Comments on: CRA Winding Down Political Activities Audit Program For Charities – Archived Content

By: Linda Lalonde

Linda Lalonde — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:43:04 +0000

They may have backed off the attack but until the legislation and policies that allowed this to happen are amended, I wouldn’t be resting easy. If a government can do it once, another government could do it again. This offers a breather but the battle is far from over.

By: ann

ann — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:00:30 +0000

Apologies, the last line of the first paragraph should read: “the program that is ending was the 60 additional charities audits that the Conservatives committed funding for.”

By: ann

ann — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 20:58:30 +0000

I feel as though this Government is being unduly celebrated for this press release, which is really just fancy spin by the Minister’s office about a program that was ending anyway. The worry is that the charitable sector is getting duped into thinking the Liberals have swooped in and saved us, when all they’ve really done is not commit more funds to new audits. 90% of the audit program is going forward as intended, the Liberals are carrying on with the remaining 24 audits that are currently in progress. In addition to this, some 800 charities will be audited this year for wide variety of reasons – the program that is ending was the 60 additional charities that the Conservatives committed funding for.
CRA reporting requirements and political activities regulations have not changed, and have not been made more clear by this Government. I think there’s risk in having them believe we think they’ve done us any favours.