There seems to still be interest in the topic of charities and political activities! My prayers that we focus on more important issues have not been answered. I get calls or emails every few days asking about it. It is not just clients and lawyers but also journalists, students, researchers, charity consultants, activists, or politicians.
If you want to understand the issue you might find our directory of political activities and Canadian charities helpful.
I have also quickly gone through the many blogs and articles in that directory and I have listed here some of the most relevant in reverse chronological order:
- CRA welcomes the Panel Report on the public consultations on charities and political activities
- “Second Thoughts: Why I Changed My Mind About Philanthropy and Public Policy” by David Callahan
- CRA closes consultation on political activities with a press release
- Recording available for CCLA webinar by Mark Blumberg on CRA’s political activities consultation
- Imagine Canada’s Sector Monitor on Political Activities by Canadian charities 2016
- Modernizing charity law in Canada is for now a Pandora’s box
- Canada Without Poverty charter challenge to political activity rules of Canadian charities
- “Donald Trump Accused of Using His Charity as a Political Slush Fund” – The Daily Beast
- Sunny days for charities and political activities? But lack of transparency results in some clouds
- The important charity information British people get to see that Canadians are forbidden from seeing
- Snapshot on Political Activities in the Canadian Charity Sector 2013
- Toronto Star article on Fraser Institute and political activities
- Political Activity Audits and the CRA Program Update 2015
- Which Canadian registered charities spent the most on political activities in 2013?
- Andrew Coyne: “Problem with charities isn’t their politics, it’s their generous tax credit”
- Mark Blumberg’s submission to the Finance Committee for 2015 pre-budget consultations
- Revocation letters by CRA for charities and political activities – over the last 20 years.
- Charity Commission forces “environmental” charity to set up campaigning arm
Download PDF version Some recent blogs on charities and political activities by Mark Blumberg. Yes I know the title is very original. I came up with it myself.