Political activities have been a hot topic for the CRA's
Charities Directorate in the last few years.
In the CRA's 2015 Program Update, the Charities Directorate
stated that its recent political activity audit included 60
charities, with various results (i.e., education letters,
compliance agreements, revocations, etc.).
Generally, a registered charity may not engage in partisan
political activities, but a modest amount of political activities
are permitted (i.e., those political activities that
are non-partisan and connected and subordinate to the
charity's purposes). As a general guideline, a registered
charity cannot devote more than 10 percent of its total resources
to political activities (the CRA applies slightly different
percentages to small charities).
