Recent Supreme Court Of Canada Decisons

A.Y.S.A. Amateur Youth Soccer Association v. Canada (Revenue Agency)</A>, 2007 SCC 42. The S.C.C. found that, in order to be registered as a charity under s. 149.1(1) of the Income Tax Act, an organization must have a purpose and activities that the common law will recognize as charitable. Sport, in and of itself, is not charitable unless ancillary to another recognized charitable purpose such as education.
 
Named Person v. Vancouver Sun</A>, 2007 SCC 43. The S.C.C. affirms the broad scope of informer privilege and sets out a procedure to be followed where an individual discloses his or her status as a confidential informer during criminal or quasi-criminal proceedings.