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The Income Tax Act does not define "charity" and Canada uses a common law definition, namely purposes that fall within the four "heads" of charity: the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the advancement of religion, [3] or other purposes that benefit the community in a way the courts have said are charitable.
Sunday-closing laws provided an enforced day of rest for many workers. In English Canada, the Presbyterian Church led the way in advocating laws supporting Sunday as a strict, religious day of rest. They did not seek an alliance with labour on this, [18] though, labour movements and the Presbyterians shared a common interest. The alliance ...
Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, 1873 to 1900 at Canadiana.org; Acts of the Parliament (of the Dominion) of Canada, 1901 to 1997 at the Internet Archive; Acts of the Parliament of Canada, 1987 to 2022 at the Government of Canada Publications catalogue. Official Justice Laws Website of the Canadian Department of Justice
Statutory Orders and Regulations (SOR) is a legal term and filing system that allows the Government of Canada to function by regulation subsidiary to legislation. SOR documents are published in the Canada Gazette. [1] [2] [3] [4]
They are organized by alphabetical order and are updated and amended by the Government of Canada from time to time. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Revised Statutes of Canada (RSC) consolidates current federal laws in force, incorporating amendments into acts, adding new substantive acts enacted since the last revision and deleting rescinded acts.
In September 2008, a 393-page report sponsored by several Canadian newspaper groups, compared Canada's Access to Information Act to the FOI laws of the provinces and of 68 other nations titled: Fallen Behind: Canada's Access to Information Act in the World Context. [8] In 2009, The Walrus (magazine) published a detailed history of FOI in Canada ...
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Written by leading practitioners, jurists and academics, Halsbury’s Laws of Canada is an authoritative exposition of Canadian statutes, regulations and case law. It provides definitive information about black-letter law, without opinion or commentary, and without archival cases or outdated statutory references (except where necessary). [ 1 ]