Financial Post, Feb. 28, 2013

“Delete this anti-spam law”

“The Ontario Nonprofit Network cautions that small and mid-size charitable and nonprofit organizations “cannot comply with CASL and its regulations and undertake their day-to-day work.”

Read ONN’s Submission to Industry Canada

 

Financial Post, Feb. 27, 2013

“Canada’s anti-spam laws make it harder for businesses to send emails to customers”

ONN’s submission to Industry Canada calling for nonprofits to be exempt from legislation, after being inadvertently caught up in law.

Toronto Star, March 1, 2012

“These are Not ‘Voluntary Taxes,’ Re: Paying up with a Smile, Editorial”

ONN Steering Committee Member Rob Howarth, on the Difference Between Funding Essential Services and Charitable Giving

“Both your editorial and news article on Torontonians donating to their city government have mistakenly referred to these contributions as “voluntary taxes.” They are nothing of the kind. People making these contributions receive a tax receipt, so these are charitable donations.”

Globe & Mail, Oct. 31 2011

“Nonprofits worried new law will hurt smaller agencies”

ONN’s Policy Lead Lynn Eakin on the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act

 

“Canada’s non-profit sector is grappling with the implications of a new federal law that gives members the equivalent of shareholder rights — creating avenues for more accountability and engagement but also concern over legal expenses and unintended consequences…”

Learn more about ONN’s work on the ONCA