BC Tables New Societies Act

Yesterday, British Columbia’s Minister of Finance tabled a bill that would replace the province’s existing Societies Act, which contains certain significant differences.  A full version of the bill is available here: https://www.leg.bc.ca/40th4th/1st_read/gov24-1.htm.  This comes after a White Paper released last summer, which included draft legislation.  The White Paper is available here: http://www.fin.gov.bc.ca/pld/fcsp/pdfs/SocietyActWhitePaper.pdf.

 

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