
<rss version="2.0"
xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" 
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" 
>

<channel>
     <title>The Narwhal</title>
     <link>https://thenarwhal.ca</link>
     <description>Deep Dives, Cold Facts, &#38; Pointed Commentary</description>
     <language>en-US</language>
     <atom:link href="https://thenarwhal.ca/tag/cra/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
      <copyright>Copyright 2026 The Narwhal</copyright>
     <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
     <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>

     <item>
          <title>Feds appeal freedom of expression ruling for charities</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/feds-appeal-freedom-expression-ruling-charities/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7533</guid>
          <description>Trudeau government simultaneously promises to introduce legislation this fall to remove restrictions on activities</description>
          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

                    <category> In-Depth </category>
          
                         <category>
               charity               </category>
                              <category>
               charity law               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               Democracy               </category>
                              <category>
               nonprofit               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_0999-e1534461106971-1024x565.png" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/IMG_0999-e1534461106971-1024x565.png" />
                                <media:description>Illustration on muzzling of charities</media:description>
                  
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>The unmuzzling of Canadian charities</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/the-unmuzzling-of-canadian-charities/</link>
          <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2018 23:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=7102</guid>
          <description>If Ontario court ruling stands, a ‘new world’ awaits</description>
          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

                    <category> In-Depth </category>
          
                         <category>
               charity               </category>
                              <category>
               charity law               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               Democracy               </category>
                              <category>
               nonprofit               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Buenos-Aires-Newspaper-Nov-2015-e1532214807836.jpg" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Buenos-Aires-Newspaper-Nov-2015-e1532214807836.jpg" />
                                <media:description>Leila Farha</media:description>
                  
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>Trudeau Instructs Minister of National Revenue to Free Charities from Political Harassment</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/trudeau-instructs-minister-finance-free-charities-political-harassment/</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2015 22:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/11/18/trudeau-instructs-minister-finance-free-charities-political-harassment/</guid>
          <description></description>
          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

                    <category> News </category>
          
                         <category>
               audits               </category>
                              <category>
               charitable law               </category>
                              <category>
               charities               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               Justin Trudeau               </category>
                              <category>
               National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier               </category>
                              <category>
               News               </category>
                              <category>
               Policy               </category>
                              <category>
               politically motivated audits               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Diane-Lebouthillier.jpg" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Diane-Lebouthillier.jpg" />
                            
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>Fraser Institute and Other Right-Wing Charities Underreporting Political Activities to CRA: Broadbent Institute Report</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/fraser-institute-and-other-right-wing-charities-underreporting-political-activities-cra-broadbent-institute-report/</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2015 23:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/09/28/fraser-institute-and-other-right-wing-charities-underreporting-political-activities-cra-broadbent-institute-report/</guid>
          <description></description>
          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

          
                         <category>
               Atlantic Institute for Market Studies               </category>
                              <category>
               audits               </category>
                              <category>
               Broadbent Institute               </category>
                              <category>
               C.D. Howe Institute               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Revenue Agency               </category>
                              <category>
               Canadian Constitution Foundation               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               Energy Probe Research Foundation               </category>
                              <category>
               Focus on the Family               </category>
                              <category>
               Frontier Centre for Public Policy               </category>
                              <category>
               Jonathan Sas               </category>
                              <category>
               Macdonald-Laurier Institute               </category>
                              <category>
               Montreal Economic Institute               </category>
                              <category>
               Policy               </category>
                              <category>
               politically motivated audits               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Broadbent-Institute-CRA-report.png" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Broadbent-Institute-CRA-report.png" />
                            
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>Ongoing Audits of Canada’s Charities a Violation of Human Rights, United Nations Hears</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/ongoing-audits-canada-s-charities-violation-human-rights-united-nations-hears/</link>
          <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/07/07/ongoing-audits-canada-s-charities-violation-human-rights-united-nations-hears/</guid>
          <description></description>
          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

          
                         <category>
               Canada               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Revenue Agency               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Without Poverty               </category>
                              <category>
               charities               </category>
                              <category>
               charity law               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               politically motivated audits               </category>
                              <category>
               Society               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/United-Nations-Human-Rights-Council-room.jpg" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/United-Nations-Human-Rights-Council-room.jpg" />
                            
