Finance committee  The national survey of giving, volunteering, and participating revealed that 45% of top givers said they would actually give more if there were a more generous tax incentive.

Finance committee  I'm not an expert on the tax incentive side of it. The stretch will only work up to a limited amount because it needs to be capped at $10,000 through your lifetime. At the end of the day, it will help to encourage some additional donations.

Finance committee  I wanted to understand the concern before I came to committee. I reached out to a number of different groups that gave me a perspective on what happens in the United States. The response that came back from them was that, with respect to ecologically sensitive land being donated,

Finance committee  The bottom line is that I would approve.

Finance committee  I think what we've been seeing over the last several years, combined with the likely trend going forward, is that charities are going to have to become more efficient. They're going to have to become more productive. They're going to have to become more innovative. They're going

Finance committee  First, just to be clear, I don't recollect making any comment about altruism taking away the.....

Finance committee  I think it was Mr. Burrows.

Finance committee  My view is that I would actually endorse all three of the proposals, the donations of real estate, the donations of private shares, and the stretch target. However, I want it to be quite transparent that there are issues around implementation regarding the stretch target.

Finance committee  Very succinctly, I would heartily endorse extending the deadline for charitable giving. I think if you surveyed your own constituents and asked them what is the last day that they can make a donation for a tax receipt, I'll bet that the vast majority of them will not say December

Finance committee  Very quickly, I would say at the end of the day that Canadians are very generous, but as mentioned earlier we don't maybe have the same culture of philanthropy that some other places do, such as the United States. It would be beneficial if we could create a culture that champio

Finance committee  If I could go back to the first question about income-splitting, there are two offsetting effects. If the person is making donations in order to minimize his tax payments, reducing the tax paid by the one would actually be creating a disincentive. On the other hand, real househol

Finance committee  Yes, I think corporations actually have a very strong incentive to donate to charities. You can see that from the donations that are already given under.... Basically, it falls under the agenda of corporate and social responsibility. I would suggest that things like the reducti

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to talk to you today. I think this is a very opportune time for the committee to be thinking about tax incentives for charitable giving. The simple reality is that demand on charities has been increasing in recent years but the financial

Finance committee  Well, we certainly have seen weakness in the manufacturing sector, but when we think about the weakness we're seeing, a lot of it is a reflection of the external environment that is happening in terms of demand for Canadian exports. We have a very weak U.S. economy, which in my o

Finance committee  I think I would also caution you about using the Australian example, because the fundamental difference is that Canada's major trading partner is the United States, and Australia's major trading partner is Asia and China.