{"id":16581,"date":"2014-01-22T16:38:16","date_gmt":"2014-01-22T21:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=16581"},"modified":"2014-01-24T12:22:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T17:22:55","slug":"manitoba-repeals-charitable-fundraising-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2014\/01\/22\/manitoba-repeals-charitable-fundraising-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba Repeals Charitable Fundraising Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manitoba\u2019s\u00a0charitable\u00a0fundraising law, the\u00a0<i>Charities\u00a0Endorsement\u00a0Act<\/i>, has been repealed, effective December 31, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>This means that\u00a0charities\u00a0in Manitoba are no longer required to register separately with the provincial government to raise funds in that province (although many religious organizations qualified for an exemption under the old law).<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Charities\u00a0Endorsement\u00a0Act<\/i> was repealed by Bill 46, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/web2.gov.mb.ca\/bills\/40-2\/b046e.php\">The Statutes Correction and Minor Amendments Act, 2013<\/a><\/i>. Bill 46 noted that the <i>Charities Endorsement Act <\/i>was repealed along with two other laws that were &#8220;outdated or obsolete&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>All registered charities in Canada are regulated by the federal government under the <i>Income Tax Act<\/i>, but are subject to provincial laws as well. It appears the Manitoba government determined that its fundraising regulatory regime was no longer necessary, although other provinces, including Alberta and Saskatchewan, still have fundraising legislation in place (charities raising funds in those provinces should be aware of the requirements, set out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/bulletin_article\/353\">this CCCC Bulletin Article<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Registered charities in Manitoba continue to be subject to the provisions of the <i>Income Tax Act<\/i>,<i> <\/i>as administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). CRA also regulates charitable fundraising, and has a detailed guidance setting out its position on what fundraising activities are, and are not, acceptable. For more information, see CCCC\u2019s resources on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/members_topic_show\/fundraising_regulation\">Fundraising Regulation<\/a>\u00a0and our previous blog post, <a title=\"4 Ways to Comply with CRA's New Fundraising Guidance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/derek\/2013\/08\/28\/4-ways-to-comply-with-cras-new-fundraising-guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\">4 Ways to Comply with CRA&#8217;s New Fundraising Guidance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manitoba\u2019s\u00a0charitable\u00a0fundraising law, the\u00a0Charities\u00a0Endorsement\u00a0Act, has been repealed, effective December 31, 2013. 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The Charities\u00a0Endorsement\u00a0Act was repealed by Bill 46,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2014\/01\/22\/manitoba-repeals-charitable-fundraising-law\/\" class=\"linkbutton\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ts_fic_featured_image_caption":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-16581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity-law-and-policy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manitoba Repeals Charitable Fundraising Law - CCCC Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2014\/01\/22\/manitoba-repeals-charitable-fundraising-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manitoba Repeals Charitable Fundraising Law - CCCC Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manitoba\u2019s\u00a0charitable\u00a0fundraising law, the\u00a0Charities\u00a0Endorsement\u00a0Act, has been repealed, effective December 31, 2013. 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