My latest: some charities are more equal than others

In Trudeau’s Canada, some charities seem to be more equal than others.

That’s the only conclusion that can be drawn from the shocking notices posted this week on the Canada Gazette, which is where Ottawa publishes all of its official bulletins. Whenever a regulation, treaty, proclamation or the like is passed by the government – usually the cabinet – it gets published on the Canada Gazette.

And, this week, the Trudeau Liberal government published notices revoking the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and the Ne’eman Foundation.

The JNF has branches in the United States and the United Kingdom, and has been active in Canada for 123 years. Among other things, it plants trees in Israel, builds infrastructure like dams and reservoirs, and creates parks. Its Canadian chapter helped build a 1,700 acre park in Israel, for instance, one that is used by Jews and non-Jews alike. As parks are.

The Ne’eman Foundation, meanwhile, is focused on reducing and eliminating poverty, helping firefighters and paramedics, and funding educational and health initiatives – particularly accident victims and cancer patients.

And, this week, the Trudeau government essentially posted death notices for both charities in Canada, without any explanation. On the Canada Gazette, Sharmila Khare, head of the “charities directorate” wrote that “notice is hereby given” that the JNF and Ne’eman Foundation were getting their charitable status revoked for violating obscure sections of the Income Tax Act, which governs charities in Canada.

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