Muslim Charity Asks Supreme Court To Lift Canada Revenue Agency Preventive Stay
Human Concern International, based in Ottawa, is asking the high court to review the Federal Court of Appeal’s refusal to freeze the government-imposed suspension — which barred the charity from issuing tax receipts — while the sentence was challenged. The Canada Revenue Agency imposed the one-year suspension in July 2021 after an audit by the revenue agency’s charities directorate raised concerns about six initiatives. The suspension has now ended, but HCI is still pursuing the matter in court, saying it has significant implications for the charity sector as a whole....