Canadian National Exhibition Association Act

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The Canadian National Exhibition Association Act is an Ontario provincial statute first passed in 1983 and amended in 1999 to establish the governance and operation of the Canadian National Exhibition.

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Changes and non-profit status

The 1999 amendments changed the composition of its membership and of the Board of Directors. [1]

In 2013, the CNEA became an independent non-profit corporation and pays rent to the City of Toronto government to use Exhibition Place (a city-owned property and subject to the City of Toronto Act ). [2] As such CNEA members no longer sit on the Exhibition Place Board. [3]

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References

  1. "Law Document English View". 24 July 2014.
  2. http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/te/comm/communicationfile-34274.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. "Exhibition Place | About Us | the Board of Governors Structure". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-24.