Mon May 15, 2023 – 7:43 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – The head of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) last week admitted that the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation, whose entire board resigned last month after a report surfaced detailing how it received a $200,000 donation alleged to be connected to Communist China, could be facing a tax audit after MPs demanded one be done.
As per Blacklock’s Reporter, CRA commissioner Bob Hamilton told the House of Commons public accounts committee last Thursday that the tax agency might soon “take a look” at the Foundation’s books.
“If we see turmoil, if we have some suspicions that maybe things aren’t working as well, we might not necessarily go in depending on what we think but it could be something we factor in,” he said while testifying to MPs.
Asked by Conservative MP Kelly McCauley what would “trigger an audit,” Hamilton responded, “I’m just not going to comment on that.”
“But the basic point you’re raising, if we hear some things that we think have the potential –,” he added, but was then cut off by McCauley, who interjected, saying, “What you’ve heard, would it have the potential?”
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