Finance committee  I think you're correct, in that currently it is the CRA that provides the registration. As I understand how it would be administered, it would be a continuation of that; it would be the CRA coming to a conclusion based on the facts and based on the criteria around eligibility. Th

Finance committee  I'll start, maybe with a little bit of help. If it's an American foundation, then it's outside the authority of the bill, and it would be the recipient organization within Canada that would be asked to provide some basic information about the source of the donation and the inte

Finance committee  We could just stop questions.

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  No, that's correct, there are no changes in the rules. I think what we certainly intend to do.... Given the level of interest out there, we will want to probably supplement the information we already have on our site, after talking with the sector, so that what we believe are rel

Finance committee  Absolutely.

Finance committee  You can engage, but it has to be directly related to the objects of the charity as well. There are a couple of tests related to political activities, neither of which are changing. But you're right, partisan is prohibited.... Political purpose, absolutely under all circumstance

Finance committee  There certainly are scenarios like that, yes.

Finance committee  That's correct, but I think as Sean has explained, the test here is the purpose and intent associated with the gift being provided. That's what we would look to first—the purpose and the intent of the donor organization that was providing the funds. That certainly would be wher

Finance committee  As Sean was saying, assuming the measure is actually passed, then part of the process is to provide some guidance on exactly what we would consider to be humanitarian. I think it's certainly likely to be very consistent with what Sean was saying. But there's a distinction betwee

Finance committee  We would traditionally certainly provide some examples and some clarity around what we would see as typical humanitarian situations, and we would look to other sources and definitions to inform...and also develop that, frankly, in consultation with the sector and with the Departm

Finance committee  As the bill suggests, when I was saying “fluid”, it's just that, given that I haven't written them yet, I don't want to say what they are. I'm just saying that we will go through a process to provide as much clarity and definition as is helpful and useful and necessary in order f

Finance committee  Yes. The process of coming to an understanding of whether or not a particular charity meets the definition again would be undertaken within the CRA.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Yes. I'm hesitating on the word “definition” because of some legal context, but certainly we would want to clarify what we understand is included in that notion.