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Information & Ethics committee Yes. That's the problem. That's the loophole. That's why, when I spoke with the investigators at Elections Canada, they said, “Look, our hands are tied. In our eyes, that money is Canadian because it came through a Canadian charity.”
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Information & Ethics committee Sure. I think it's very simple. The Income Tax Act specifies very clearly that charities are to operate for purposes that are exclusively charitable—not mostly charitable or a little bit charitable or good, but charitable—as defined by law. So all that is required, as I understan
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Information & Ethics committee No problem: The problem isn't political activity; the problem is political activity that does not serve a charitable purpose. Charities have always been allowed to do political activity, but this whole discussion has been off-kilter, because it hasn't been said that, yes, chari
October 16th, 2018Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, members of the committee and fellow panellists. My name is Vivian Krause and I am here as a citizen. I would like to speak to the changes in the legislation that specifically affect registered charities. For most of my work life, I have bee
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee I wouldn't say they're between the charities and the Prime Minister's Office, but a number of individuals who were involved specifically with Tides Canada, for example, are now employed in the Prime Minister's Office. I will emphasize that's not where the real mess is that I ta
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee Do I need to name names, Mr. Chairman?
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee Do I need to?
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee I was just saying that I want to be clear that it wasn't with regard to the monkey business at the CHIMP foundation that I saw ties to the Prime Minister's Office. The concerns I have with the Prime Minister's decisions are the way he handled the political activity audits of ch
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee —also because all of these charities that were subject to audits—
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee —played a significant role in the 2015 federal election.
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee This is an important issue, because we now know from official documents of the Rockefeller-funded organization called OPEN that it claims credit, in writing, under the name of the executive director of the association, for having, and I quote, “contributed greatly to ousting the
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee I was just trying to answer the question, Mr. Chairman. I apologize.
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee What do you mean by “law enforcement”?
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause
Finance committee I have reported this to Elections Canada, yes.
May 7th, 2019Committee meeting
Vivian Krause