And I can see the appeal of the museum direction . . .
I'm not too sure how we would qualify as a museum, and legally novel
arguments will usually be a hard sell. What I like about the Vancouver
Free-Net situation is that they are an internet based organization which
took its case to court ... and won. That makes for a very strong
precedent. Their application was based on "other charitable purposes",
not education.
The reason it was filed under "other charitable purposes" was because
Free-Net was accepted on the grounds of acting as an electronic community
(as well as electronic library). Specifically 2 of the 3 judges accepted
that provision of access into the electronic highway was a charitable
purpose. I think "advancement of education" would be a much better fit. I
called up the Charities Directorate at the CRA and they agreed (although to
be fair I don't how much I would rely on that).
Jit