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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has been accused by more than 400 academics to be auditing a think tank, namely the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA, merely in order to “intimidate and silence” its criticism of government policies. An open letter addressed to the Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay alleged that the CCPA is being falsely audited “on the grounds that it allegedly engages in politically partisan, biased, and one-sided research activity.”
According to the letter, the CRA “fails to understand the nature of what academic research is about.” Furthermore, it was highlighted that “if there is bias, the bias seems to be mostly in the CRA’s decision to audit the CCPA and apparently no other think tanks, whose policy conclusions are friendlier toward current government policies.” Earlier in July, the opposition in Canada alleged misuse by the CRA of its auditing powers in favor of the Government and urged for an independent review instead. However, the government has said that it will not subject the CRA to unjustified scrutiny.
The letter urges the CRA “to put a moratorium on its audits of think tanks, until such time as a truly neutral criteria and auditing process are implemented to ensure neutrality and fairness, and to ensure that the audit process does not silence dissenting voices.” Conclusively, the letter states that “periodic audit should be conducted in a fair, transparent, and even-handed fashion across all the various think tanks that claim charitable status in Canada, with a focus on financial management and integrity (not on the content of the research being conducted).”
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