The Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has written to the nation’s Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs defending the value and role of faith-based charities. The move by the CCCB comes in response to budget recommendations made by the Canadian government that would have “severe and wide-ranging consequences” for tens of thousands of Catholic and other faith-based charities in the country.
Late last year, the Canadian government published Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2025 Budget. Two of the recommendations made by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance made in the report, if passed, could see Catholic charitable organisations lose their charitable status. Taken together the two recommendations appear partly motivated by suspicion over the practises of Catholic charities, especially when it comes to the abortion issue.
