Columnists
Edward Hyland, Pro Bono
| Registered charities in Canada find themselves increasingly drawn to find ways of operating through partnerships and networks, but there are legal impediments they face in doing their work. |
Columnists
Ole Hendrickson
| The Trudeau government has decided to appeal the Ontario Superior Court ruling that would have allowed charities to do their work on behalf of Canadians, free from political harassment. |
Columnists
Duncan Cameron
| The power of the tax system reaches deep into the conduct of politics. Not only do taxes fund government spending, tax rules empower some groups while disempowering others. |
Columnists
Pro Bono, Brian Iler
| The Ontario Superior Court's decision this week was a huge relief to those many charities that suffered through Stephen Harper's politically motivated Canada Revenue Agency audits. |
Columnists
Edward Hyland, Pro Bono
| Increasingly, charities are looking at using their funds and other resources to contribute to positive social change, as well as to obtain a financial return. But does the law permit them to do so? |
Blog
Ed Finn
| The magnitude of this massive avoidance (if not evasion) of taxes in Canada is not yet known by most Canadians. It comes to at least $10 billion per year lost in tax revenue. |
Blog
Ed Finn
| Secreting wealth in tax havens deprives Canadian governments of massive amounts of tax revenue every year. |
Blog
Brent Patterson
| The Council of Canadians calls for tax justice following Paradise Papers investigation. |
Columnists
Linda McQuaig
| We are dealing with more than the struggling family farmer or Mom-and-Pop convenience store owner |
Blog
Linda Leon
| In spite of narrow one-sided papers posing as objective scholarly studies and ad hominem criticism of sitting politicians, the Fraser Institute has had charitable status since 1974. |
Columnists
Pro Bono, Brian Iler
| Charities, as advocates for the public interest, should be at least as unfettered as the voices of private interests when engaging in advocacy that advances their charitable purposes. |
Columnists
Murray Dobbin
| At a time when more and more attention is being paid to off-shore tax havens and the billions we lose to them, Canada needs to make an example of this irresponsible corporate "citizen." |