{"id":35943,"date":"2022-11-15T13:29:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=35943"},"modified":"2022-11-16T09:12:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:12:12","slug":"charitable-status-open-letter-to-the-minister-of-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2022\/11\/15\/charitable-status-open-letter-to-the-minister-of-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"Charitable Status: Open Letter to the Minister of Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CCCC continues to actively monitor federal challenges to charitable status arising from the December 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/pm.gc.ca\/en\/mandate-letters\/2021\/12\/16\/deputy-prime-minister-and-minister-finance-mandate-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mandate Letters<\/a>. These letters instruct Federal Cabinet Ministers to \u201cmake anti-abortion organizations that provide dishonest counselling to pregnant women about their rights and options ineligible for charitable status.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CCCC agrees that dishonesty is wrong but is concerned about the significant and serious issues this proposal raises &#8211; issues that would impact the entire charitable sector. Over the past year we&#8217;ve written <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/kbm\/Content\/law\/sector-representation\/charitable-status-challenges-1953937282.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several letters<\/a> to Cabinet Ministers about this proposal, expressing concerns also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imaginecanada.ca\/en\/position-federal-proposal-preventing-charitable-status-certain-anti-abortion-organizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared by others<\/a> in the charitable sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve written again to the Minister of Finance by way of an open letter. This open letter reiterates a few of our key concerns and makes specific recommendations. The full text of the letter is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also watch a<a href=\"#video-interview\"> video interview<\/a> between Karen Stiller at The EFC and Deina Warren of the CCCC as they discuss why Canadians need to be aware of these recent challenges to charitable status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Open-Letter-Minister-of-Finance-Re-Charitable-Status_Nov-15_2022-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Open-Letter-Minister-of-Finance-Re-Charitable-Status_Nov-15_2022-1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-71849ca9-de3a-4b2f-a1ac-0a1537bfa2b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Open-Letter-Minister-of-Finance-Re-Charitable-Status_Nov-15_2022-1.pdf\">Open-Letter-Minister-of-Finance-Re-Charitable-Status_Nov-15_2022-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Open-Letter-Minister-of-Finance-Re-Charitable-Status_Nov-15_2022-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-71849ca9-de3a-4b2f-a1ac-0a1537bfa2b0\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open Letter to the Minister of Finance: Full Text<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Hon. Minister Freeland,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand that the <a href=\"https:\/\/pm.gc.ca\/en\/mandate-letters\/2021\/12\/16\/deputy-prime-minister-and-minister-finance-mandate-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prime Minister\u2019s mandate letter instructs<\/a> you, as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, to introduce amendments to &nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canlii.org\/en\/ca\/laws\/stat\/rsc-1985-c-1-5th-supp\/latest\/rsc-1985-c-1-5th-supp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Income Tax Act<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>(\u201c<em>ITA<\/em>\u201d) in order to \u201cmake anti-abortion organizations that provide dishonest counselling to pregnant women about their rights and options ineligible for charitable status\u201d (\u201cMandate Letters\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian Centre for Christian Charities (CCCC) believes in a transparent, accountable, and effective charitable sector. To be abundantly clear, as a Christian organization, CCCC agrees that dishonesty is wrong. We do not and would not support charities that conduct their activities in dishonest ways, regardless of their charitable purposes or objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the proposal raises many significant and serious issues that would impact the entire charitable sector. Since we first raised concerns about this matter in our letter of November 24, 2021, we have asked for the government to engage stakeholders such as CCCC on this matter and have continued to make ourselves available for collaborative discussions about the proposed <em>ITA<\/em> amendments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, we have not been taken up on our offer, nor have we received any reply that addresses this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the absence of an opportunity for collaborative discussion, we write this open letter to reiterate a few of our key concerns with the government\u2019s proposal and to make specific recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concerns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concern #1: Politicizing charitable status<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mandate Letters do not, on their face, seek to address \u201cdishonest counselling\u201d generally, but only that which is allegedly provided by organizations with a certain perspective. By singling out a subset of charities based on a position or beliefs about a particular issue, the proposal appears to be motivated solely by political considerations. As such, it is an unwarranted politicization of charitable status that puts all charities at risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concern #2: Long-term Impact<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If an organization\u2019s charitable status is at risk simply because its views or beliefs are different than those of the government, all charities are at risk. It means that every time the government adopts a new view or political priority, or any time a new government is elected, charitable status for specific groups could be in jeopardy and charities may be singled out for additional monitoring or audits simply because they hold different views than the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concern #3: Lack of Data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mandate Letters are troubling because of their vague assertions and unproven assumptions of dishonesty toward a specific subset of charities. The government must (a) clearly define what it means by the terms \u201cdishonest,\u201d \u201cdishonest counselling,\u201d and \u201canti-abortion organizations,\u201d and (b) substantiate the basis for these allegations with objective data that would justify such drastic action as making organizations ineligible for charitable status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concern #4: Jeopardizes A Diverse Charitable Sector<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada is a diverse and pluralistic nation. Its diversity is represented in many ways, including through the diversity of its charitable organizations. When it comes to all matters of conscience, belief, and non-belief