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Canadians have a strong history of giving to support their principles and beliefs. To meet the challenges facing our constitutional freedoms—from government-imposed values tests to campus censorship and speech codes—the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms relies on this tradition.

The Justice Centre is a registered charity (charitable registration number 817174865-RR0001) and issues official tax receipts to donors for donations of $50 or more. The Justice Centre does not ask for, or accept, any government funding. We rely entirely on the generous donations of people like you who support our work to defend freedom in Canada.

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There are many ways to give.

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Leaving a Legacy, with the help of the Justice Centre

There are many ways to leave a legacy gift to support our efforts to defend the constitutional freedoms of Canadians. We do recommend very strongly that you consult your own lawyer for specific information and advice, especially if making changes to your will. Your bequest to the Justice Centre can be directed towards our educational mission, our legal cases, or left to our discretion to use the way we need most.

Canada’s tax laws encourage donations to charities by providing tax credits to donors that reduce the amount of tax their estate will have to pay.  We hope that you will consider amending your will to include a gift to the Justice Centre.  This can be done in a way that allows you to leave a legacy without diminishing your assets today.

In your will, you can designate a specific amount of money, a piece of property, a portion of your estate, or a portion of the “residue” (remainder) of your estate to the Justice Centre, thereby making a memorial contribution to defending the constitutional freedoms of Canadians.

Publicly traded securities (e.g. shares, bonds, mutual funds) can also be designated as your gift and are exempt from capital gains tax when bequeathed to the Justice Centre.

Bequests in your will are flexible, and may be tailored to your specific wishes. Consider these options:

  • Specific/Outright/Percentage bequests

    The simplest way to leave a gift is to designate a specific asset, sum of money, or percentage of your estate as a gift to the Justice Centre in your Will.

  • Residual bequest

    You can specify that the Justice Centre will receive a portion of your estate after debts, taxes, administrative expenses, and other specific bequests have been settled.

  • Residual bequest subject to life interest

    You specify a bequest following the death of certain other beneficiaries who receive the benefit of your estate for their lifetime.

  • Contingent bequest

    You specify that you want the Justice Centre to receive a gift only in the event of the prior death of other beneficiaries.

  • Securities

    Donations of publicly traded securities are now exempt from capital gains tax. Securities may include stocks, bonds, bills, warrants, and futures traded on approved stock exchanges in Canada and certain other countries. They also include mutual funds and employee stock options.

Charitable Will Bequests

A bequest is a way to include the Justice Centre with a donation in your will. Giving a bequest allows you to make a major charitable contribution which may not be possible to make during your lifetime, while reducing the tax payable on your estate. Often called planned giving, it allows you the satisfaction of leaving a lasting legacy by supporting an organization that is meaningful to you. Planned gifts can help secure the future health of the Justice Centre, and offer you the opportunity to support our efforts, reduce income tax and avoid capital gains tax. We can help with planned giving options that work for you.

Donate Life Insurance

Donating your life insurance is one of the easiest ways to make a significant donation to the Justice Centre, while enjoying tax benefits during your lifetime or on your estate.

Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT)

This donation involves the transfer of property (e.g. cash, securities, or real estate) to a registered charity. A charitable remainder trust involves transferring property into a trust whereby the donor retains a life interest in the property but makes an irrevocable gift of the residual interest to a registered charity. A registered charity can issue an official donation receipt for the fair market value of the residual interest in the property at the time that the residual interest goes to the charity.

Donate Stocks & Shares

A donation of publicly-listed stocks, shares or securities is one of the easiest and most effective ways to give, while providing you with significant tax advantages.

Endowment Funds

Creating an endowment is a powerful way to help the Justice Centre fight for constitutional freedoms for all Canadians.

Donating RRSPs or RRIF funds

Donating your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) or Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) is a simple, flexible way to give to the Justice Centre while enjoying tax benefits.

Why you should give to the Justice Centre

When the Justice Centre was founded in 2010, there was already a desperate need for Canadian university students facing censorship to have reliable and competent legal representation, free of charge, from a team of experienced lawyers.

Assaults on campus free speech are a microcosm of the attacks by Canada’s federal and provincial governments and government bodies on our other fundamental freedoms: conscience, religion, association, peaceful assembly, and the right of parents to raise and educate their own children as parents deem best.

Today, the threats to freedom in Canada in society at large are greater and more numerous than we could have anticipated when the Justice Centre was founded 10 years ago. Any way you choose to give to the Justice Centre is critical to our mission to defend the constitutional freedoms of Canadians through litigation and education. We fight for Canada to become and remain a free society, where the equality of all Canadians and their individual freedoms are celebrated and respected.

We know that with your gift, you share in our vision of a free, democratic Canada. We want to thank you for your donation, and for having a lasting impact on the many clients we help because of you.