Finance committee  First of all, it's not for land banking. We call what you're referring to “working landscapes”, and whether they are agricultural or woodlot, they are an allowable use on much of the land the land trusts have. As I say, it's all done under managed forests. It's all done in an env

Finance committee  The dollar value you referred to that's not coming in to the government is actually tax credits that the donors would be entitled to if they could use them, so it's a little bit unfair to give them the tax credit but because they can't use it to say that it's not income coming in

Finance committee  The only tax benefit you're giving to Americans is that you're levelling the playing field between the Americans and the Canadians, and the Americans would not have to pay capital gains, as Canadians don't now on ecological gifts. You have to remember this property would be comin

Finance committee  My name is Dave Walker. I'm the executive director of the Canadian Land Trust Alliance. First I'd like to thank the members of the committee for this opportunity to present. The Canadian Land Trust Alliance represents 47 land trusts across Canada. These are charitable organiza