Firm News

Announcing Tools Conference 2012

October 11th, 2012 by Iler Campbell LLP

Our one-day conference for non-profits, charities, co-ops and community groups is back! Each year we attempt to offer real help with what we think are the biggest issues facing our clients at a cost that we hope makes it possible for everyone to attend.

Join us at Oakham House in downtown Toronto on November 22. Educate yourself and your team on important legal and accounting issues: prepare for new legislation, stay on top of the latest trends, brush up on topics of perennial issue and more.

See toolsconference.ca for full details and to register.

Come Article With Us!

June 21st, 2012 by Iler Campbell LLP

We’re currently accepting applications for the 2013 – 2014 articling year. We’re looking for like-minded progressive people to join our team. Please submit your application (including cover letter, resume, reference letters and copies of your transcripts) by Wednesday, July 18 to the Articling Student Hiring Committee at [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you!

Iler Campbell celebrates the International Year of Co‑operatives!

June 5th, 2012 by Iler Campbell LLP

With some 300 co‑ops on our client list, every year at Iler Campbell is a year of co‑operatives. However, the UN’s designation of 2012 as the International Year of Co‑operatives makes this year special. To mark this occasion, we stepping up our efforts to know and serve the housing co‑op sector in particular.

And in fact, we’re stepping out!

Continue reading “Iler Campbell celebrates the International Year of Co‑operatives!”

Iler Campbell Supports the Black Out Speak Out Campaign

June 1st, 2012 by Iler Campbell LLP

We’ve joined millions of Canadians to speak out in defence of two core Canadian values: Nature and Democracy.

Our land, water and climate are all threatened by the latest federal budget. Proposes changes in the budget bill will weaken environmental laws and silence the voices of those who seek to defend them.

On June 4th, we will black out our website and blog in support of the Black Out Speak Out campaign.

Be sure to visit the campain website to learn about what this bill will mean if it’s passed.

If you’ve been following our blog you’ll already have read about a number of the issues including how changes to the Income Tax Act will restrict charities’ political activities, and how proposed changes to fish habitat provisions of the Fisheries Act will impact fish species.

Please join us in supporting this campaign.

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Pro Bono – A new column on rabble.ca

March 30th, 2012 by Iler Campbell LLP

We’re pleased to announce that we’ve joined forces with rabble.ca to write a new monthly column called Pro Bono.

In our first entry, Paula Boutis writes about the March 8, 2012 NDP motion which expands the investigative powers of Elections Canada in response to the “robocall” scandal. The motion passed unanimously. Paula explains what this will mean.

Read it here

Paula Boutis and David McRobert in OBA’s ENVIRONEWS

March 15th, 2012 by Iler Campbell LLP

In the current issue of the Ontario Bar Association’s ENVIRONEWS, Paula Boutis and David McRobert describe their recent application to the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario that advocates for legislation mandating funding for participants and intervenors in various statutory hearing processes. The law would improve on similar legislation that existed in Ontario from 1988 to 1996. We previously wrote about this here and here.

Read the article (pdf).

David McRobert is co-author of another article (pdf) in the issue. He and Tyler Edwards consider whether an over-emphasis on recycling – to the detriment of reducing and reusing – has contributed to the waste management and broader societal problems that we are facing today.