FEDERAL INCOME TAX - Charities - Revocation of registration - Appeals - Federal Courts - Appeals - Practice and procedure

Law360 Canada ( April 19, 2018, 8:38 AM EDT) -- Motion by the appellant, the Humane Society of Canada Foundation, for orders requiring document disclosure by the respondent, the Minister of National Revenue. The underlying appeal was with respect to the revocation of the appellant's registration as a charity. The appellant alleged that the Minister was biased and that a breach of procedural fairness occurred. The tribunal record was comprised of approximately 1,500 pages. The appellant received an additional 1,900 pages of documents pursuant to an Access to Information request. The appellant sought additional disclosure comprised of all documents and records of conversations and meetings related to issuance of the notice of intention to revoke the appellant's registration, the appellant's notice of objection, and the confirmation of the revocation notice. The appellant submitted that its allegations of bias and procedural unfairness justified the additional disclosure it sought....
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