Canada Wants to Shut Down Pro-Life Groups

According to Plett, the scope of the current government could contribute to a higher likelihood of the recommendations’ failure


The Standing Committee on Finance has recommended to the Canadian government that pro-life organizations lose charitable status, according to Steinbach Online.

Don Plett, a former senator from Steinbach who retired in May, provided an analysis to the outlet about the committee’s recommendation that the government “no longer provide charitable status to anti-abortion organizations.” In another suggestion that could impact Canadian churches, the committee also recommended that the government “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,” according to Steinbach Online. ---More...

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