{"id":28924,"date":"2020-04-01T10:09:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T14:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=28924"},"modified":"2020-04-01T11:39:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T15:39:36","slug":"covid-19-bc-ontario-options-for-corporate-agms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2020\/04\/01\/covid-19-bc-ontario-options-for-corporate-agms\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Options for Corporate AGMs in Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706\" data-series-id=\"440\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 13 of 45 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/covid-19\/\">COVID-19<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200324-covid-19-FINAL-10.jpg?resize=625%2C241&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200324-covid-19-FINAL-10.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200324-covid-19-FINAL-10.jpg?resize=300%2C116&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/20200324-covid-19-FINAL-10.jpg?resize=768%2C297&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption>To join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/thegreen.community\/c\/cccc-covid19-response\/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=hangouts&amp;ust=1585836146440000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbBLfPmTETrP2_QxEQSi8QuK0o0w\">click here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ontario<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 31, 2020 the Ontario government issued an Emergency Order that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Allows all corporations under the <em>Corporations Act<\/em> and the <em>Business Corporations Act<\/em> to hold meetings of directors, shareholders and members virtually (electronically or by phone)<\/li><li>Extends the timeframe by which corporations must hold Annual General Meetings (AGMs) in certain circumstances related to COVID-19.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Order is retroactive to March 17, 2020 and can found below and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/regulation\/r20107\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1369\" height=\"1771\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200331-OReg-107-20-ORDER-UNDER-SUBSECTION-7.1-2-OF-THE-ACT-MEETINGS-FOR-CORPORATIONS_Page_1.jpg?fit=625%2C808&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28925\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200331-OReg-107-20-ORDER-UNDER-SUBSECTION-7.1-2-OF-THE-ACT-MEETINGS-FOR-CORPORATIONS_Page_3.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200331-OReg-107-20-ORDER-UNDER-SUBSECTION-7.1-2-OF-THE-ACT-MEETINGS-FOR-CORPORATIONS_Page_3.jpg?resize=1187%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200331-OReg-107-20-ORDER-UNDER-SUBSECTION-7.1-2-OF-THE-ACT-MEETINGS-FOR-CORPORATIONS_Page_3.jpg?resize=1583%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1583w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/20200331-OReg-107-20-ORDER-UNDER-SUBSECTION-7.1-2-OF-THE-ACT-MEETINGS-FOR-CORPORATIONS_Page_3.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Church and charity leaders are invited to share how they are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic within their organization in our online community forum&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thegreen.community\/c\/cccc-covid19-response\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Green: COVID-19 Response Room<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Posted April 1, 2020 @ 10:00am<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pps-series-post-details pps-series-post-details-variant-classic pps-series-post-details-38706 pps-series-meta-excerpt\" data-series-id=\"440\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-content\"><div class=\"pps-series-meta-text\">This entry is part 13 of 45 in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/series\/covid-19\/\">COVID-19<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>Ontario On March 31, 2020 the Ontario government issued an Emergency Order that Allows all corporations under the Corporations Act and the Business Corporations Act to hold meetings of directors, shareholders and members virtually (electronically or by phone) Extends the 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