Finance committee  We've been really challenged by that question of how far it would extend. We even tried to look at gifts of ecological property to see what the impact might be. We had a very hard time putting an actual quantitative number on gifts of security; we've not been able to identify tha

Finance committee  We could look at that; to date we have not. We'd be very happy to sit down and talk about how we could implement this in a staged manner. We feel it doesn't need to be in a staged manner. We think the ecological gifts program actually is a really good example of how it could wo

Finance committee  I think educational institutions are one group that would be well served by this provision, but we also see a real opportunity for small municipal organizations and rural-based organizations to receive gifts of property that those charities may turn around and sell and use for th

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Good evening. On behalf of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, or AFP, I want to thank the Standing Committee on Finance for allowing us to speak today during the pre-budget consultations and follow up our submission of August 15. We want to thank t