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Carney’s budget spares tax status of Canadian churches, pro-life groups after backlash

Canadian pro-life charities and churches retain their tax-exempt status in the 2025-26 budget, a reversal attributed to public and political opposition to earlier proposals.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Nov 5, 2025

Legislation to remove churches’ charitable status would be ‘devastating’ for Canada: report

'The survival of Western civilization in our country may well hinge on Canadians rediscovering those eternal truths the Judeo-Christian tradition has safeguarded,' a think tank predicted.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Oct 20, 2025

Conservative MPs denounce Liberal plan to strip charitable status of pro-life, Christian groups

Conservative MPs presented a petition in Parliament defending pro-life charities and religious organizations against a Liberal proposal to strip their charitable tax status.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Sep 18, 2025Sep 19, 2025

Trump urged to defend tax exemption status of Christians, pro-lifers in Canada

The Campaign Life Coalition asked U.S. President Donald Trump to help protect Canadian Christians and pro-life groups from Liberal government legislation threatening their charitable status.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Jun 13, 2025

Liberals to increase CBC funding to nearly $2 billion per year

The Department of Canadian Heritage promised funding to offset the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's nearly 10 percent drop in ad revenue last year despite an audience share of 1.7 percent, meaning over 98 percent of the country is not watching the network.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Jan 20, 2025

Canadian gov’t budget report targets charitable status of pro-life groups, churches

A Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget report recommends no longer providing charitable status to anti-abortion organizations and amending the Income Tax Act to remove the privileged status of 'advancement of religion' as a charitable purpose.

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Jonathon Van Maren

• Dec 21, 2024Jan 8, 2025

Taxpayer watchdog calls on the Canadian government to defund the CBC

Canadian Taxpayer Federation Alberta director Kris Sims argued that propping up the media outlet is not only a waste of money but also creates a conflict of interest for journalists.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Dec 4, 2024Dec 5, 2024

Canadian abortion activists fail in their attempts to discredit pro-life pregnancy centers

Justin Trudeau has thus far been unable to deliver on his campaign promise to take away pregnancy help centers' charity status.

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Jonathon Van Maren

• Feb 19, 2024Feb 20, 2024

CBC television ad revenue dropped 16% in first half of 2023 as mainstream media flounders

The news comes just weeks after the CBC announced it must lay off about 600 workers, approximately 10 percent of its staff, as it faces a $125 million budget shortfall.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Dec 20, 2023Dec 21, 2023

Trudeau gov’t fall economic statement includes massive payouts to legacy media ahead of election

The subsidies for legacy media come as Canadians' trust in mainstream media is polling at an all-time low.

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Clare Marie Merkowsky

• Nov 22, 2023Nov 22, 2023

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Carney’s budget spares tax status of Canadian churches, pro-life groups after backlash

Legislation to remove churches’ charitable status would be ‘devastating’ for Canada: report

Conservative MPs denounce Liberal plan to strip charitable status of pro-life, Christian groups

Trump urged to defend tax exemption status of Christians, pro-lifers in Canada

Liberals to increase CBC funding to nearly $2 billion per year

Canadian gov’t budget report targets charitable status of pro-life groups, churches

Taxpayer watchdog calls on the Canadian government to defund the CBC

Canadian abortion activists fail in their attempts to discredit pro-life pregnancy centers

CBC television ad revenue dropped 16% in first half of 2023 as mainstream media flounders

Trudeau gov’t fall economic statement includes massive payouts to legacy media ahead of election