Finance committee  These are individuals.

Finance committee  No. Actually it's broader than that. Many of them are professional fundraisers, but there are also professional advisers, accountants, lawyers, and others who are interested in fundraising. Many people in the charities sector are not only involved with one thing like running a c

Finance committee  I'm sorry, I'm not sure if I understood that. I'm actually with a law firm. I'm a volunteer here, and I'm on the Association of Fundraising Professionals' government relations committee. We basically are volunteers who are interested in public policy that relates to charities and

Finance committee  Yes, that would be a lot of the people who are involved, correct.

Finance committee  No, I don't believe the association is a registered charity, and it wouldn't be affected. It's the individual members who would be affected and all the charities they're involved with. In many cases, it's not fundraisers who are receiving the higher salaries, it's people who are

Finance committee  What I would say is that there are huge possibilities for advancing transparency in the charitable sector. I'll give you an example. For 80,000 non-registered charities that are non-profit organizations, there is zero transparency about their work. That's 80,000 organizations in

Finance committee  Okay. So in many of the charities, especially small charities, when you see administration or fundraising costs of zero, in large part there's a generous business person who's basically paying all the costs. If you're saying you want to have greater transparency and you want to

Finance committee  Are you talking about a corporation spending the money?

Finance committee  This current piece of legislation talks about an executive or employee, so if that person is acting as an important—

Finance committee  You're adding “or related corporation”. I think again it would helpful if one understood exactly what the issues are. From what you're saying, I gather the issue is that you're worried about maybe paying a company that will do fundraising, perhaps, or do some sort of charitable s

Finance committee  In that very scenario that was mentioned, it's very clear that the legislation covers the executive.

Finance committee  Yes. I'm not really sure what that means. The charities have relationships with different entities, either as non-profits or for-profits, and this was referenced last Monday. The CRA was a little perplexed, I think, because there was no specificity. Are we talking about social en

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Mark Blumberg. I'm a charity lawyer in private practice and a volunteer with the Association of Fundraising Professionals' Canadian government relations committee. I've written quite extensively on Bill C-470, and I'm grateful for the opportun