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What is the CRA policy on political advocacy activities carried out by registered charities?
January 6, 2014 Jeffrey Sherman Corporate Governance, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit, Sales, Marketing and Operations

Registered charities have special concerns when it comes to the legal and administrative application of the Income Tax Act. To maintain charitable status under the Act, a charity must devote substantially all of its resources to charitable purposes and activities—and avoid excessive political activity…
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Canadian charity law checklist features compliance issues
July 25, 2011 Adam Gorley Corporate Governance, Finance and Accounting, Not for Profit
Charity and non-profit lawyer Mark Blumberg offers a compliance checklist for Canadian charities via the GlobalPhilanthropy.ca charity assistance project.
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