Ottawa Sun Online: NEWS - 'Charities' in our pockets: "'Charities' in our pockets
City tax rebates for doctors, lawyers are bad enough. Now federal agencies want the same breaks, explains Susan Sherring
By Susan Sherring, Ottawa Sun
Should the Ottawa taxpayer be subsidizing the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons to the tune of $135,900, or the Canadian Bar Association for $40,100?
Certainly not everyone at City Hall thinks so.
Small wonder.
Doctors and lawyers aren't generally considered in need of financial help from the already overburdened taxpayer.
The situation has left city staff scrambling to see if there's a way to work with the province to modify legislation which gives tax rebates to a number of charitable organizations -- some of which the general population wouldn't ever consider to be charitable.
The situation became even more serious recently when three federal agencies -- all with charitable status -- applied for property tax rebates totalling a whopping $800,000.
Those three agencies are the Conference Board of Canada, which is looking for a $75,000 rebate, the Canadian Council for the Arts, which wants $128,000, and the International Development Research Centre, which is looking for $500,000, according to information obtained by the Sun. "
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