Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. We've facilitated payroll giving with third-party suppliers. United Way does it. It's reported on a T4. It's a fairly big program across the country in terms of payroll giving and payroll deductions, especially with larger employers. Absolutely....

Finance committee  Well, I think there's always the capacity to encourage payroll giving at source, especially with the government being one of the largest employers in the country. It's one of the most painless ways to give. I don't know if you want to create a differential tax benefit for doing

Finance committee  I'm going to say that I think each government has its own ideology of what it wants to fund. The challenge that most organizations are facing is to have a source for some kind of sustainability. So the pressure it puts on donors when these changes are made, and if they're made ve

Finance committee  Absolutely. I don't have an exhaustive list, but we're seeing things such as mental health issues that have been picked up by organizations in the non-profit sector when governments have cut. This may be provincial governments, but still it's where services have been pulled out o

Finance committee  We deliver online transactional capacity which, in many cases, people are accessing through online devices. They're accessing the Internet wherever it may be, whether it's in their pocket, or it's a wire line, or it's at Starbucks. We're finding people are using our service throu

Finance committee  That's something we believe in. We've tried to enable as many ways as possible for people to transact online, through credit cards, debit, PayPal, securities, and more.

Finance committee  Well, we are. We're not using this service because our service is built based on the Internet. We believe that's going to be delivered through mobile technology no matter what. It's part of that. It's part and parcel of how people will give.

Finance committee  I just want to say that we do see the stretch tax credit as benefiting all. I think it's one of those “rising tide floats all boats” measures. I think it also helps organizations, even the large ones.... Speaking to an earlier question on the support in the U.S., I would point

Finance committee  Just very quickly, as I understand it the Gift Aid system has some complexities in terms of its incentives. It doesn't always incentivize the behaviours that they were expecting. There's some complexity in how it's delivered, and it's also delivered under a one-government system;

Finance committee  I intend to. We've been clear that it's the stretch tax credit. Also, when you talk about an era of deficit reduction we're looking for one measure, and I think that's the one. It's also because we're seeing the bulk of these service cuts, etc., ending up on the backs of chariti

Finance committee  Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Vice-Chair, and honourable members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance and parliamentarians for the invitation and opportunity to present and discuss with you our views on charitable giving and incentives for encouraging Ca