The Prince George Citizen

Revoke tax-free status of NGOs

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The basic function of a nongovernm­ental organizati­on is to voters; have lunch with a premier - lion voters; lunch with a prime million voters. Certainly the same applies to a lobbyist, but I’m speaking of NGOs because they have a preferred status when it comes to which is obviously taken out of general revenue. The government, aka “we the people” has decreed that if you want to divert tax dollars to a specific purpose, that’s okay.

The basis of this exemption is that your donation is altruistic, that your support for humanitari­an, animal rights, environmen­t and biodiversi­ty is beneficial to society.

But we're seeing NGOs direct activism against legitimate projects: projects that have been reviewed, publicized, negotiated, revised and permitted. Therefore privileged funds are being used to attack, obstruct and increase expenses for projects and people going about their lawful business.

NGOs including political parties, found to be organizing, advocating or participat­ing in civil disobedien­ce that obstructs legitimate projects ought to have their tax exemption status revoked. Brett Blaikie, Prince George

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