{"id":10198,"date":"2025-01-07T10:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=10198"},"modified":"2025-01-07T10:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T17:21:33","slug":"finance-committee-calls-on-canadian-government-to-revoke-charity-status-of-religious-orgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/01\/07\/finance-committee-calls-on-canadian-government-to-revoke-charity-status-of-religious-orgs\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance Committee Calls On Canadian Government To Revoke Charity Status Of Religious Orgs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

First, I hate to post this because of the source, as I’m not a fan of Billy Graham<\/a> or his subversive organizations, and Billy Graham is on record saying that Christ is not the only way to God<\/a>, So Canada is signalling that the OCGFC might be about to take away tax exempt status<\/a> for churches. Here in the U.S. with the creation of income taxes in 1913 came tax exempt status for churches if they stay out of politics. Consequently, the rebellion that led to the country’s founding started from the pulpit over God given freedoms, so churches gave up their voice to hold onto more money which transitioned us to the current church businesses and church buildings (the church of God is the family of true believers worldwide and not a building). And the secularization of society has been so successful with most churches so polluted and worthless, they’re signaling that tax exempt status is coming to an end. And one of main ways the Owners and Controllers of Global Financialized Capital enrich themselves is with tax dollars from the governments they run. It’s a fitting betrayal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) is urging the nation\u2019s minister of finance to reject a recommendation by a House of Commons committee that would remove the charitable status of religious organizations under Canada\u2019s tax laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After holding pre-budget consultations with a number of groups in advance of Canada\u2019s 2025 budget, the Standing Committee on Finance in December presented 462 recommendations<\/a> for the government to implement. Item 430 recommends that the government \u201cAmend the Income Tax Act to provide a definition of a charity which would remove the privileged status of \u2018advancement of religion\u2019 as a charitable purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a letter<\/a> to Minister of Finance Dominic LeBlanc, the EFC noted that more than 30,000 charitable organizations\u2014roughly 42% of Canadian charities\u2014fall under the advancement of religion. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan\u2019s Purse both maintain offices in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe thousands of churches and faith-based organizations across Canada that are religious charities benefit their participants, their communities and Canadian society as a whole,\u201d the letter says. \u201cReligious charities foster vibrant social networks, mobilize outreach, spark local volunteerism and foster community resiliency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter adds, \u201cWe urge you not to follow the recommendation of the Finance Committee, but instead to recognize the relevance and benefits of religion to the charitable sector and Canadian public life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another recommendation from the committee is that the government \u201cNo longer provide charitable status to anti-abortion organizations.\u201d In its letter, the EFC also expressed opposition to that point, stating, \u201cWe have already communicated our deep concern about politicizing the charitable sector and singling out charities on the basis of belief, in previous correspondence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canadian Centre for Christian Charities (CCCC) also responded<\/a> with a letter to LeBlanc and other leaders. In it, the CCCC points out that adopting these recommendations would make it easy for future governments to remove the charitable status of organizations they disagree with. \u201cThis approach to charitable status puts every single Canadian charity at risk,\u201d the CCCC noted. \u201cIt means that every time a new government is elected, new requirements can be imposed and charitable status for specific groups can be in jeopardy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The committee report, with its recommendations, was tabled Dec. 13 in the House of Commons, and the finance minister is not obligated to adopt what the committee recommends, but the CCCC noted that \u201cit is essential to speak out about these recommendations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Decision Magazine<\/em><\/strong>, founded by Billy Graham in 1960, works through its website and monthly magazine to communicate the Gospel, as well as inform and challenge readers about key cultural and Biblical issues.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First, I hate to post this because of the source, as I’m not a fan of Billy Graham or his subversive organizations, and Billy Graham is on record saying that Christ is not the only way to God, So Canada is signalling that the OCGFC might be about to take away tax exempt status for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10198"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10200,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10198\/revisions\/10200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}