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>To Be or Not to Be Charitable? Canada’s Law Stuck in Shakespearean Times</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/be-or-not-be-charitable-canada-s-law-stuck-shakespearean-times/</link>
          <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2015 16:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/04/09/be-or-not-be-charitable-canada-s-law-stuck-shakespearean-times/</guid>
          <description></description>
          <dc:creator>Carol Linnitt</dc:creator>

                    <category> In-Depth </category>
          
                         <category>
               audits               </category>
                              <category>
               charitable law               </category>
                              <category>
               charity               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               environmental law               </category>
                              <category>
               Income Tax Act               </category>
                              <category>
               Kathryn Chan               </category>
                              <category>
               Pemsel Case Foundation               </category>
                              <category>
               Peter Broder               </category>
                              <category>
               politically motivated audits               </category>
                              <category>
               Society               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/David-Garrick.jpg" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/David-Garrick.jpg" />
                            
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>UVic Report Calling for Updates to Charities Law Creates Stir</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/uvic-report-calling-updates-charities-law-creates-stir/</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/03/30/uvic-report-calling-updates-charities-law-creates-stir/</guid>
          <description></description>
          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

          
                         <category>
               Bill Schaper               </category>
                              <category>
               Broadbent Institute               </category>
                              <category>
               Calvin Sandborn               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Revenue Agency               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Without Poverty               </category>
                              <category>
               Charitable Law Reform               </category>
                              <category>
               charitable sector               </category>
                              <category>
               charities               </category>
                              <category>
               charities commission               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               david suzuki foundation               </category>
                              <category>
               Ecology Action Centre               </category>
                              <category>
               Enbridge               </category>
                              <category>
               enbridge northern gateway               </category>
                              <category>
               Environmental Defence               </category>
                              <category>
               Environmental Law Centre               </category>
                              <category>
               Equiterre               </category>
                              <category>
               Imagine Canada               </category>
                              <category>
               Income Tax Act               </category>
                              <category>
               nonprofit sector               </category>
                              <category>
               nonprofits               </category>
                              <category>
               Northern Gateway               </category>
                              <category>
               oxfam               </category>
                              <category>
               policy advocacy               </category>
                              <category>
               political activities               </category>
                              <category>
               Tax Audits of Environmental Groups: The Pressing Need for Law Reform               </category>
                              <category>
               Tim Gray               </category>
                              <category>
               Tobacco industry               </category>
                              <category>
               University of Victoria               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/feeling-audited.jpg" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/feeling-audited.jpg" />
                            
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>Canada’s Charitable Law Urgently Needs Reforming: New UVic Report</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-charitable-law-urgently-needs-reform-uvic-report/</link>
          <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/03/25/canada-charitable-law-urgently-needs-reform-uvic-report/</guid>
          <description></description>
          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

                    <category> News </category>
          
                         <category>
               Broadbent Institute               </category>
                              <category>
               Calvin Sandborn               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Revenue Agency               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Without Poverty               </category>
                              <category>
               Charitable Law Reform               </category>
                              <category>
               charitable sector               </category>
                              <category>
               charities               </category>
                              <category>
               charities commission               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               david suzuki foundation               </category>
                              <category>
               Ecology Action Centre               </category>
                              <category>
               Enbridge               </category>
                              <category>
               enbridge northern gateway               </category>
                              <category>
               Environmental Defence               </category>
                              <category>
               Environmental Law Centre               </category>
                              <category>
               Equiterre               </category>
                              <category>
               Income Tax Act               </category>
                              <category>
               Northern Gateway               </category>
                              <category>
               oxfam               </category>
                              <category>
               policy advocacy               </category>
                              <category>
               political activities               </category>
                              <category>
               Tax Audits of Environmental Groups: The Pressing Need for Law Reform               </category>
                              <category>
               Tobacco industry               </category>
                              <category>
               University of Victoria               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3565637632_982a19b529_o.jpg" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3565637632_982a19b529_o.jpg" />
                            
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>18 Groups Call on Federal Politicans to Update Charities Law</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/18-groups-call-federal-politicans-update-charities-law/</link>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2015 16:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/03/06/18-groups-call-federal-politicans-update-charities-law/</guid>
          <description></description>
          <dc:creator>Emma Gilchrist</dc:creator>

