As I have already blathered on about at tedious length, it would seem that Rebel News and its partner-in-cash extraction, The Democracy Fund (TDF), already appear to be playing fast and loose with Canada Revenue Agency registered charity regulations, since TDF advertises -- as part of its explicit mandate -- that one of its foci is "strategic litigation," a claim whose fastness and looseness I discussed back here. But that's not why we're here ... oh, no, there appears to be more trouble on the horizon for Rebel's and TDF's claim to charitable tax status, which a recent commenter touches on [emphasis tail-waggingly added]:
As for Ezra's new crop of inexperienced kids embarrassing themselves by cosplaying kid reporter - well, that's why the "democracy fund" provides grants for training folks without any journalism credentials - I assume that would pay in part for their salaries, and for the "mentorship" (gag) they receive from the old farts.
And, yes, TDF does in fact brag that part of its mandate is the support of aspiring journalistic hacks, and that's kind of a big deal since, given the sudden explosion at Der Rebel's masthead with all of those eager young scribblers, it would be absolutely delightful if Rebel News and The Democracy Fund could quietly redirect a pile of their "Fight The Fines" income to paying some salaries, thereby taking the financial pressure off of Ezra to do the same thing and, even better, anything being used to support those kids was also eligible for a tax receipt. Man, talk about convenient! And yet, here's the problem:
As you can see, TDF specifically advertises that its mandate includes providing support for "post-secondary journalism students," which most assuredly cannot possibly cover every single person now reporting for Der Rebel, given that most of them don't seem to have finished high school.
In short, if money being handed over to The Democracy Fund ostensibly for the (tax-deductible) "Fight the Fines" campaign is being quietly repurposed behind the scenes as salary for Rebel hacks who are not officially enrolled in a post-secondary journalism program, then that money is most assuredly not eligible for charitable tax receipts to go back to the donors.
And if you think that's a bit awkward for Ezra and his buddies at TDF, well, let me assure you, it gets considerably worse, but that will have to wait until tomorrow.
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