As election expectations ramp up in Canada, here is a thing to know about charity organisations:
"Organizations that devote any part of their resources to the direct or indirect support of or opposition to any political party or candidate for public office will not qualify for registration."
That is at the registration stage, but it's true of maintaining charitable status as well. Charities cannot be politically partisan.
It's more difficult to restore charitable status than to initiate it.
@sumpnlikefaith Churches are supposed to be that way in the US, but apparently nobody really enforces even egregious and open violations.
@AskTheDevil It's pretty shocking how open and egregious they are.
The more violations are left unchecked, the more difficult it will be to check them later.
What's brewing is pretty sinister. The reasons those rules are in place are good, and charities running over them haphazardly without restraint is really dangerous.
@sumpnlikefaith I agree.