Friday, April 27, 2012

Politics and charity only mix in a handful of cases, tax returns show - Winnipeg Free Press

Politics and charity only mix in a handful of cases, tax returns show - Winnipeg Free Press: A Canadian Press analysis of the Canada Revenue Agency's charities database found 450 of the 85,000 charities registered in Canada reported spending money on political activities. That's less than one per cent of all charities.

It is possible the actual number could be higher, since charities self-report to the CRA.

Still, the finding that so few charities spend money politicking raises questions about the Conservatives' motivation for further restricting these activities.

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