Human Resources committee  I don't see social finance as a tool; I see it as a way of thinking about how we use our money. We will continue to need donations. We will continue to need community foundations and private foundations in Canada to allocate their grants. We will continue to need government to

Human Resources committee  There are a couple of things. One, a lot of the existing tax apparatus is pinching on the ability of social entrepreneurs to do what they want to do. I realize that other people have presented on that, so I won't get into that in detail, but I was a founding member of Social Inno

Human Resources committee  I've just finished a book on the growth of social enterprise in this country. There is absolutely no shortage of innovation, creativity, and ingenuity in this country. As you've heard from our other colleagues in their presentations, there's no shortage of people who have found a

Human Resources committee  On the disability savings plan, I don't think anyone would argue that the revenue from individual disability savings plans is going to be enough for anyone to live on. It complements the current supports that we provide through our welfare system. But I am saying that the hidde

Human Resources committee  The only thing I would add is that the biggest example of social finance in Canada, and I would contend perhaps in the world, is the registered disability savings plan. You have individual money, family money, government money working together through a distribution system of the

Human Resources committee  Vickie and I have just come back from sharing our work in Europe, particularly in the city of Barcelona, which is quite fascinating. She'll tell you about that in a minute. We will share the presentation. We are co-founders of the Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network, as well as th