tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post3636018677110372934..comments2024-03-17T03:55:21.696-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Rebel News charitable tax receipts: Is this legal?CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-70066979495803236402021-05-08T12:12:28.402-04:002021-05-08T12:12:28.402-04:00The tangled and opaque clusterfuck that is Rebel f...The tangled and opaque clusterfuck that is Rebel funding is always fun to poke into - every little thread seems to lead to another. <br /><br />Recently Sheila Gunn Reid provided a free plug to the "Resistance Coffee Roastery", whose website sells a range of coffee products branded with truly infantile taunts aimed at the left (Liberal Tears, COVID 1984, and other hilarious Rebel-isms). Their site promises to donate 10% of their sales to various right wing causes, including the Rebel's "Fight the Fines" grift, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedom, and so forth. Although their site is pretty cagey about location and ownership, Sheila lets slip that her gift came from Weyburn, Sask. <br />Curiously, there's ANOTHER small coffee roastery in Weyrburn, Saskatchewan. The Liberty Coffee Roasters, with product packaging and a range of coffees extraordinarily similar to those sold by "Resistance."<br />It can't be the same company, however, because "Liberty" prides itself upon its concern for its growers, employees, communities, and the environment, whereas "Resistance" prioritizes "standing up" for "property ownership". Wonderful that a small town can support two difference companies with such diametrically opposed philosophies, isn't it?<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-79768664456488914702021-05-08T09:34:43.439-04:002021-05-08T09:34:43.439-04:00I wonder if the arrangement goes like this:
- S...I wonder if the arrangement goes like this: <br /><br />- Set up a bucket account with Democracy Fund that Rebel donors dump money into<br />- Democracy Fund issues receipts for receiving the money <br />- Democracy Fund then provides the funds (less an overhead fee of some sort) to Rebel Media as a “grant” under one of their granting schemes <br /><br />It’s theoretically doable, although in the long run it turns Democracy Fund into a money laundering operation for the RW that just poses as a charitable org. <br /><br />It’s crooked as hell, but probably skirts the line around being “just barely legal” ... and the grifters at The Rebel continue to fleece their followers as they always have.MgShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-62058022914163398842021-05-08T09:16:30.857-04:002021-05-08T09:16:30.857-04:00I think the Rebel has decided that their future li...I think the Rebel has decided that their future lies in serial litigation, where their fans donate tons of money to pursue/defend against dozens of lawsuits and charges, their circle of ambulance chasers rake off risk-free legal fees, and the Rebel banks the rest for its operations. While obviously sleazy in the extreme, I don't think that's illegal - the small print on the donation pages makes it pretty clear.<br /><br />This tax dodge is more problematic, but I suspect the Rebel and the other parties to this little scheme will simply use any action by CRA as yet another opportunity for faux martyrdom, long term shrieky legal action, and of course, LOTS more fundraising.<br /><br />Incidentally, there is a link on the CRA site for reporting suspected misuse of charitable status. https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/programs/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra/suspected-tax-cheating-in-canada-overview.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com