Industry committee  Our task force was in fact quite divided on that question. I think the non-profit sector probably is too. There is a group of organizations that would prefer this bill to the current one. There are certainly many experts in the field who believe we will be worse off if this is

Industry committee  I would say some, but not a large number at all.

Industry committee  I would say the majority probably wouldn't see themselves as a government partner. Some are for the delivery of government services, but many are not. They see themselves as separate.

Industry committee  Right. I don't think we do. We just want one system so that all charities aren't saddled with trying to figure out which they are and which they aren't. As it stands now, charities are going to have to decide...and a given charity or not-profit might be classified as a solicitin

Industry committee  I wouldn't say faith groups are a particular member category of Imagine Canada, no.

Industry committee  I would only say that, certainly, our experience shows that insurance is a huge issue and liability is a huge issue. I would say it's a growing issue. Many charities operate without it because they can't afford it, which puts their directors and officers at risk.

Industry committee  Sorry, I missed the last part.

Industry committee  The translation wasn't coming through very well, but I think you're asking about these eight organizations that we consulted. I don't think it's that we feel that Imagine Canada wasn't consulted by the government. Imagine Canada is a national charitable organization that's rela

Industry committee  I would add that I think that might be more the case for larger organizations than smaller ones. One of my roles is as the director of the Insurance and Liability Resource Centre for non-profit organizations, which Imagine Canada runs. It's funded by the Ontario government. Thr

Industry committee  I think there are a lot of other pieces of legislation that cover the accountability piece or guidance. Right now, CRA is in the process of issuing lengthy guidance on fundraising for charities, which will require charities.... Already, charities, through their T3010 filings with

Industry committee  I wouldn't think that just a change in this act alone would drive those numbers. They have been increasing anyway just because, you could argue, the needs in society are increasing. It is likely the numbers will continue to increase. I don't think that simply making it a little b

Industry committee  Oh, if only we had the money for that.

Industry committee  It's not even a term that is really used in the non-profit sector, so I couldn't tell you exactly. However, the way the definition is provided in the bill, it looks like very few non-profit corporations would actually qualify as non-soliciting. The vast majority, under these defi

Industry committee  Yes, and that's going to be most non-profits and charities.

Industry committee  Well, it's certainly true. Your own experience is obviously very representative of the non-profit sector. The vast majority of these organizations are very small. Over half of them have no staff at all; another big chunk, about a quarter, have less than five staff. When they do h