Budget 2021
CHARITY LAW INSIGHTS
Dear Reader,

It has been two years since the last federal budget, and while our newsletter has taken a Covid inspired hiatus we look forward to providing you with more cogent analysis and experienced perspective on future developments in the world of charity law.

Please enjoy our Budget 2021 newsletter.

All the best,
Drache Aptowitzer LLP lawyers

INELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS…AND THE PROBLEMS GET WORSE
By: Adam Aptowitzer
Over the years we have written many times of the constitutional truism that the responsibility for regulating the charity sector rests with the Provinces. It is only through the indolence of the Provinces in legislating in this area has the CRA become the regulator of charities in the public interest. From time to time, Parliament passes new rules which, although they may have dubious constitutional authority to do so, are important because proper regulation of ...

PANDEMIC SUPPORT FOR NON-PROFIT SECTOR IN BUDGET 2021
By: Alexandra Tzannidakis
Budget 2021 has some expansive spending plans, and a significant part of that spending is, predictably, focussed on helping the economy recover from the pandemic. We are glad to note that the budget recognizes the important role that charities and non-profits have to play in social recovery, alongside their for-profit counterparts.

BUDGET 2021 CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION AND SOCIAL FINANCE
By: Karen Cooper
The impacts of COVID-19 have highlighted gaps in our social systems and have spurred innovative ideas about ways to build a better economy and country. Prior to the pandemic, the federal government had taken some preliminary steps through the creation of a number of social innovation and social financing initiatives, including the creation of a Social Finance Fund and launch of the Investment Readiness Program through Budget 2019 (see “Another Run at the Social Finance Fund” (March 19, 2019

BUDGET 2021: DISBURSEMENT QUOTA INCREASE ON THE HORIZON?
By: Lex Klombies

The federal government’s Budget 2021 was released earlier today. Much of the proposed spending is relevant to non-profit organizations and charities, such as a ten-fold increase in capacity building for Black-led not-for-profit organizations and an extension of existing covid-19 recovery benefits. One of the items in Budget 2021 that charities should be aware of is the proposal[1] to launch public consultations with registered charities on the subject of increasing the disbursement quota ...

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