Martha Rans

Martha Rans is a lawyer who for almost 40 years has worked with and for non-profits and charities in Ontario, BC, and Zimbabwe. In 2022, the charity she founded, the Pacific Legal Education and Outreach Society, will launch a pilot legal clinic, Pacific Legal Outreach, dedicated to the non-profit sector.

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Opinions

Let’s not conflate advocacy and political activities

November 30, 2021

Martha Rans, a lawyer who specializes in the legal needs of non-profits and charities, objects to the word “lobbying” to describe the sector’s advocacy. “We are not advocating for our own bottom line,” she says. “We are advocating for the public benefit.”