In the absence of a specific provision to this effect in an organization's enabling legislation, RC required an opinion from the Deputy Attorney General of the province that the organization was a Crown agent.
Although decisions regarding specific beneficiaries must be the exclusive responsibility of the entity to which the donations are made (in this case, the organization), here "the direction that the donations be used for particular purposes was not binding and was in such general terms that it was clear that the exclusive responsibility regarding the use of the funds remained with the organization".
