Optional incidental and ancillary powers as part of section 5 of the application

• Power to Accumulate
  To accumulate from time to time part of the fund or funds of the corporation and income therefrom subject to any statutes or laws from time to time applicable;
• Power to Solicit Donations and Grants
  To solicit and receive donations, bequests, legacies and grants, and to enter into agreements, contracts and undertakings incidental thereto;
• Power to Receive Personal Property
  To acquire by purchase, contract, donation, legacy, gift, grant, bequest or otherwise, any personal property and to enter into and carry out any agreements, contracts or undertakings incidental thereto, and to sell, dispose of and convey the same, or any part thereof, as may be considered advisable;
• Power to Hold and Dispose of Real Property
  To acquire by purchase, lease, devise, gift or otherwise, real property, and to hold such real property or interest therein necessary for the actual use and occupation of the corporation or for carrying on its charitable undertaking, and, when no longer so necessary, to sell, dispose of and convey the same or any part thereof;
• Power to Hire
  Either: To employ and pay such assistants, clerks, agents, representatives and employees, and to procure, equip and maintain such offices and other facilities and to incur such reasonable expenses, as may be necessary, provided that the corporation shall not pay any remuneration to a Director in any capacity whatsoever;
  Or: To employ and pay such assistants, clerks, agents, representatives and employees, and to procure, equip and maintain such offices and other facilities and to incur such reasonable expenses, as may be necessary, provided that the corporation shall not pay any remuneration to a Director in any capacity whatsoever; and provided that all of the foregoing is subject to sections 23 and 61 of the Trustee Act and any order of the court;
• Power to Cooperate with any Other Charitable Organizations
  To cooperate, liaise, and contract with other charitable organizations, institutions or agencies which carry on similar objects to that of the corporation;
• Power to Participate in the Reorganization of a Company
  To take up proportions of any increased capital of a company or corporation in which the corporation may at any time hold shares or obligations; to purchase any additional shares or obligations in such company or corporation; to join in any plan for the reconstruction or reorganization or for the sale of assets of any company or corporation, or part thereof; to enter into any pooling or other agreement in connection with the shares or obligations of a company or corporation held by the corporation; and to give consent to the creation of any mortgage, lien or indebtedness of any company or corporation whose shares or obligations are held by the corporation; provided, however, that all of the foregoing is subject to the provisions of the Charitable Gifts Act;
• Power to Sue and Compromise Claims
  To demand and compel payment of all sums of money and claims to any real or personal property in which the corporation may have an interest and to compromise any such claims, and generally to sue and be sued in its corporate name;
• Power to Issue Cheques
  To draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue cheques and other negotiable or transferable instruments;
• Power to Pay Costs of Incorporation
  To pay all costs and expenses of, or incidental to, the incorporation.
• Restriction on Powers
  Provided that it shall not be lawful for the corporation directly or indirectly to transact or undertake any business within the meaning of the Loan and Trust Corporations Act.

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