ONN Asks the Minister of Consumer Services to Make Amendments to the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act

December 6th, 2011 by Iler Campbell LLP

The Ontario Nonprofit Network writes, in a press release:

The Ontario Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) is due to be proclaimed in the fall of 2012. However, many organizations in the nonprofit sector will have great difficulty using the Act and face the risk of it destabilizing the governance mechanisms of their organizations. We believe that our proposed amendments to the Act, as outlined in the attached brief (pdf), will make it a model piece of nonprofit corporate legislation.

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Cost-effective strategies to promote better planning and development in your municipality

November 29th, 2011 by Iler Campbell LLP

Are you facing an uphill battle to promote better planning and development in your municipality?  Many individuals and community groups are daunted by the prospect of participating in local planning decisions and a possible related Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearing. These processes can involve complex legal issues and a considerable investment of time, energy and money.

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Reform needed for the Residential Tenancies Act

November 10th, 2011 by Iler Campbell LLP

Iler Campbell has made a submission to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing regarding Notices of Rent Increase (NORIs) under the Residential Tenancies Act.  There is a need to amend the legislation to overcome a 2007 decision of the Court of Appeal which eliminated any limitation period for NORIs found to be “void”.  For full details see our submission (pdf).

Privacy Law and Co-operative Evictions: what can be disclosed to the membership on appeal?

November 4th, 2011 by Iler Campbell LLP

Housing co‑operatives sometimes find themselves in the unfortunate position of having to terminate the membership and occupancy rights of members – that is to evict members from their units and regain possession of the unit.  This can be for any number of breaches of the bylaws, but most commonly it is for failure to pay housing charges, or because of arrears.

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Calling all candidates and Official Agents: what do to if you ran for federal office but your Official Agent failed to do your electoral campaign return on time?

October 19th, 2011 by Paula Boutis

With some regularity, our firm is called upon to assist federal candidates who ran for office, but for one reason or another, their Official Agent failed to file a return, or other required report, on time.  The federal Elections Act has procedures for extending the time to file, but if those are missed too, the only way to file after that is through a court order granting a nunc pro tunc (now for then) order.  That is the order for an act to be done (filing, in this case) after the time has expired.

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The Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act in force as of October 17, 2011

October 18th, 2011 by Iler Campbell LLP

The clock is now ticking.  Federally incorporated non-profit organizations have until October 17, 2014 to make the transition to the new Not-for-profit Corporations Act.  Failure to transition to the new Act means dissolution.

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