Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

How do we prevent another disaster like the bombing of Air India flight 182 from ever happening again?

This was the question at the heart of the Inquiry into the Air India bombing and the investigation that dragged on with little result for decades after the attack. Read more…

Can China create a culture of charity? We are already seeing signs that the answer is yes.

China’s charity policy was still in its early stages when this National Post feature on Blake Bromley was published on July 25, 2006. Read more…

Imagination is not a word people tend to associate with the Canadian Revenue Agency.

This is proved time and again. Most recently, in this week’s Globe and Mail’s feature about brothers Marc and Craig Kielburger, co-founder and founder respectively of the Free the Children Foundation.

I have never met Marc or Craig Kielburger and have had no dealings with Free the Children or other organizations related to them. However, I have practiced charity law in Canada and around the globe since before Craig was born. So, I immediately identified with the line in article that said, “as the Kielburger empire has grown, it’s run into the limits of what the Canadian system imagines a charity able to do.” Read more…