Posts by Brian Iler

Proposed New Ontario Non-profit Corporations Act

June 9th, 2010 by Brian Iler

On May 12, the Ontario Government released its first draft of legislation to replace the existing Corporations Act, for non-profit corporations. This will affect most non-profits (some are incorporated federally), but will not affect co-operatives (whether non-profit or not).

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Community Energy Partnership Program Announced

May 12th, 2010 by Brian Iler

Last Monday, Ontario Energy Minister Brad Duguid announced a new funding program for community renewable energy projects, to be managed by the Community Power Fund. This is huge news for the community-based renewable energy sector, which includes many of our clients.

As a founding board member of the Community Power Fund, and a member of the negotiating team that worked out the details of the CEPP Program with the Ontario Power Authority, I’m particularly pleased.

More details on CEPP, and the application form, are found at http://www.communityenergyprogram.ca/

— Brian