Human Resources committee  When we talk about measuring results, when I look at... Going back to industry—

Human Resources committee  —there's a result called CSA, Canadian Standards Association. When we are building things, when we are doing things, there are always standards to be followed. You have to follow the CSA standards before you can do this or that. Right now, what Canada has is really a lack of meas

Human Resources committee  I think that measuring—

Human Resources committee  I think, at the end...

Human Resources committee  I'm a builder by trade. Trico Homes is my company. We have two programs being initiated. One program is the affordable rental program that we are working on with the provincial government. On top of that, we have a program called accessible housing that's providing a 5% no-intere

Human Resources committee  The U.K. is not doing as well. The U.K. is still in the process of trying to find a way of doing well. They have tried to create how they are going to measure the social value and the social impact. I think they're still learning, and we are waiting for the U.K. to come up with a

Human Resources committee  I think as far as the government is concerned, when I look at a case in which the government co-invested with our foundation on a program called enterprising non-profits Canada, it basically encourages capacity building with social entrepreneurs. With the government money involv

Human Resources committee  Just speaking for ourselves, we are not encouraging the government to provide us with a huge amount of money. There are some in the country who are asking the federal government to look at a super fund or a national fund. To me, this is not the intent. Right now, the way I see it

Human Resources committee  The federal government has so much data. You should be able to collect a lot of data from different regions of the country to show some evidence that social finance is a need and is able to create an impact. There is a lot of storytelling across the country that the government is

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the invitation to speak to you today. Besides my hat as the the CEO for a private enterprise, I am also the chairman of the Trico Charitable Foundation. Established in 2008, the Trico Charitable Foundation seeks to promote innovation and capacity in social entrepr