Protecting the Charitable Status of Religious Organizations

WHEREAS the NDP-Liberal dominated Finance Committee just recommended that religious organizations such as churches, synagogues, mosques, gurdwaras, and temples be stripped of charitable status.

WHEREAS recommendation 430 of the report endorsed by all parties EXCEPT the Conservatives calls on the government to “Amend the Income Tax Act to provide a definition of a charity which would remove the privileged status of ‘advancement of religion’ as a charitable purpose.”

WHEREAS religious organizations do good work advancing the common good, in Canada and beyond, and rely on charitable status to support their good work through private donations.

We the undersigned call on the Canadian government to reject the absurd mean-spirited attack on religious organizations recommended by the NDP-Liberal dominated Finance Committee.