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Which one should it be? • What criteria is used at the point of registration? • How can we make the process more accessible while protecting the public interest and the reputation of existing charities? • Questions posed in the registration process are onerous; why is there the need to describe the activities at such an early stage in the existence of the organization? • Need for transparency in t. [...] The main focus of the questions is on the purposes and how the activities will further the purposes, and on different aspects of public benefit (what are the benefits? what segments of the public will benefit? are there any restrictions on access to services and facilities, what private benefits are there? etc.) There are also questions on how the charity will be financed and that are used to gath. [...] • Could an organization be allowed to submit draft articles of incorporation and once reviewed/approved by the Charities Directorate, the organization would be notified that registration is pending based on receipt of the filed articles? • Could the CRA consider “conditional registration”? The incentive to ensure that the organization meets the “conditions” would be to avoid revocation. [...] • Is it fair that CRA is accessing the internet/social media for additional information? Should the applicant be provided with an opportunity to rebut? • If administrative fairness is applied to the registration decisions, is the level lower than what is used for revocation? The applicant should have a right to respond to all the information upon which the CRA relies. [...] Although it may seem that the sector has the power to create perceptions in the media, the CRA holds the bulk of the power in the relationship.