Canada Without Poverty v. AG Canada, 2018 ONSC 4147

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeMORGAN
Citation2018 ONSC 4147
Docket NumberCV-16-559339
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
Date16 July 2018
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9 practice notes
  • Table cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Anatomy of an Election. Canada’s Federal General Election of 2019 Through the Lens of Political Law Appendices
    • June 15, 2020
    ...Canada Without Poverty v AG Canada, 2018 ONSC 4147 ....................................... 75–76 CDN Broadcasting Corp, v Attorney General, 2011 ONSC 2281..............................721–22 [ 761 ] ANATOMY OF AN ELECTION Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Tasker and Barton v Conservative P......
  • Diary of Matters of Interest for the 42nd Parliament
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Anatomy of an Election. Canada’s Federal General Election of 2019 Through the Lens of Political Law Part two
    • June 15, 2020
    ...2018. MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018 LITIGATION: he Ontario Superior Court of Justice decided the case of Canada Without Poverty v Canada (AG) , 2018 ONSC 4147. While this case did not deal speciically with an election law issue, it was nonetheless generally relevant to the electoral process, as it ......
  • Advocacy by Charities: What is the Question?
    • Canada
    • Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law No. 6-1, January 2020
    • January 1, 2020
    ...34 on the right to freedom of opinion and expression under Article 19 at para 27. 274. Bill of Rights , supra note 60, ss 3, 29. 275. 2018 ONSC 4147. 276. Noting that the Court of Appeal’s approval of the statements in Human Life International , supra note 79, were contained within the para......
  • Modernizing the 'Definition' of Charity: Charting the Tax Terrain of Statutory Reform
    • Canada
    • Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law No. 6-1, January 2020
    • January 1, 2020
    ...an organization would not quality for tax concessions. 77. See ibid at para 152. 78. See generally Canada Without Poverty v AG Canada , 2018 ONSC 4147 [ Canada Without Poverty ]; see also the fall out surrounding that case: RCPPAC , supra note 3. 79. The statutory framework governing politi......
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2 cases
  • Bodner Estate (Re), 2019 BCSC 237
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court of British Columbia (Canada)
    • February 25, 2019
    ...charitable activities carried on by it. [22]       In Canada Without Poverty v. Attorney General of Canada, 2018 ONSC 4147, the court ordered that the phrase “charitable activities” in s. 149.1(6.2) be read to include political activities in furth......
  • Working Families Ontario v. Ontario,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • June 8, 2021
    ...That said, distinguishing the political from the partisan is a less difficult exercise: Canada Without Poverty v. v. AG Canada, 2018 ONSC 4147, at paras 1-8. For the purposes of the Income Tax Act, for example, the courts have had difficulty distinguishing political activities from charitab......
2 firm's commentaries
  • Policing Fake News And Other Updates: CRA Finalizes CG-027, Public Policy Dialogue And Development Activities By Charities
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 19, 2020
    ...your organization in reviewing and revising its policies with respect to public policy dialogue and development activities. Footnote 1. 2018 ONSC 4147 The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your spec......
  • Political Activities Of Charities
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 9, 2019
    ...should an issue arise. Expenditures on PPDDAs should be properly characterized as they now qualify as charitable activities. Footnotes 1 2018 ONSC 4147. 2 The appeal of the CWP decision was later 3 Report of the Consultation Panel on the Political Activities of Charities (31 March 2017). 4 ......
5 books & journal articles
  • Table cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Anatomy of an Election. Canada’s Federal General Election of 2019 Through the Lens of Political Law Appendices
    • June 15, 2020
    ...Canada Without Poverty v AG Canada, 2018 ONSC 4147 ....................................... 75–76 CDN Broadcasting Corp, v Attorney General, 2011 ONSC 2281..............................721–22 [ 761 ] ANATOMY OF AN ELECTION Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Tasker and Barton v Conservative P......
  • Diary of Matters of Interest for the 42nd Parliament
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Anatomy of an Election. Canada’s Federal General Election of 2019 Through the Lens of Political Law Part two
    • June 15, 2020
    ...2018. MONDAY, JULY 16, 2018 LITIGATION: he Ontario Superior Court of Justice decided the case of Canada Without Poverty v Canada (AG) , 2018 ONSC 4147. While this case did not deal speciically with an election law issue, it was nonetheless generally relevant to the electoral process, as it ......
  • Advocacy by Charities: What is the Question?
    • Canada
    • Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law No. 6-1, January 2020
    • January 1, 2020
    ...34 on the right to freedom of opinion and expression under Article 19 at para 27. 274. Bill of Rights , supra note 60, ss 3, 29. 275. 2018 ONSC 4147. 276. Noting that the Court of Appeal’s approval of the statements in Human Life International , supra note 79, were contained within the para......
  • Modernizing the 'Definition' of Charity: Charting the Tax Terrain of Statutory Reform
    • Canada
    • Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law No. 6-1, January 2020
    • January 1, 2020
    ...an organization would not quality for tax concessions. 77. See ibid at para 152. 78. See generally Canada Without Poverty v AG Canada , 2018 ONSC 4147 [ Canada Without Poverty ]; see also the fall out surrounding that case: RCPPAC , supra note 3. 79. The statutory framework governing politi......
  • Request a trial to view additional results

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