Industry Canada
July 30, 2014 Maanit Zemel Anti-spam, Do-not-Call, Board of Directors, Process and Responsibilities, Business and Legal Issues, Charities, Corporate Governance, E-Commerce, Finance and Accounting, Financial Compliance / Planning / Management, IT, Privacy and Security, Mobile Device Management, Network, Systems and Data Security, Not for Profit, Privacy Compliance and Management, Records Management and Retention, Sales, Marketing and Operations, Systems and Data Management
What about registered charities? Are they required to comply with CASL’s requirements or are they exempt from compliance? The answer to that question was made somewhat clearer on July 4, 2014.
alleged violations of CASL, Canada's anti-spam legislation, CASL does not regulate “spam”, CASL’s charities exemption, CEMs, commercial electronic messages, complaints filed with the CRTC, Does CASL apply to Charities?, emails, emails promoting charitable events, Industry Canada, instant messages, messages sent by electronic means, primary purpose test, raising funds, Registered charities, texts
July 21, 2014 Adam Gorley Accounting Systems and Controls, Budgeting and Auditing, Business and Legal Issues, Corporate Administration, Corporate Governance, Finance and Accounting, Financial Compliance / Planning / Management, Fraud and Corruption, Income Tax Planning / Tax Schedules / Remittances, Intellectual Property, IP, Records Management and Retention
Industry Canada sought public input on the state and future of Canada’s insolvency legislation through early 2014. Interested parties can review the issues in the agency’s discussion paper on the statutory review of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.
assets, bankruptcy, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, Canada Business Corporations Act, CCAA prodeedings, commercial insolvency, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, competing interests, copyright, Industry Canada, insolvency, insolvency legislation, IP rights, patented items, restructuring, transparency
January 20, 2014 Adam Gorley Corporate Governance, Finance and Accounting
The Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) last underwent significant change in 2001, and Industry Canada believes conditions have changed enough since then that it’s time for another review. The department is accepting input until March 11, 2014, on the following topics…
accountability, arrangements, beneficial owners of shares, board accountability, board diversity, Canada Business Corporations Act, CBCA, consolidation of shares, corporate social responsibility, corporate transparency, CSR, dissolved corporations, diversity, executive compensation, going-private transactions, incorporation structure, Industry Canada, legal compliance, non-distributing corporations, property vested in the Crown, proxies, proxy circular, revival of dissolved corporations, rights of registered shareholders, securities, securities transfers, shareholder and board communication, shareholder rights, shareholder threshold, shareholder voting, shareholders' right of dissent, socially responsible enterprises, soliciting proxies, squeeze-out transaction, threshold exception, transparency
December 11, 2013 Adam Gorley Anti-spam, Do-not-Call, Business and Legal Issues, Corporate Governance, E-Commerce, IT, Privacy and Security, Not for Profit, Sales, Marketing and Operations
After three years of waiting, Industry Canada has finalized the Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations and set a date for Canada’s anti-spam legislation to come into force. Canada’s anti-spam legislation will be phased in over four years starting July 1, 2014—seven short months from now.
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January 16, 2013 Adam Gorley Anti-spam, Do-not-Call, Business and Legal Issues, Corporate Governance, E-Commerce, Finance and Accounting, IT, Privacy and Security, Not for Profit, Sales, Marketing and Operations
It feels like we’ve been saying this for years now, but, as we reported again last Monday. Canadian businesses can expect new legislation governing commercial electronic communication and spam in the coming months.
anti-spam legislation, anti-spam regulations, business, Canadian anti-spam legislation, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, CEMs, commercial electronic message, commercial electronic messages, compliance, compliance plan, consent, CRTC, electronic commerce, email, express consent, implied consent, Industry Canada, mechanism to unsubscribe, online, spam
June 6, 2011 Adam Gorley Finance and Accounting
Canadians are pretty good at creating businesses that last, according to a new study by the Chartered General Accountants’ Association of Canada. Around 85 percent of new Canadian businesses survive for a year, 62 percent make it at least three years and 51 percent are still going after five years. The Business Development Bank of Canada puts this last number above 66 percent.
BDC, bureaucracy, Business Development Bank of Canada, CGA-Canada, Chartered General Accountants’ Association of Canada, compliance, education, entrepreneurs, income tax, Industry Canada, innovation, national entrepreneurship strategy, productivity, red tape, regulatory compliance, skilled labour, small and medium enterprises, small business, small business financing, SMEs, tax, tax compliance, training
