Ok, then, but just for discussion sake, does that then limit a large portion of what can be deemed a charity (as in CRA charitable status)?
For e.g., just because I referenced it in previous post, Ethical Oil - I think, going off their website - appears to be charitable ("registered non-profit NGO" -
http://www.ethicaloil.org/about/).
Their goal is to get people to use ethical canadian oil...so, then, you can collect donations from people...issue them a receipt for said donations...then take that money that you collected and give to the same people to help them use Canadian oil, preventing their use of apparent "non-ethical oil" from other places.
To note, I'm not picking on Ethical Oil, just using it as an example as it was noted as filing complaints. I've often wondered if charities should have more political sway/activities allowed, regardless what side they fall on (ethical oil vs an environmental org).
More 2-second google news search for background on the audits:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/7-en...dits-1.2526330
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cana...oups-1.2703177