Regulatory Reform Final Report: Strengthening Canada's Charitable Sector

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Table of Contents:

• Transmittal Letter
• Joint Regulatory Table
• Acknowledgements
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Canada’s voluntary sector
• Process leading to the current review
• A focus on charities
• The current review
• Consulting with Canadians
• Organization of the report
• Chapter 2: Federal Regulation of Charities in Canada
• Registration
• Monitoring
• Sanctions
• Appeals
• Chapter 3: The Regulatory Framework
• Scope and mandate of the federal regulator
• Guiding values
• Support and education
• Profile/visibility of the regulator
• Resources
• Legal principles and powers to determine charitable status
• Coordinated regulation
• The broader voluntary sector
• Administrative mechanisms
• Chapter 4: Accessibility and Transparency
• Introduction
• Documents related to an application
• Documents related to a compliance action
• Documents on a charity’s file that do not relate to either the application for registration or a compliance action of the regulator
• Information not dealing with any specific organization
• Chapter 5: Appeals
• The current environment
• Factors affecting the reform of the existing appeals system
• Reform recommendations
• Chapter 6: Intermediate Sanctions Within the Compliance Regime
• Background
• Factors affecting a fair and effective sanctions regime
• Reform recommendations
• Coordinating the compliance regime with the work of other regulatory agencies
• Accountability and transparency in the proposed compliance regime
• Chapter 7: Institutional Models
• Introduction
• Model 1: Enhanced CCRA
• Model 2: Enhanced CCRA + Voluntary Sector Agency
• Model 3: Enhanced CCRA + Charity Commission
• Model 4: Charity Commission
• Assessment of the institutional models
• Introduction to the analysis matrix
• Appendices
• Appendix 1: Recommendations
• Appendix 2: The Consultation Process
• Appendix 3: The Experience of Other Countries
• Appendix 4: Previous Studies and References

National Library of Canada cataloguing in publication data

Voluntary Sector Initiative (Canada). Joint Regulatory Table

Strengthening Canada’s Charitable Sector : Regulatory Reform : Final Report

Issued also in French under title : Renforcer le secteur des organismes de bienfaisance au Canada : La réforme du cadre réglementaire
Issued also on the Internet.
Co-published by the Voluntary Sector Initiative.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-662-33717-4
Cat. no. Rv4-2/2003E

1. Charity laws and legislation – Canada.
2. Charitable uses – Trusts and foundations – Canada.
3. Nonprofit organizations – Law and legislation – Canada.
4. Charities – Taxation – Canada.
5. Nonprofit organizations – Taxation – Canada.
I. Canada Customs and Revenue Agency.
II. Voluntary Sector Initiative (Canada)

KE5870.V64 2003
346.71’064
C2003-980097-0

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