Falun Dafa’s charitable status in Canada revoked
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The Canadian arm of the contentious Falun Dafa religious movement has lost its charitable status after failing to file tax returns.
The Falun Dafa Association of Canada’s registration was revoked on Nov. 1, according to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
Grace Wollensak, a national co-ordinator for the association, told the IJF that the group has filed for reinstatement. She said the association filed its 2024 tax return, but it was somehow missed by the CRA, and the 2025 return was filed late because of an accounting oversight.
Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, is described by its practitioners as an ancient Chinese spiritual tradition, although it was founded in the 1990s.
The movement is banned in China, where it’s been declared an “evil cult.” Members there have been sent to prison and labour camps, where deaths have been reported, and some have levelled allegations of torture and organ harvesting against the Chinese government, according to Amnesty International and other groups. China has denied those claims.
In Canada, Falun Dafa practitioners can often be seen in parks and other public spaces, performing the slow movements and meditation that are central to their practice, or protesting outside Chinese consulates or its embassy.
The movement has been the subject of controversy in recent years.
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