The government committed to allow charities to do their work on behalf of Canadians free from political harassment, including by clarifying the rules governing their political activities. That's precisely what the bill has achieved.
However, it does crucially leave in place a long-standing rule prohibiting charities from using their resources to support directly or indirectly any political party or candidate for public office. The amendments in NDP-1, and indeed in NDP-2.... My concern that I'm expressing here speaks to this amendment and NDP-2, so I will stay quiet when NDP-2 comes up.
Indeed, it undermines the effectiveness of this rule, which I emphasize is long standing, by allowing charities to use their resources to provide indirect support or opposition to any political party or candidate. Therefore, I can't support it.