it is incumbent on the government to neither \u201cfavour nor hinder any particular belief, and the same holds true for non-belief\u201d(<a href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/gh67c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Mouvement la\u00efque qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/gh67c\"> <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/gh67c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>v Saguenay (City)<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>2015 SCC 16 at para 72 [<em>Saguenay<\/em>]). It is very dangerous territory when a government wades into debates over matters of opinion, even those that are strongly held. One only need recall the scrutiny environmental charities endured, both federally and provincially, to see the danger of characterizing an opinion as \u201cdishonest\u201d simply because a government may disagree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Concern #5: <em>Charter<\/em> Infringements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This proposal raises many potential <em>Charter<\/em> infringements. Here we highlight only two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Freedom of expression<\/span> ensures that everyone can express their thoughts, opinions, and beliefs, however unpopular or contrary to the mainstream (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/1ft6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irwin Toy Ltd. V Quebec (Attorney General)<\/a>, <\/em>[1989]1 SCR 927at 968). Freedom to fully and openly express views on social and political issues is fundamental to democracy and therefore to all other <em>Charter <\/em>rights and freedoms. Restrictions that touch the core of social and political issues raise concerns about the \u201cdangers inherent in state censorship of such debate\u201d (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/1fsr1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">R. v. Keegstra<\/a><\/em>, [1990] 3 SCR 697 at 849).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Freedom of religion<\/span><strong> <\/strong>means the government must preserve a neutral public space where there is \u201ctrue freedom to believe or not to believe.\u201d Neutrality does not mean \u201cthe homogenization of private players in that space.\u201d Rather, neutral public spaces \u201cpreserve and promote the multicultural heritage of Canadian society\u201d (<em>Saguenay<\/em> at para 74). As one author has put it, \u201cthe state should be secular so that citizens do not have to be\u201d (Paul Marshall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.proquest.com\/docview\/2532408978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institutional Religious Freedom: An Overview and Defense<\/a>, <em>Religions<\/em> 12(5):365 at p 20, citing C\u00e9cile Laborde, <em>Liberalism\u2019s Religion<\/em> (Cambridge: Harvard University Press) at 125.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommendations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommendation #1: Existing Tools Are Sufficient<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has substantial tools at its disposal to address fraudulent actors and dishonest reporting that rightly fall within the parameters of the <em>ITA<\/em> \u2013 we encourage the government to review the robust compliance mechanisms currently available to CRA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, CRA can review whether a charity\u2019s activities align with the activities and purposes it identified during the registration process. This is a well-established, education-first, and procedurally fair process. Charities engaging in conduct that falls outside the scope of their approved purposes and activities would rightly merit scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further, dishonesty is already addressed in the <em>ITA<\/em>. Charities that make false statements in circumstances that amount to culpable conduct (s 149.1(4.1)(c), 168(1)(d) <em>ITA<\/em>) can lose charitable registration. Similarly, charities are prohibited from having directors, trustees, officers or like officials who, among other things, have been convicted of crimes involving financial dishonesty (s 149.1(1)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are just a few examples of how CRA ensures charities are operating in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. If CRA\u2019s existing tools are inadequate, the government must clearly state how and why these tools are insufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommendation #2: Disclose Data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Decisions impacting the charitable sector should be evidence-based. As the Special Senate Committee on the Charitable Sector emphasized in its report, <a href=\"https:\/\/sencanada.ca\/en\/info-page\/parl-42-1\/cssb-catalyst-for-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Catalyst for Change<\/em><\/a>, data is necessary \u201cto support the evidence base for decisions\u201d within the sector. Similarly, the Advisory Committee on the Charitable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/programs\/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra\/corporate-reports-information\/advisory-committee-charitable-sector\/report-advisory-committee-charitable-sector-july-2021.html#h5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sector Data Working Group<\/a> is focusing its work to support the \u201cGovernment\u2019s capacity to make evidence-based decisions on the issues and priorities of the sector.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Changes that could implicate charitable registration are serious and significant. Any such changes must be evidence-based. We would therefore recommend that the government disclose the data on which it is relying for its proposed changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Should the government choose to push forward despite these concerns, we expect it will first demonstrate how any change would, at minimum, meet a variety of prerequisites such as transparency in purpose, legislative authority for its use, <em>Charter<\/em> compliance, alignment with CRA\u2019s education-first compliance approach, procedural fairness, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, we trust that, given the concerns about politicizing charitable status shared broadly across the charitable sector, and the existing compliance mechanisms available to CRA, the policy proposal set out in the Mandate Letters will not be pursued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always, CCCC remains available and willing to participate in meaningful and collaborative discussions on this issue. We look forward to hearing from and working with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadian Centre for Christian Charities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"video-interview\">Interview with The EFC<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Canadians need to be aware of recent charitable status challenges\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FbuGNHLDXGs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Why Canadians need to be aware of recent charitable status challenges<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CCCC continues to actively monitor federal challenges to charitable status arising from the December 2021 Mandate Letters. 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