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Budget Implementation Act passed allowing certain additional charitable partnerships

The Budget Implementation Act No. 1 was recently passed which allows for “(l) enabling registered charities to enter into charitable partnerships with organizations other than qualified donees under certain conditions;”.  There has been a lot of changes and misunderstandings about this change.

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What should charities do if they find out that a board member donated to the Freedom Convoy?

This is a situation where an individual used their own personal funds donated to the convoy and did not use charity funds which would be a much worse and more serious issue.

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Accepting cryptocurrency for donations or payments can be quite risky for Canadian charities unless you know what you are doing

Cryptocurrency has been in the news now for many years. While cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum etc. have received a lot of attention, in my anecdotal experience, very little money has been provided to Canadian charities through cryptocurrency.

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