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Federal government appeals decision striking down limits on charities’ political activities, promises new legislation in the fall
In a decision handed down last month, Canada Without Poverty v Canada (AG), 2018 ONSC 4147, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck provisions of the Income Tax Act which “define the extent to which a registered charity may devote its resources to ‘political activities.’ ”Specifically, the court held that limits on charities’ political activities were unenforceable, while those pertaining to partisan activity remained in force: The interpretation and enforcement by CRA of the “substantially all” requirement in Read more…