(Juno News) Canada’s national security watchdog is facing criticism for allegedly advising the federal tax agency to reduce terrorism-financing audits of Muslim-led charities. The recommendation comes from a two-year review by Canada’s security watchdog — the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA). The agency examined the Canada Revenue Agency’s Review and Analysis Division (RAD), which is the branch responsible for ensuring charities are not used to fund terrorism.
The report was released last month following complaints from Muslim-led organizations that claimed they were being unfairly targeted for audit. The review backgrounder stated that “most charities audited by RAD were Muslim or Sikh,” a pattern that “raised questions about whether RAD might be unfairly targeting these groups.”
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