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The Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act is in force: practical steps for your not-for-profit corporation

October 19, 2021

Canada: “Better late than never” may be the most appropriate saying to describe the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (the ONCA or the Act), proclaimed on October 19, 2021. It has taken over 11 years for Bill 65, An Act to revise the law in respect of not-for-profit corporations, which was introduced by Parliament on May 12, 2010, to finally crystalize into the ONCA.

The Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act – A 10th anniversary non-retrospective

October 25, 2020

In 1971, the British blues rock group Ten Years After released their only hit single: “I’d Love to Change the World,” in which they sang “I’d Love to Change the World / but I don’t know what to do / so I leave it up to you.”

The Nigerian code of corporate governance 2018: a synopsis

April 15, 2020

Nigeria: Introduction In January 2019, the Federal Government of Nigeria unveiled the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance 2018. The Code was published in 2018 by the Financial Reporting Council pursuant to its powers under Sections 11(c) and 51(c) of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria Act 2011 and launched in January 2019.

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