tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804513671389132165.post7169894278478251940..comments2023-07-25T07:08:51.934-06:00Comments on Bill Longstaff: Is the CRA reacting to political pressure?Bill Longstaffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15883751372039947365noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804513671389132165.post-84032828269864682522014-02-10T18:27:56.288-07:002014-02-10T18:27:56.288-07:00I don't know what the CRA will find using exis...I don't know what the CRA will find using existing rules any NGO worth its salt long ago revised their accounting procedures to reflect separate revenue streams to fund advocacy. Non-receipted money can be used to fund whatever. All they need is good books and the CRA can fly a kite, unless of course they change the rulesben burdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804513671389132165.post-5059988495198448202014-02-10T13:14:48.965-07:002014-02-10T13:14:48.965-07:00It's not being pressured, it's being direc...It's not being pressured, it's being directed. It has a minister, one who takes his orders from the man at whose pleasure he serves. Woe betide the lowly civil servant who stands up defiant to that man.<br /><br />One of the very first measures that Harper enacted on coming to power was to cut off public (including media) access to the public service. He installed, in the PMO, information commissars to rule on what questions could be put to public servants and then to massage their responses to comport with government policy.<br /><br />With this measure, Harper effectively transformed the public service into his personal, partisan political agency. He then did something quite similar with the armed forces.<br /><br />A few years ago Harper constituted a secret police force comprising officers of the Edmonton and Calgary police, the RCMP and CSIS to monitor (spy) on opponents of the Northern Gateway pipeline initiative. I'm sure I'm on their watch list and you probably are too, Bill.<br /><br />Most Canadians have little idea of the tyrannical state in which we live.<br /><br />No, the CRA isn't being pressured. It's just following orders.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com