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Speed Skating Canada lost its charitable status due to missing a tax filing deadline with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The CRA published a notice in the Canada Gazette on September 26 announcing the revocation of Speed Skating Canada’s charitable registration, which prevents them from issuing tax receipts and accepting donations until they regain their status. CEO Joe Morissette stated that the organization had submitted its filing but it was not received by the CRA, leading to the unexpected revocation. The organization aims to resolve this issue within a week or two.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-05,
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Story summary
Speed Skating Canada lost its charitable status on September 26 due to missing its annual tax filing deadline, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in the Canada Gazette. The organization's CEO, Joe Morissette, claims they submitted their filing on time but it was never received by the CRA. As a result, Speed Skating Canada did not receive any overdue notice and only learned of the revocation when contacted by The Canadian Press. The agency requires organizations to file within six months of their fiscal year-end; if no filing is made, charitable status can be revoked after 90 days if the organization does not respond or object. Speed Skating Canada aims to regain its charitable status in a week or two by refiling and addressing this administrative error.
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Speed Skating Canada says it is working to regain the charitable status it lost last month because of a missed annual tax filing.
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it → say → filing
The Canada Revenue Agency published a notice in the Canada Gazette on Sept. 26 to note it had formally revoked the charitable registration status for Speed Skating Canada.
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it → publish → Canada
An organization with charitable status under the Income Tax Act doesn’t pay federal income tax and can issue tax receipts to donors which allow them to claim tax credits.
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them → pay → credits
Organizations registered as charities must submit an annual information return within six months of the end of their fiscal year.
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Organizations → register → year
In a statement to The Canadian Press, the CRA said before it revokes charitable status it sends out a notice informing the organization a filing was not received on time.
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filing → say → time
After that point, organizations have 90 days to file or to object to the revocation.
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organizations → have → revocation
Speed Skating Canada CEO Joe Morissette said the organization did send its filing on time but it wasn’t received by the CRA.
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it → say → CRA
He also said Speed Skating Canada never received an overdue notice and didn’t know the charitable status had been revoked until The Canadian Press made inquiries about it.
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Press → say → it
“I don’t have an excuse here.
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I → have → excuse
It’s a little embarrassing.
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Like, we know we sent it in.
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we → know → it
I mean, I even remember signing these forms,” Morissette told The Canadian Press.
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Morissette → mean → Press
He said mail destined to their offices gets sent to a general mailing address at the RA Centre in Ottawa, but he isn’t sure why the registered mail from the CRA never made it to their office.
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mail → say → office
“I just don’t know why they never received it and we missed the mail, but that’s the situation.
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that → know → mail
There’s nothing to hide here,” Morissette said.
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Morissette → ’ → ?
“We never thought that they never received it last year.
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they → think → it
We didn’t receive the registered mail.
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It’s sort of like a chain of misses on our end.”
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Morissette said the organization is in the process of refiling and hopes to have the matter straightened out in a week or two.
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matter → say → week
Until it’s resolved, Speed Skating Canada won’t be able to accept donations.
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Canada → resolve → donations
Speed Skating Canada is one of the country’s most decorated amateur sport organizations, with a combined 10 medals at the Winter Olympics earlier this year between short and long track events.
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Canada → decorate → events
The CRA website says failing to file the required annual information return is the most common reason charities have their status revoked.
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status → say → return
Speed Skating Canada is the largest among six national sporting organizations which lost their status as of the Sept. 26 Canada Gazette notice.
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which → lose → notice
The others include the Canadian Blind Sports Association, Canadian Amputee Sports Association, Canadian Team Handball Federation, Canadian Uechi-Ryu Karate Association and the Canadian Ice Cross Federation.
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others → include → Association
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