Finance committee  The kids are excited about it. They're having fun.

Finance committee  They love the program. The parents love the program. Will this mean something 10 years from now? I hope so.

Finance committee  We don't have the exact figures. Let's just break it down to see what it really is. It's a 10% added bonus, right? So they would be entitled to the normal credits that they would get. We're talking about a 10% bonus. We're not talking about wealth. For people who've donated more

Finance committee  The second issue is valuation. By using cash as the king of what happens, that alleviates much of the valuation issues, because it's easy to value cash at the end of the day. I thank you very much for giving me the ability to come here and speak. It's a great honour to be here.

Finance committee  Hello. I represent the Canadian Association of Gift Planners. I am accompanied by our Executive Director, Diane MacDonald. We have over 1,000 members. Our expertise is in the area of planned giving and legislation respecting planned giving. I am the Executive Director of the Je