          
                         <category>
               Amnesty International Canada               </category>
                              <category>
               audits               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Revenue Agency               </category>
                              <category>
               Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society               </category>
                              <category>
               charities law               </category>
                              <category>
               CPAWS               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               david suzuki foundation               </category>
                              <category>
               Equiterre               </category>
                              <category>
               Eric Hebert Daly               </category>
                              <category>
               Oxfam Canada               </category>
                              <category>
               partisan activities               </category>
                              <category>
               political activities               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/521532011_7d9a3a9d0d_b.jpg" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/521532011_7d9a3a9d0d_b.jpg" />
                            
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>Canadian Government: This Reporter&amp;#8217;s Question About ALEC &amp;#8216;Undeserving of Response&amp;#8217;</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/canadian-government-reporter-s-question-undeserving-response/</link>
          <pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2014 02:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/12/27/canadian-government-reporter-s-question-undeserving-response/</guid>
          <description></description>
          <dc:creator>Mike De Souza</dc:creator>

          
                         <category>
               Access to Information Act               </category>
                              <category>
               ALEC               </category>
                              <category>
               american legislative exchange council               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Revenue Agency               </category>
                              <category>
               cdnfoi               </category>
                              <category>
               climate change               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               Department of Foreign Affairs               </category>
                              <category>
               Freedom of Information               </category>
                              <category>
               John Babcock               </category>
                              <category>
               Lac Megantic               </category>
                              <category>
               Mike de Souza               </category>
                              <category>
               oil by rail               </category>
                              <category>
               rail safety               </category>
                              <category>
               Trade and Development               </category>
                              <category>
               Transportation of Dangerous Goods secretariat               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/9471048888_e13fd617f3_z.jpg" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/9471048888_e13fd617f3_z.jpg" />
                            
         
        

     </item>
     <item>
          <title>The Sometimes Rocky Relationship Between Charities and the Canadian Government</title>
          <link>https://thenarwhal.ca/sometimes-rocky-relationship-between-charities-and-canadian-government/</link>
          <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
          <guid isPermaLink="false">http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/12/15/sometimes-rocky-relationship-between-charities-and-canadian-government/</guid>
          <description></description>
          <dc:creator>Allan Northcott</dc:creator>

          
                         <category>
               advocacy chill               </category>
                              <category>
               Allan Northcott               </category>
                              <category>
               and right-leaning charities               </category>
                              <category>
               Broadbent Institute               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Revenue Agency               </category>
                              <category>
               Canada Without Poverty               </category>
                              <category>
               charities               </category>
                              <category>
               Charities Directorate               </category>
                              <category>
               Code of Good Practice on Policy Dialogue               </category>
                              <category>
               CPS-022               </category>
                              <category>
               CRA               </category>
                              <category>
               Ecology Action Centre               </category>
                              <category>
               Environmental Defence               </category>
                              <category>
               Equiterre               </category>
                              <category>
               evan solomon               </category>
                              <category>
               Focus on the Family               </category>
                              <category>
               Fraser Institute               </category>
                              <category>
               Income Tax Act               </category>
                              <category>
               Information Circular 78-3               </category>
                              <category>
               Information Circular 87-1               </category>
                              <category>
               Jean Chretien               </category>
                              <category>
               Max Bell Foundation               </category>
                              <category>
               nonprofits               </category>
                              <category>
               Pemsel Case Foundation               </category>
                              <category>
               political activity               </category>
                              <category>
               power and politics               </category>
                              <category>
               public policy               </category>
                              <category>
               Society               </category>
                              <category>
               Stephen Harper’s CRA: Selective audits               </category>
                              <category>
               the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies               </category>
                              <category>
               The David Suzuki Foundation               </category>
                              <category>
               Trudea Government               </category>
                              <category>
               Voluntary Sector Initiative               </category>
               

          
          <enclosure url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/15060176129_2c4b2f67e2_z-1.jpg" length="1024" type="image/jpeg" />
      
          <media:content width="1024" medium="image" url="https://thenarwhal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/15060176129_2c4b2f67e2_z-1.jpg" />
                            
         
        

     </item>
</channel>
</rss>
