Finance committee The message we are trying to send with the stretch tax credit is that incentives must also be created to ensure that the average Canadian can become a philanthropist and help small and large organizations.
October 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Marcel Lauzière
Finance committee We think it is an innovative measure. It's never been tried before and it's never been tried elsewhere. It is very much about trying to change behaviour. We feel, for example, that if you were simply to increase the tax credit, it would cost government more money and you wouldn't
October 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Marcel Lauzière
Finance committee Mr. Chair, members of the committee. Imagine Canada is a national umbrella organization for Canadian charities and non-profits. These organizations work in every community across Canada, and in countries around the world, to help address some of today's most intractable social, e
October 25th, 2010Committee meeting
Marcel Lauzière
Finance committee For our last two recommendations, there are no costs, which makes them easier. In terms of the stretch tax credit, it is experimental, so it's hard to give you a precise number. We need numbers from Finance. But even if we were to be very ambitious about it and were looking, fo
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Marcel Lauzière
Finance committee Thank you, Mr. McCallum. Certainly Don Johnson has been a huge champion for this sector. Of course, on the giving end, the capital gains work that he's done over the years has been extremely important. I also believe that what he's putting forward is important. I guess the po
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Marcel Lauzière
Finance committee Sorry, in terms of...?
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Marcel Lauzière
Finance committee It's hard to compare those numbers. I think the difference on the ground would be that a lot of these dollars through the stretch tax credit would go to a lot of the smaller charities or a lot of the more rural charities that haven't necessarily benefited from the asset side of t
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Marcel Lauzière
Finance committee Good morning, Mr. Chairman. Imagine Canada is a national umbrella organization that speaks in concert with more than 1,300 charities and non-profits working in every community across the country and around the globe. Our members provide social and community services through or
October 8th, 2009Committee meeting
Marcel Lauzière