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Bill 65 Planted by OACAS

September 29, 2010 permalink

We previously reported on Bill 65, the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, on July 24 and September 23. It restricts membership lists of non-profits to persons who are already members or directors. For children's aid societies it would prevent outsiders from getting a list in an effort to influence the voting of members at any meeting of the corporation. It looked like it was some general reform, that only incidentally impacted children's aid societies.

Not so. The Ontario Organization of Children's Aid Societies (OACAS), as a lobbying organization, has filed a report dated June 2010 giving its lobby activities over the last six months and the next six months. Among only five areas is Bill 65.

So they have been caught. Bill 65 is not a reform for non-profits in general, but a plant by children's aid societies to make an end-run around the efforts of John Dunn to prosecute Ottawa CAS for failure to provide a membership list as required by the current law.

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Section F: Lobbying Activities

F.1 Please provide information about the particulars and the focus of your lobbying activities for the current six months:

F.1.B:

Name or Description of Bill or Resolution:

Bill 65 Not-for Profit-Corporations Act. Also Child and Family Services Act (CFSA) 2010 Review may result in lobbying if amendments are proposed

Government Ministries or Agencies you are lobbying:

Members of Provincial Parliament - MPPs Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs Ministry of Children and Youth Services Ministry of Community and Social Services Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services Ministry of Education Ministry of Health and Long-term Care Ministry of the Attorney General Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities Office of the Premier and Cabinet Office Ministry of Finance Ontario Women’s Directorate Child and Family Services Review Board Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council Social Assistance Review Board Ministry of Government Services

F.2 Please provide information about the particulars and the focus of your lobbying activities for the next six months:

F.2.B:

Name or Description of Bill or Resolution:

Bill 65 Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010

Government Ministries or Agencies you are lobbying:

Ministry of Children and Youth Services Ministry of Government Services

Source: Lobbyist Registration of the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies
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