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Tick Tock: It's time to continue under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act

According to data obtained from Corporations Canada, as of September 1st, only 1,663 out of approximately 25,000 corporations have made the corporate changeover to the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act . Recognizing that many of these corporations are inactive, that still leaves thousands of corporations to continue by the October 17, 2014 deadline.

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Ontario Not-for-profit Corporations Act delayed

I've lost count of the coming-into-force dates the government has set for the Ontario Not-for-profit Corporations Act to take effect, but this time at least it seems there's a clear reason. The previous estimate for the law to come into force was July of this year; the new estimated date is "no earlier than" January 2014.

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Government plans to implement Ontario Not-for-profit Corporations Act July 2013

Ontario plans to implement its Not-for-profit Corporations Act (ONCA) in July of this year. In the unlikely event that you haven't been paying attention, the ONCA will replace the Ontario Corporations Act for not-for-profit organizations that are incorporated in the province (as opposed to federally). Broadly, the changes will...

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