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How the CRA is Unleashing the Power of Big Money into the Charity Sector as it Plows Ahead on Deregulation

October 10, 2018 by yourworkinggirlsays Leave a Comment

The Department of Finance Canada is about to lift regulations that allowed charities to spend only 10% of their revenue on political activities. “Some charities have argued that the rules on political activities are confusing, overly restrictive and hard to apply in practice while denying charities the ability to participate fully in public policy development,” a […]

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How an Ontario Superior Court Decision Has Remade the Charity Sector, Failed Vulnerable Canadians and Why Some People Are Cheering?

August 22, 2018 by yourworkinggirlsays 5 Comments

On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a controversial 5 – 4 decision on the case of Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission. The decision stated that “political spending is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, and the government may not keep corporations or unions from […]

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The Have and Have-not World of Charity

June 12, 2017 by yourworkinggirlsays 2 Comments

“Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation. POPE FRANCIS A friend came over the other night to cook dinner. Technically, we were cooking dinner together, but at that moment my job was reading news of interest out loud […]

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