Charitable registration lifted from group.OTTAWA -- Canada Customs Revenue Agency has removed the charitable status of The Parkinson's Support and Research Society. The delisting Delisting When the stock of a company is removed from a stock exchange. Notes: Reasons for delisting include violating regulations and/or failure to meet financial specifications set out by the stock exchange. by the Federal Court was supported temporarily while the agency appeals the decision. The Bedford, N.S. organization raised more than $1 million in two years. Only $2,000 was spent on plans for day care centres for persons with the disease. No facilities were built and no counselling or other services were provided. Many donors had confused this group with the Parkinson's Society of Canada. A Toronto Star The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, though its print edition is distributed almost entirely within Ontario. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a division of Star Media Group, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. investigation in 2002 showed that the agency was created by a David Waldron, a former RCMP member, and his family. The society engaged professional fund-raisers in Ontario who retained 66% for their fees and expenses. Over $350,000 was used for personal expenses, salaries and unknown administrative costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. . Family members received $150,000 dollars in payments. The charity had refused to explain the payments, when requested by the CCRA CCRA Canada Customs and Revenue Agency CCRA Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement CCRA Campus Computer Resellers Alliance CCRA Certified Clinical Research Associate CCRA Commercial Credit Reference Agency CCRA California Court Reporters Association auditor. The accounts show an unexplained unexplained Adjective strange or unclear because the reason for it is not known Adj. 1. unexplained - not explained; "accomplished by some unexplained process" $47,000 worth of withdrawals from the agency's bank account from a bank machine at the Halifax casino. The Federal Court is expected to bring down a decision on the appeal in September. |
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