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Update - Proposed Accounting Standards for Non-Profits

The Canadian Revenue Agency is responsible for:

The CRA is also responsible for the registration of qualifying organizations as charities, giving technical advice on operating a charity, and handling audit and compliance activities.

Canada's department dealing with employment and labour.

Website contains information on federal employment standards, information and resources.

June 24, 2009

Bill C-4, the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, has passed its third Reading in the Senate and received Royal Assent this month. The Bill should become law shortly.

A Step in the Right Direction provides a summary of the checklist and identifies a number of limitations with this new CRA tool.

Imagine Canada's Ottawa Reports (March 2009 Edition) features news and updates on Federal Government events and developments which are of importance to the nonprofit and charitable sector.

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Alberta's New Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Workforce Council is Under Construction

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CCVO News

Budget 2009

The following message is sent on behalf of Katherine van Kooy, President and CEO, Calgary Chamber of Voluntary Organizations

Bill C-4, the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, passed its third Reading in the Senate and received Royal Assent in June 2009. The Bill should become law shortly. The Bill replaces the place the existing Canada Corporations Act that currently applies to nonprofit organizations. Organizations currently incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act have three years to apply for corporate status under the Not-For-Profit Corporations Act. There will be no fees for this process.

Over 75 nonprofits and 'caring companies' signed this open letter by Imagine Canada to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, which calls for continued support and funding for the voluntary sector in the 2009 budget. The letter was also published in the January 15 2009 issue of The Globe and Mail.