In response, Finlay directly quoted the official who oversees the CRAs charities directorate: The process for identifying which charities will be audited for any reason is handled by the directorate itself and is not subject to political direction. She then went on to try to scold her NDP critic, saying: It is shameful that this member and his party are using their own political agenda over the backs of hard-working public... It seems she had run over her allotted time at this point, however, and the Speaker cut her off. It is understandable that senior CRA officials should vigorously defend the agency against the charge of political interference. And, factually, the statement by the charities directorate boss may be entirely accurate. It is entirely plausible that the CRA has received no direct instructions from the Harper government. What is more likely is that at least some of the CRA folks who do the auditing have internalized the worldview of the current government -- a view that sees caring about poverty as, somehow, ideological, and supporting the interests of private business as entirely neutral and non-political. That may be even scarier than the notion of direct interference from the governing party
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:47:59 +0000
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