Letter From the Editors: Good Public Policy in Canada

Recent writing in The Philanthropist has focused on the role and limits of the charitable sector in the furtherance of good public policy in Canada. These discussions have used “policy advocacy” as an omnibus term to identify this issue. Although policy advocacy might include some initiatives that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) would define as “political activity,” policy advocacy can consist entirely of activities that CRA would deem to be “charitable.”