(Canadian Press) A Muslim international relief charity is telling the Supreme Court of Canada the federal government should not be allowed to “shoot first and hold a hearing later” when it comes to levying administrative penalties.
Ottawa-based Human Concern International can resume issuing tax receipts to donors now that a government-imposed suspension has expired.
But HCI is asking the top court to review the Federal Court of Appeal’s March dismissal of its request for a freeze of the suspension while a challenge of the penalty played out.
The Canada Revenue Agency levied the one-year suspension in July 2021 following an audit by the revenue agency’s charities directorate that flagged concerns about six initiatives.
