ARCHIVED VIDEO STREAM
This is the archived version of a program presented on June 5, 2013. 

We have reached the half-way point in the 3-year transition from the Canada Corporations Act (“CCA”) to the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (“CNCA”), with less than 5% of CCA corporations having completed the transition. The deadline to continue is October 17, 2014, after which the CCA corporation becomes vulnerable to involuntary dissolution. Our panelists have accumulated considerable experience with continuance under the CNCA and have dealt with many practical issues. View this archived video stream and get valuable insight and practical guidance into continuance under the CNCA.

• Step-by-step process continue under the CNCA
• Pre-clearance with CRA Charities Directorate (for registered charities and CAAAs)
• Articles of continuance – contents (including variations depending on whether corporation is soliciting or non-soliciting), approval and filing
• By-laws – contents, timing of approval and filing with Corporations Canada
• Post-continuance organization/filings (including CRA)
• Issues, questions and problems that Corporations Canada has identified with continuance documents submitted for processing
• Other special issues that charities need to know about in respect of continuance   
• Material will include precedent continuance checklist, articles and by-laws based on Corporations Canada’s models

Program Chairs: 
Kimberley A. Cunnington-Taylor, Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP - Ottawa                               
Andrew Valentine, Miller Thomson LLP

Speakers:  
Allen Doppelt, Barrister and Solicitor                            
Wayne Gray, McMillan LLP