If an NGO is engaged in business, then it will no longer be exempt under this act. It doesn't mean that NGOs or charities will always be subject to the act; they will only be subject to the extent that they are involved in business. Business is defined in the bill as “any business, profession, trade, calling, manufacture or undertaking of any kind carried on in Canada or elsewhere”. What's coming out is “for profit”. If they are carrying on a business, profession, trade, calling, manufacture, then they would be subject to the act. As to mere delivery of aid, it is questionable whether or not that would constitute a business under the act. My instinct tells me it would not, but I don't know for sure.
