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By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 4 Minutes Read November 9, 2016

Charities political activities: CRA consulting on rules

The Government of Canada has committed to modernizing the rules governing the charitable sector to ensure that they are operating in a regulatory environment that respects and encourages their contribution to society. One of the areas they are looking into is clarifying the rules governing charities political activities.

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Not for Profit / Canada Revenue Agency, Canada Without Poverty, charitable status, charities political activities, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Consultation on rules governing charities political activities, CRA audit, freedom of association, Freedom of expression, Income Tax Act, Internal Controls, Lobbying, non-compliance with rules, non-partisan political activities, Registered charities, rules governing charities political activities

By Devry Smith Frank LLP | 4 Minutes Read October 28, 2016

Back-to-work postal legislation found in violation of Charter rights

Justice Firestone of the Ontario Superior Court recently decided that back–to–work legislation introduced in 2011 aimed at striking postal workers from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers was an unjustified violation of the Union’s rights to freedom of association and expression under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. As a result, the judge retroactively declared the legislation of no force or effect.

Article by Devry Smith Frank LLP / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Union Relations / back-to-work legislation, Canada Post labour dispute, canadian charter of rights and freedoms, Canadian Union of Postal Workers v Her Majesty in Right of Canada, Charter protected freedoms, Charter rights, collective agreement, Collective Bargaining, employment law, freedom of association, Freedom of expression, Industrial Relations, Labour Law, lockout, Restoring Mail Delivery for Canadians Act, right to strike, strike, striking postal workers, trade unions, Unions

By McCarthy Tétrault LLP | 2 Minutes Read February 9, 2015

SCC orders parliament to reconsider RCMP labour relations

Until last Friday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was Canada’s only police force that was legislatively prohibited from unionizing. On January 16, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled...

Article by McCarthy Tétrault LLP / Employee Relations, Union Relations / Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Collective Bargaining, constitutionality, freedom of association, Industrial Relations, Labour Law, Mounted Police Association of Ontario v. Canada (Attorney General), Public Service Labour Relations Act, Supreme Court of Canada, Trade Union, union, unionizing, Unions

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