A Montreal charity that helped bring Syrian refugees to Canada was fined $60,900 for providing “undue benefits” to a company owned by its president as part of its sponsorship program, according to documents recently made public.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) notified the Centre Canadien Islamique Al-Jamieh/Canadian Islamic Centre Al-Jamieh of the penalty in a Sept. 12, 2024 letter, which has now been made available through the IJF’s Open by Default database.
The notice says the mosque, a registered charity, paid $58,000 to a consulting company in March 2017. That company was wholly owned by the charity’s then-president, Ahmad Chaar.
