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In Canada Charities Are Now Political Organizations

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Souliren12/19/2014 6:33:46 pm PST

This doesn’t bother me too much.
If you are a charity that actually does charity work and are claiming charity status because you are primarily a charity then you issue receipts to donors which they can use when they file their taxes.

If you are a charity that sends a portion of your funds to a third party that actually does charity so you can claim charity while spending most of your effort and funds on protest expenses, advertisements and lobbyists then you aren’t a charity. (to me) so they shouldn’t be able to issue receipts to donors.

If the primary activity of your organization is political advocacy whether it is Global warming, anti/pro-< race/country/ethnicity/religion,economic philosophy>, anti/pro seal hunt then I don’t think it is appropriate to grant the ability to issue a receipt for tax purposes.