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This chronic ‘ineligible individual’ is still listed as a director of 4 Canadian charities

Robert I. Tennant has a long history of charity revocations connected to risky private investments

Bethany Lindsay
Bethany Lindsay

27 Aug 2026 • 7 min read

A silhouette of a businessman is shown in front of a CRA audit document in a composite illustration. A red stamp reads INELIGIBLE.
Robert I. Tennant is a non-practising lawyer based in Edmonton. He's been a director at numerous charities that have had their registrations revoked because of serious breaches of tax law. (The Investigative Journalism Foundation/Canva.com)

Bethany Lindsay
Bethany Lindsay

Bethany Lindsay is an award-winning investigative journalist who covers white-collar crime. She is based in Vancouver and previously reported for CBC News, the Vancouver Sun, and the Cambodia Daily.

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