More about Poverty and Public Benefit— Re Jim Crerar Charitable Trust

Abstract

Abstract In a recent decision, the British Columbia Supreme Court held that a trust created to assist people who had been terminated improperly from their employment was not established for a valid charitable purpose because (a) it was an inefficient method of relieving poverty and (b) may not have assisted a sufficiently large segment of society. Joel Nitikman outlines the facts and reasoning of the Court and suggests that its reasons may not have been altogether correct.