Thread by @conjureup

"The Liberals campaigned on a promise to modernize rules for charities and not-for-profits following an audit program launched by the former Conservative government that critics said was politically motivated to go after charities working at odds with government policies."

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https://twitter.com/MarkGerretsen/status/1493256855669424132

The #FreedomConvoy2022 campaign at #GiveSendGo was set up to receive donations on behalf of the nonprofit Freedom 2022 Human Rights and Freedoms incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act.

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According to iPolitics, the Liberals' plan would "allow charities to pursue political activities, such as lobbying a government in favour of a particular policy," or, presumably, discontinue a particular policy, such as covid restrictions.

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ipolitics.ca/2018/08/16/fed…

You'd think @MarkGerretsen would've raised this 'concern' w/ his party then, but no.

"It already appears the Liberals have benefited from third party political involvement [by] third parties w/ aid of foreign money [which] helped the Liberals win ridings in last fed'l elxn."

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Further, "Trudeau's top adviser Gerald Butts ran a charity while it engaged in political activities and campaigns against pipelines, so he surely knows firsthand how charities can be politically influential in reaching a desired end."

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cbc.ca/news/opinion/c…

So if you Liberals really want to go there, let's go there.

With close ties to the PM, what % of the $377M collected by WWF in FY21 were from donors outside Canada?

Did any of it fund the pipeline + rail protests in 2020, and if so, how much?

I expect a full accounting.

/fin