PEN Canada Applauds “Winding Down” of Political Activity Audits for Charities
PEN Canada welcomed news that the Canada Revene Agency (CRA) is “winding down” their audits of registered charities’ political activities.
Tag: CRA
Free Expression Matters: Political Activity Audits
In this third instalment of Free Expression Matters we look at the Canada Revenue Agency’s practice of auditing charities for “political activity”.
Freedom of Expression In Canada Needs Resuscitation
If freedom of expression in Canada were a medical patient, it would be dangerously close to needing life support.
Charities, Politics, and PEN
In this excerpt, Hank Bulmash looks at recent examples of charities that have undergone audits and how the government has used the Canada Revenue Agency to wage a “war against charities.”
PEN concerned by CRA actions towards ‘partisan’ charities
On November 19, 2012 PEN Canada voiced concerns that the “vague language of the Income Tax Act gives government officials discretionary powers that are overbroad and easily abused” with respect …
CRA Caution to Canadian Mennonite May be Part of a Pattern
The last parliamentary budget included $8 million for the express purpose of CRA purging its rolls of charitable organizations it deemed unworthy of the status.
CRA Policy on ‘Partisan’ Charities Stifles Debate
PEN Canada today voiced concerns that current law and policy on partisan activities by charitable organizations muzzles political dissent and stifles public debate within Canada.