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Finance committee I would say so.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee Yes. That's if they've been called specifically, but if they're just sitting there playing cards and they're just there for a visit, no.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee Yes.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee Yes.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee I don't want to take away from my fellow volunteers here, but in our particular case we are strictly a federal volunteer organization. We don't report to municipalities or other organizations. One of the things that concerns me about moving from volunteerism into fully paid in o
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee I think there's one thing the government might need to get a feel for. I can appreciate this has gone on for a long time, I know, but when those who make the decisions look at this globally and think, “My God, how many thousands or hundreds of thousands of volunteers do we have i
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee Well, there's been a delay.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee Yes. Sitting in the rescue centre playing cards doesn't count. You're on a search and rescue incident, you're training, you're educating children in schools, or in our case you're educating the voting public in Canada. That's it.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee Well, as a first responder, I'll personally say from our organization's standpoint, it's pretty darned hard for us to get volunteers who are going to put their lives on the line to save others. It's really difficult for us. And any incentive that we could possibly give them--and
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee It's for first responders.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee I want to be fair about this and say to you that it's not necessarily that just because my organization has 5,000 volunteer members, you're going to get 5,000 people applying for a $1,000 or $2,000 tax deduction. That's not fair. We have a search-and-rescue management system th
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee He's paid, so he receives a T4. He obviously gets--
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee Yes, in actual fact they do. That's why we find there's an inequity. That was my reason for it.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee Those are paid volunteers that I'm talking about.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale
Finance committee Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and ladies and gentlemen of the standing committee. I am pleased to be here. Thank you for your time. I arrived here late last night from Canada's most westerly domain, the Queen Charlotte Islands. I want to speak for a few moments on this subject. Ju
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Malcolm Dunderdale