August 11, 2022

The Hidden Legal Risks of Running a Charity Across Borders (and How to Manage Them)

Canadian charities that operate nationally or internationally face a tangled web of legal obligations that extend well beyond the Income Tax Act and CRA registration requirements. This episode walks through the key compliance issues, from trademark licensing between national bodies and chapters, to Quebec's French language requirements, the CRA's direction and control rules for foreign activities, GDPR and AI Act obligations for charities touching the EU, FARA in the United States, and Canada's Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act.

For charity directors, executive directors, and in-house counsel of Canadian nonprofits and charities, it offers a senior practitioner's perspective on where the real risk lives and how to manage it.

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