In order to encourage members to participate in union activities on their day off, the union compensates them during their attendance at union councils or conventions where matters such as working conditions, training, pressure tactics if necessary, and the general administration of the union are discussed. CRA stated:
[P]ayments made in a particular year by a trade union to its members as an allowance for attending trade union councils or conventions on their days off, may not be expenses directly related to the ordinary operating expenses of the union for the year so that the portion of the annual dues of the union members for the year corresponding to the payments made by the union as an allowance for the year would not be deductible by virtue of subsection 8(5).