{"id":38698,"date":"2025-11-04T12:46:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=38698"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:46:50","slug":"federal-government-will-not-remove-advancement-of-religion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2025\/11\/04\/federal-government-will-not-remove-advancement-of-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Government Will Not Remove Advancement of Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There has been a lot of speculation and inaccurate information circulating about whether recommendation 430<\/a> would be part of the federal budget to be released later today. Recommendation 430 proposed to \u201cremove the privileged status of advancement of religion as a charitable purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 31, the government confirmed that it <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cis not considering amending the Income Tax Act to remove the advancement of religion as a qualifying charitable purpose, nor is it actively developing policy on this issue<\/u><\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The Minister\u2019s confirmation aligns with everything CCCC has heard from our own sources and those shared with CCCC by other stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister of Finance and National Revenue affirmed the government\u2019s position in response to Petition e-6585<\/a>. Below is the full response (emphasis added):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Response by the Minister of Finance and National Revenue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Signed by The Honourable Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government of Canada recognizes the vital role that charities, including religious charities, play in delivering essential services to some of the most vulnerable in Canadian society. To support their important work, registered charities are granted significant tax benefits and privileges, including the ability to issue official donation receipts for the gifts they receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the Income Tax Act<\/em>, an organization may only qualify for charitable registration where it is established exclusively for charitable purposes and devotes all its resources to achieving those purposes. The legal interpretation of \u201ccharitable purposes\u201d has developed over time to include the relief of poverty, the advancement of religion, the advancement of education, and other purposes recognized as charitable, such as the promotion of health or the protection of the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Canada is home to over 85,000 registered charities, representing a wide variety of causes, beliefs, and interests. Registration as a charity does not indicate government endorsement of an organization\u2019s specific goals or views. Instead, it confirms that the organization meets certain conditions, including that it is constituted and operated exclusively for charitable purposes. These benefits are extended to a broad range of organizations providing socially beneficial activities to the public, from educational institutions to religious organizations, as long as they meet the legal requirements for registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Government of Canada is not considering amending the Income Tax Act to remove the advancement of religion as a qualifying charitable purpose, nor is it actively developing policy on this issue.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For more information about CCCC advocacy work around recommendation 430, see CCCC Signs Lawyers Letters Concerning Charitable Status<\/a>, CCCC Response to Troubling Recommendations on Charitable Status<\/a>, Staying Informed About Charitable Status<\/a> and CCCC 2025 Federal Pre-Budget Submissions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each presents different perspectives and focus on different\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Advocacy"","block_context":{"text":"Advocacy","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/category\/advocacy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38246,"url":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2024\/12\/20\/cccc-responds-to-troubling-recommendations-on-charitable-status\/","url_meta":{"origin":38698,"position":2},"title":"CCCC Responds to Troubling Recommendations on Charitable Status","author":"Deina Warren","date":"December 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (Committee) released Report 21, Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget. Buried in the 300-page report are two deeply troubling recommendations about charitable status. Namely, that the government: No longer provide charitable status to anti-abortion organizations (#429); Amend the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"advancing religion\"","block_context":{"text":"advancing religion","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/tag\/advancing-religion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-3-300x251-1.png?fit=251%2C251&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":38596,"url":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2025\/08\/21\/cccc-2025-federal-pre-budget-submissions\/","url_meta":{"origin":38698,"position":3},"title":"CCCC 2025 Federal Pre-Budget Submissions","author":"Deina Warren","date":"August 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"CCCC submitted a brief to both the House Finance Committee and the Department of Finance for 2025 pre-budget consultations, making the same recommendations in each. We made four recommendations including Publish the advancement of religion guidance, End the politicization of charitable status, Improve the Canada Summer Jobs program, and Develop\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PreBudgetSubmission-300-x-300-px.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27407,"url":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/intersection\/2018\/04\/10\/call-for-papers-the-advancement-of-religion-as-charitable-public-benefit\/","url_meta":{"origin":38698,"position":4},"title":"CALL FOR PAPERS: The Advancement of Religion as Charitable Public Benefit","author":"cccc","date":"April 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"CALL FOR PAPERS The Advancement of Religion as Charitable Public Benefit During the Trinity Western University Law School case hearing at the Supreme Court of Canada on December 1, 2017, Canadian Bar Association lawyer Susan Ursel was questioned by Justice Malcolm Rowe about the CBA\u2019s position that the accreditation of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Law and religion; Advancement of Religion; Charity Law\"","block_context":{"text":"Law and religion; Advancement of Religion; Charity Law","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/tag\/law-and-religion-advancement-of-religion-charity-law\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26433,"url":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2017\/10\/26\/cra-draft-advancement-of-religion-guidance-released-by-access-to-information-request\/","url_meta":{"origin":38698,"position":5},"title":"CRA Draft Advancement of Religion Guidance Released by Access to Information Request","author":"Deina Warren","date":"October 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Authored by Philip A.S. 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