4. The Charity Loophole

In Canada, charities are supposed to do good: feed people, educate, heal. But what happens when tax-subsidized dollars help fund groups that silence journalists and defend apartheid?

In this episode, we investigate HonestReporting Canada (HRC), a media watchdog with charitable status that’s been accused of doxxing reporters and shaping pro-Israel narratives in Canadian newsrooms. We trace where their millions come from and whose really footing the bill.

With help from journalist Samira Moheyddin and researcher Miles Howe, we uncover how Canada’s charity system has become a backdoor for Zionist philanthropy – one that allows wealthy donors and private foundations to move money through tax breaks and loopholes, sometimes all the way to Israel. Edit (October 22, 2025): HRC has updated its donation page to say it cannot issue tax receipts, a change from how it used to present itself. HRC never held a charitable status and relied on a separate but connected group, HR Canada Charitable Organization, which does, raising questions about how the two operate.