On Oct 23, 2013, Peter Larson wrote to the leaders of the opposition parties in Canada, encouraging them to take a look at the activities of the Jewish National Fund, and consider their status as a charitable organization.

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The announcement that the Jewish National Fund is honouring Prime Minister Harper at its Negev dinner on December 1st in Toronto and is raising money for a “Stephen J. Harper Hula Valley Bird Sanctuary” in Israel, should raise some eyebrows in Canada…

Because donations to JNF are tax deductible, Canadian taxpayers appear to be giving an annual subsidy in the neighbourhood of $3 million per year to a highly political organization essentially dedicated to funding projects in Israel…

In the interests of probity and defending the interests of the Canadian tax payer, Opposition leaders should call for an all party review of the grounds on which the JNF is awarded “charitable status” in Canada…