BNL)

Disponible aussi en anglais sous le titre: Your Reporting Obligations under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (NFP Act) Table des matières:  Déposer un rapport annuel chaque année Déposer tout changement de l'adresse du siège Déclarer tous changements concernant les...

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Provincial charity-related legislation

"This article will just briefly touch upon some of the more significant provincial statutes that charities should familiarize themselves with. The intention here is not to review these provisions, for there are simply too many laws to cover even in a highlighted fashion in one article. Rather, the...

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The law of advocacy by charitable organizations : the case for change

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Governance Q&A: Paying for board service?

Article by Jane Garthson, Governance Q & A, Charity Village. Posted July 4, 2011  "Some of the directors of my nonprofit want to be paid a per diem for board and board committee work. Is this ethical? There's recently been a lively online international discussion among governance...

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