(March 22, 2021) On March 17, 2021, The Charity Report covered a critique of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector’s (ACCS) first report by charity lawyer Mark Blumberg. The committee highlighted three areas of priority: abolishing the requirement for the direction and control when a charity provides resources for a non-qualified donee, that appeals to … [Read more...] about Sector co-chairs of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS) respond to criticism
The Charity Report is one year old!
(March 19, 2021) Launched on March 18, 2020, two days after Prime Minister Trudeau declared a pandemic lockdown, The Charity Report is one year old this week. It was a challenging time to launch a new publication, particularly a new publication about the charity sector that was planning to scrutinize its activities in the way business reporters report on business or … [Read more...] about The Charity Report is one year old!
Happy birthday to us! Editor in chief Gail Picco chats about the first year of publication with Doug Nelson on The Discovery Pod
Charity lawyer offers scathing review of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector’s first report
(March 17, 2021) The first report from the Ministry of Finance’s Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector (ACCS) is a baffling response to current charity needs. Judging by its contents, the biggest issues facing the charity sector today are: Abolishing the requirement for the direction and control when a charity provides resources for a non-qualified doneeAppeals … [Read more...] about Charity lawyer offers scathing review of the Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector’s first report
Anti-maskers, white supremacists, QAnon and Quebec
(March 12, 2021) Quebec has the most active QAnon community of all Canadian provinces and is exporting French-language conspiracy talk outside of Canada. On February 26, La Presse reported that Daniel Pilon, one of Québec’s most influential conspiracists, was stricken off for life from the province’s order of professional accountants for "speech deemed … [Read more...] about Anti-maskers, white supremacists, QAnon and Quebec